Race Result
| GP n. 315 - 04/02/1979 - Grand Prix of Brazil Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace |
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| Winner: | Jacques Laffite / Ligier-Ford - 1:40'09.64 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jacques Laffite / Ligier-Ford - 2:23.07 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Jacques Laffite / Ligier-Ford - 2:28.76 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 40 | 1:40'09.64 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler |
Ligier-Ford | 40 | + 5.28 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 40 | + 44.14 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | + 1'25.88 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 39 | + 1 lap | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 39 | + 1 lap | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | 29 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 39 | + 1 lap | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 23 | 0 |
| 14 | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 21 | 0 |
| 15 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 38 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 33 | fuel system | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 31 | steering | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 28 | spun off | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 7 | collision | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | James Hunt |
Wolf-Ford | 7 | steering | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | gear box | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | accident | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 2 | fuel leak | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | electrical | 15 | 0 |
| Dnq | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||