1979 Spanish Grand Prix
- Round
- 5 of 1979
- Circuit
- Circuito del Jarama
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Patrick Depailler
- Constructor
- Ligier
- Entrant
- Ligier-Ford
- Pole position
- Jacques Laffite
- Fastest lap
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 75 | 9 | — |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | 75 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | 75 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 75 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | 75 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | 75 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 75 | — | — · fastest lap |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | 75 | — | — |
| 9 | Rene Arnoux | Renault | 11 | 74 | — | — |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 74 | — | — |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | 74 | — | — |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | 73 | — | — |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | 72 | — | — |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 69 | — | — |
| DNQ | Derek Daly | Ensign | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 15 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 6 | 63 | — | Water leak |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 7 | 15 | — | Injection |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | 21 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | 54 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | 32 | — | Engine |
| DNF | James Hunt | Walter Wolf Racing | 15 | 26 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | 21 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | 52 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 58 | — | Engine |