The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 1979 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid, Spain. It was race 5 of 15 in both the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 75-lap race was won by Patrick Depailler, driving a Ligier-Ford, with Lotus drivers Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti second and third respectively.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Pos.
!Driver
!Constructor
!Time
!No
|-
!1
|Jacques Laffite
|Ligier-Ford
|1:14,50
|1
|-
!2
|Patrick Depailler
|Ligier-Ford
|1:14,79
|2
|-
!3
|Gilles Villeneuve
|Ferrari
|1:14,82
|3
|-
!4
|Mario Andretti
|Lotus-Ford
|1:15,07
|4
|-
!5
|Jody Scheckter
|Ferrari
|1:15,10
|5
|-
!6
|Niki Lauda
|Brabham-Alfa Romeo
|1:15,45
|6
|-
!7
|Nelson Piquet
|Brabham-Alfa Romeo
|1:15,61
|7
|-
!8
|Carlos Reutemann
|Lotus-Ford
|1:15,67
|8
|-
!9
|Jean-Pierre Jabouille
|Renault
|1:15,78
|9
|-
!10
|Didier Pironi
|Tyrrell-Ford
|1:16,04
|10
|-
!11
|René Arnoux
|Renault
|1:16,06
|11
|-
!12
|Jean-Pierre Jarier
|Tyrrell-Ford
|1:16,08
|12
|-
!13
|Alan Jones
|Williams-Ford
|1:16,23
|13
|-
!14
|Clay Regazzoni
|Williams-Ford
|1:16,61
|14
|-
!15
|James Hunt
|Wolf-Ford
|1:16,88
|15
|-
!16
|Riccardo Patrese
|Arrows-Ford
|1:16,92
|16
|-
!17
|Jochen Mass
|Arrows-Ford
|1:17,04
|17
|-
!18
|John Watson
|McLaren-Ford
|1:17,11
|18
|-
!19
|Emerson Fittipaldi
|Fittipaldi-Ford
|1:17,35
|19
|-
!20
|Patrick Tambay
|McLaren-Ford
|1:17,45
|20
|-
!21
|Hans-Joachim Stuck
|ATS-Ford
|1:17,57
|21
|-
!22
|Elio de Angelis
|Shadow-Ford
|1:17,85
|22
|-
!23
|Héctor Rebaque
|Lotus-Ford
|1:18,42
|23
|-
!24
|Jan Lammers
|Shadow-Ford
|1:18,79
|24
|-
!
|Derek Daly
|Ensign-Ford
|1:19,30
|—
|-
!
|Arturo Merzario
|Merzario-Ford
|1:20,46
|—
|-
!
|Gianfranco Brancatelli
|Kauhsen-Ford
|1:23,24
|—
|}
Race
Classification
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Tyre !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 25
| Patrick Depailler
| Ligier-Ford
|
| 75
| 1:39:11.84
| 2
| 9
|-
! 2
| 2
| Carlos Reutemann
| Lotus-Ford
|
| 75
| + 20.94
| 8
| 6
|-
! 3
| 1
| Mario Andretti
| Lotus-Ford
|
| 75
| + 27.31
| 4
| 4
|-
! 4
| 11
| Jody Scheckter
| Ferrari
|
| 75
| + 28.68
| 5
| 3
|-
! 5
| 4
| Jean-Pierre Jarier
| Tyrrell-Ford
|
| 75
| + 30.39
| 12
| 2
|-
! 6
| 3
| Didier Pironi
| Tyrrell-Ford
|
| 75
| + 48.43
| 10
| 1
|-
! 7
| 12
| Gilles Villeneuve
| Ferrari
|
| 75
| + 52.31
| 3
|
|-
! 8
| 30
| Jochen Mass
| Arrows-Ford
|
| 75
| + 1:14.84
| 17
|
|-
! 9
| 16
| René Arnoux
| Renault
|
| 74
| + 1 Lap
| 11
|
|-
! 10
| 29
| Riccardo Patrese
| Arrows-Ford
|
| 74
| + 1 Lap
| 16
|
|-
! 11
| 14
| Emerson Fittipaldi
| Fittipaldi-Ford
|
| 74
| + 1 Lap
| 19
|
|-
! 12
| 17
| Jan Lammers
| Shadow-Ford
|
| 73
| + 2 Laps
| 24
|
|-
! 13
| 8
| Patrick Tambay
| McLaren-Ford
|
| 72
| + 3 Laps
| 20
|
|-
! 14
| 9
| Hans-Joachim Stuck
| ATS-Ford
|
| 69
| + 6 Laps
| 21
|
|-
!
| 5
| Niki Lauda
| Brabham-Alfa Romeo
|
| 63
| Water Leak
| 6
|
|-
!
| 31
| Héctor Rebaque
| Lotus-Ford
|
| 58
| Engine
| 23
|
|-
!
| 27
| Alan Jones
| Williams-Ford
|
| 54
| Gearbox
| 13
|
|-
!
| 18
| Elio de Angelis
| Shadow-Ford
|
| 52
| Engine
| 22
|
|-
!
| 28
| Clay Regazzoni
| Williams-Ford
|
| 32
| Engine
| 14
|
|-
!
| 20
| James Hunt
| Wolf-Ford
|
| 26
| Brakes
| 15
|
|-
!
| 15
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille
| Renault
|
| 21
| Turbo
| 9
|
|-
!
| 7
| John Watson
| McLaren-Ford
|
| 21
| Engine
| 18
|
|-
!
| 26
| Jacques Laffite
| Ligier-Ford
|
| 15
| Engine
| 1
|
|-
!
| 6
| Nelson Piquet
| Brabham-Alfa Romeo
|
| 15
| Injection
| 7
|
|-
!
| 22
| Derek Daly
| Ensign-Ford
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 24
| Arturo Merzario
| Merzario-Ford
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 36
| Gianfranco Brancatelli
| Kauhsen-Ford
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="9"|
|}
Notes
- This was the Formula One World Championship debut for German constructor Kauhsen.
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| Gilles Villeneuve
| 20
|-
|align="left"| 10px 3
|align="center"| 2
| Patrick Depailler
| 20
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 3
| Jacques Laffite
| 18
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 4
| Carlos Reutemann
| 18
|-
|align="left"| 10px 2
|align="center"| 5
| Jody Scheckter
| 16
|-
!colspan=4|Source:
|}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 1
| Ligier-Ford
| 38
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 2
| Ferrari
| 36
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 3
| Lotus-Ford
| 30
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 4
| Tyrrell-Ford
| 11
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| McLaren-Ford
| 4
|-
!colspan=4|Source: