Brazil Grand Prix 1979: results

Round 2 of the 1979 season, 4 February 1979, at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Jacques Laffite won for Ligier from pole position. Fastest lap: Jacques Laffite, 2:28.760 (lap 23).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:40:09.640	9
2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	+5.280	6
3	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	+44.140	4
4	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	+1:25.880	3
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	+1 lap	2
6	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	+1 lap	1
7	Jochen Mass	Arrows	+1 lap	0
8	John Watson	McLaren	+1 lap	0
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+1 lap	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	+1 lap	0
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+1 lap	0
12	Elio De Angelis	Shadow	+1 lap	0
13	Derek Daly	Ensign	+1 lap	0
14	Jan Lammers	Shadow	+1 lap	0
15	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	+2 laps	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	Fuel system	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	Steering	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Renault	Spun off	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	Collision	0
DNF	James Hunt	Wolf	Steering	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	Accident	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	Fuel leak	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	Electrical	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	—	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier
3	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
6	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
7	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
8	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
10	James Hunt	Wolf
11	René Arnoux	Renault
12	Niki Lauda	Brabham
13	Alan Jones	Williams
14	John Watson	McLaren
15	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell
16	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
17	Clay Regazzoni	Williams
18	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
19	Jochen Mass	Arrows
20	Elio De Angelis	Shadow
21	Jan Lammers	Shadow
22	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
23	Derek Daly	Ensign
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS
25	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario