Round 2
Brazil
1979-02-04 · São Paulo · Brazil
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1LAF
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |  Ligier | 40 | 1:40:09.640 | 9 |
| 02 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 40 | 1:40:14.920 | 6 |
| 03 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann |  Lotus | 40 | 1:40:53.780 | 4 |
| 04 | 3 | Didier Pironi |  Tyrrell | 40 | 1:41:35.520 | 3 |
| 05 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve |  Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 06 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 07 | 30 | Jochen Mass |  Arrows | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 08 | 7 | John Watson |  McLaren | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 09 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille |  Renault | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | 18 | Elio de Angelis |  Shadow | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 13 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 39 | +1 lap | — |
| 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni |  Williams | 38 | +2 laps | — |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 33 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 31 | Steering | — |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 28 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 7 | Collision | — |
| DNF | 20 | James Hunt |  Wolf | 7 | Steering | — |
| DNF | 6 | Nelson Piquet |  Brabham | 5 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 2 | Fuel leak | — |
| DNF | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 0 | Electrical | — |
| DNQ | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
Circuit
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Anti-clockwise · Permanent circuit
Circuit Length
7.960km
- First Grand Prix
- 1973
- Number of Laps
- 40
- Turns
- 26
- Race Distance
- 318.400 km
- Layout lap record
- 2:28.760Jacques Laffite (1979)