Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

Autódromo José Carlos Pace

São Paulo, Brazil

Sunday, 4 February 1979

1st

Jacques Laffite

2nd

Patrick Depailler

3rd

Carlos Reutemann

Fastest Lap

Jacques Laffite

2:28.760Lap 23 · 192.632 km/h

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time	Pts
P1	JL Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1	40	1:40:09.640 2:28.760	9
P2	PD Patrick Depailler	Ligier	2	40	1:40:14.920	6
P3	CR Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	3	40	1:40:53.780	4
P4	DP Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	84	40	1:41:35.520	3
P5	GV Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	5	39	Finished	2
P6	JS Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	6	39	Finished	1
P7	JM Jochen Mass	Arrows	1912	39	Finished	0
P8	JW John Watson	McLaren	146	39	Finished	0
P9	RP Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	167	39	Finished	0
P10	JJ Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	73	39	Finished	0
P11	EF Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	92	39	Finished	0
P12	ED Elio De Angelis	Shadow	208	39	Finished	0
P13	DD Derek Daly	Ensign	2310	39	Finished	0
P14	JL Jan Lammers	Shadow	217	39	Finished	0
P15	CR Clay Regazzoni	Williams	172	38	Finished	0
DNF	AJ Alan Jones	Williams	13	33	Fuel system	0
DNF	HS Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24	31	Steering	0
DNF	RA René Arnoux	Renault	11	28	Spun off	0
DNF	PT Patrick Tambay	McLaren	18	7	Collision	0
DNF	JH James Hunt	Wolf	10	7	Steering	0
DNF	NP Nelson Piquet	Brabham	22	5	Accident	0
DNF	NL Niki Lauda	Brabham	12	5	Gearbox	0
DNF	MA Mario Andretti	Lotus	4	2	Fuel leak	0
DNF	JJ Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	15	0	Electrical	0
DNQ	HR Héctor Rebaque	Lotus			Finished	0
DNQ	AM Arturo Merzario	Merzario			Finished	0