Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 4th February 1979 (UTC)
Sun 4th February 1979 (Local)

Timestamp
1979-02-04T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1979

Round
2

Status

Location
Interlagos Circuit

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Description

The 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 4 February 1979. It was the second race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
The Ligier team dominated the race weekend with their superior ground-effect JS11. Frenchman Jacques Laffite dominated the race weekend and made the most of his superbly set-up Ligier by taking pole position, smashing Jean-Pierre Jarier's 1975 pole time by 7 seconds, setting fastest lap and leading every lap of the race up to the finish. Laffite's teammate Patrick Depailler started and finished 2nd. Laffite and the Ligier team completed their domination of the South American fortnight, Laffite also dominantly won in Argentina.

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Result List

01	Jacques Laffite	1:40:09.64
02	Patrick Depailler	+0:05.28
03	Carlos Reutemann	+0:44.14
04	Didier Pironi	+1:25.88
05	Gilles Villeneuve	+1 Lap
06	Jody Scheckter	+1 Lap
07	Jochen Mass	+1 Lap
08	John Watson	+1 Lap
09	Riccardo Patrese	+1 Lap
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+1 Lap
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	+1 Lap
12	Elio de Angelis	+1 Lap
13	Derek Daly	+1 Lap
14	Jan Lammers	+1 Lap
15	Clay Regazzoni	+2 Laps
16	Alan Jones	DNF
17	Hans Stuck	DNF
18	René Arnoux	DNF
20	Patrick Tambay	DNF
21	Niki Lauda	DNF
22	Nelson Piquet	DNF
23	Mario Andretti	DNF
24	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
25	Hector Rebaque	Did not qualify
26	Arturo Merzario	Did not qualify