1979 Spanish Grand Prix

1979 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date 29 April 1979
Official name XXV Gran Premio de España[1]
Location Jarama, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 255.3 km (158.625 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 1:14.50
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:16.44 on lap 72
Podium
First Ligier-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 1979 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid, Spain. It was race 5 of 15 in both the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 75-lap race was won by Patrick Depailler, driving a Ligier-Ford, with Lotus drivers Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti second and third respectively.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1979". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 28 October 2017.