1979 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1	40	1:40:09.64	9
2	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	2	40	+5.28	6
3	2	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	3	40	+44.14	4
4	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	8	40	+1:25.88	3
5	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	5	39	+1 Lap	2
6	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	6	39	+1 Lap	1
7	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows	19	39	+1 Lap	0
8	7	John Watson	McLaren	14	39	+1 Lap	0
9	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	39	+1 Lap	0
10	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	7	39	+1 Lap	0
11	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	9	39	+1 Lap	0
12	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	20	39	+1 Lap	0
13	22	Derek Daly	Ensign	23	39	+1 Lap	0
14	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	39	+1 Lap	0
15	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	17	38	+2 Laps	0
R	27	Alan Jones	Williams	13	33	Fuel system	0
R	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24	31	Steering	0
R	16	René Arnoux	Renault	11	28	Spun off	0
R	20	James Hunt	Wolf	10	7	Steering	0
R	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	18	7	Collision	0
R	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	5	Gearbox	0
R	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	22	5	Accident	0
R	1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	4	2	Fuel leak	0
R	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	15	0	Electrical	0
F	31	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	PL	0	Did not qualify	0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	18
2	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	0	10
3	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	0	9
4	John Watson	McLaren	0	4
5	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	0	3
6	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	0	2
7	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	0	2
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	1
9	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	0	1
10	Jochen Mass	Arrows	0	0

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Ligier	2	27
2	Team Lotus	0	12
3	McLaren	0	4
4	Tyrrell	0	3
5	Ferrari	0	3
6	Fittipaldi	0	1
7	Arrows	0	0
8	Shadow	0	0
9	Williams	0	0
10	Renault	0	0