| «1979-05» | Spain Grand Prix - XXV Gran Premio de España |
| 1979-04-29 | Jarama - 75 laps × 3.404 km : 255.3 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 75 | 1:39:11.840 | 154.419 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 75 | +20.940 | +20.940 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 75 | +27.310 | +06.370 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 75 | +28.680 | +01.370 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 75 | +30.390 | +01.710 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 75 | +48.430 | +18.040 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 75 | +52.310 | +03.880 | |
| 8 | 17 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 75 | +01:14.840 | +22.530 | |
| 9 | 11 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 74 | +1 lap | ||
| 10 | 16 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 74 | +1 lap | ||
| 11 | 19 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 74 | +1 lap | ||
| 12 | 24 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 73 | +2 laps | ||
| 13 | 20 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 72 | +3 laps | ||
| 14 | 21 | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 69 | +6 laps | ||
| 6 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 63 | water leak | |||
| 23 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 58 | engine | |||
| 13 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 54 | gearbox | |||
| 22 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 52 | engine | |||
| 14 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 32 | engine | |||
| 15 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 26 | brakes | |||
| 18 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 21 | engine | |||
| 9 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 21 | exhaust | |||
| 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 15 | engine | |||
| 7 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 15 | fuel injection | |||
| DNQ | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 36 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 01:16.440 - 160.314 km/h - Gilles Villeneuve (lap 72)