| «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 |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1:40:09.640 | 188.673 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +05.280 | +05.280 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +44.140 | +38.860 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +01:25.880 | +41.740 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 19 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 8 | 14 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 9 | 16 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 10 | 7 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 11 | 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 12 | 20 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 13 | 23 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 14 | 21 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 15 | 17 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 38 | +2 laps | ||
| 13 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 33 | fuel pressure | |||
| 24 | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 31 | steering | |||
| 11 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 28 | spin | |||
| 18 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 7 | collision | |||
| 10 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 7 | steering | |||
| 22 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 5 | collision | |||
| 12 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 5 | gearbox | |||
| 4 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 2 | fire | |||
| DNS | 15 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 0 | ignition | ||
| DNQ | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 02:28.760 - 190.551 km/h - Jacques Laffite (lap 23)