«1979-02»Brazil Grand Prix - VIII Grande Premio do Brasil
1979-02-04 Interlagos - Autodromo José Carlos Pace - 40 laps × 7.874 km : 314.96 km
EntrantsQualyGridRaceLap-by-LapFastest Laps•Driver StandingsConstructor Standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Jacques Laffite • Ligier9918
2 Carlos Reutemann • Lotus6410
3 Patrick Depailler • Ligier369
4 John Watson • McLaren4-4
5 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-33
6 Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-22
7 Mario Andretti • Lotus2-2
8 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar1-1
9 Jody Scheckter • Ferrari-(1)(1)
- Alan Jones • Williams---
- Niki Lauda • Brabham---
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario---
- Derek Daly • Ensign---
- Patrick Tambay • McLaren---
- Nelson Piquet • Brabham---
- Riccardo Patrese • Arrows---
- James Hunt • Wolf---
- Hans Joachim Stuck • ATS---
- Elio de Angelis • Shadow---
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault---
- Jean-Pierre Jarier • Tyrrell---
- Jan Lammers • Shadow---
- René Arnoux • Renault---
- Jochen Mass • Arrows---
- Hector Rebaque • Lotus---
- Clay Regazzoni • Williams---

Points System

9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top 6 places.
Best 8 results (4 from first 7 and 4 from last 8) count toward Drivers' championship.
All results counted towards Constructors' championship.
Half points are awarded for races stopped before three-quarter-distance was completed.