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1979 Race of Champions
1979 US West GP
1978 Spanish GP
1979 Spanish GP
1979 Sun Trophy
1979 Belgian GP
1980 Spanish GP
XXV
Gran Premio de Espaņa
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 29 April 1979
Start time
14:00
Event
Spanish GP
Circuit
Jarama
Event Format
Race of 75 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#5 of
15
in 1979
#318 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
75
Circuit Perimeter
3404 m
Race Distance
3404 × 75 = 255.300 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Cold, Dry
Participants
Entries
27
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
14
Debutants
Kauhsen WK
(
Car Model
),
Lotus 80
(
Car Model
),
McLaren M28B
(
Car Model
),
Merzario A2
(
Car Model
),
Renault RS10
(
Car Model
),
Williams FW07
(
Car Model
),
Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Car 25
– 1st Win (
Car Number
)
Ensign
– 100th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
393
),
2.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
355
),
3.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
261
),
4.
Most 4th Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
63
),
5.
Most Fastest Laps
–
Ferrari
(
88
),
6.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
835
),
7.
Most Failures to Qualify
–
Arturo Merzario
(
16
),
8.
Most 3rd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
78
),
9.
Most 5th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
77
)
World Championship standings
1
Gilles Villeneuve
20
2
Patrick Depailler
20
3
Jacques Laffite
18
4
Carlos Reutemann
18
5
Jody Scheckter
16
6
Mario Andretti
12
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
7
8
Alan Jones
4
John Watson
4
10
Didier Pironi
4
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
1
Niki Lauda
1
1
Ligier
/
Ford
38
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
36
3
Lotus
/
Ford
30
4
Tyrrell
/
Ford
11
5
Williams
/
Ford
4
McLaren
/
Ford
4
7
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
1
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 25
Car 26
Car 12
Entrant
Ligier Gitanes
Ligier Gitanes
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
Driver
Patrick Depailler
Jacques Laffite
Gilles Villeneuve
Car
Ligier
JS11
Ligier
JS11
Ferrari
312T4
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ferrari
3.0 F12
Time
1:39'11.84
1'14.50
1'16.44
Speed
154.419 km/h
164.489 km/h
160.314 km/h
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