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Event: XXV Gran Premio de España, Campeonato del Mundo			Date: 29.4.1979
Track: Circuito del Jarama (Spain), unknown length		Organiser: unknown
GP Spain
Formula 1 World Championship (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps
1^st	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11 Ford	Ligier Gitanes	75
2^nd	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	75
3^rd	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus 80 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	75
4^th	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari 312 T4	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	75
5^th	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009 Ford	Team Tyrrell	75
6^th	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009 Ford	Team Tyrrell	75
7^th	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 312 T4	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	75
8^th	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows A1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	75
9^th	16	René Arnoux	Renault RS01 Turbo	Renault - Elf	74
10^th	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	74
11^th	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	74
12^th	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9B Ford	Samson Shadow Racing	73
13^th	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	72
14^th	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2 Ford	ATS Wheels	69

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
5	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT48 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing Team	63	Engine
31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79 Ford	Rebaque F1 Team	58	Engine
27	Alan Jones	Williams FW07 Ford	Saudia Williams	54	Gear linkage
18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9B Ford	Interscope Shadow Racing	52	Engine
28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07 Ford	Saudia Williams	32	Engine
20	James Hunt	Wolf WR7 Ford	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	26	Brakes
15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Renault - Elf	21	Turbocharger leak
7	John Watson	McLaren M28B Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	21	Engine
26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11 Ford	Ligier Gitanes	15	Engine
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT48 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing Team	15	Throttle

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
22	Derek Daly	Ensign N177 Ford	Team Ensign
24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario A2 Ford	Team Merzario
36	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen WK1 Ford	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
	3T	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009 Ford	Team Tyrrell		Spare car
	6T	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT48 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing Team		Spare car
	11T	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari 312 T4	Spa Ferrari SEFAC		Spare car
	14T	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F6 Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive		Spare car
	18T	Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9B Ford	Interscope Shadow Racing		Spare car
	20T	James Hunt	Wolf WR8 Ford	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing		Spare car

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
1T		Lotus 79 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	Spare car
2T		Lotus 79 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	Spare car
7T		McLaren M28 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	Spare car
15T		Renault RS01 Turbo	Renault - Elf	Spare car
22T		Ensign N177 Ford	Team Ensign	Spare car
24T		Merzario A1B Ford	Team Merzario	Spare car
26T		Ligier JS11 Ford	Ligier Gitanes	Spare car
29T	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Spare car
36T		Kauhsen WK1 Ford	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Spare car

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