Autódromo José Carlos Pace · 4 February 1979
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ligier Laffite 9 + Depailler 6 | Laffite 9 + Depailler 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Team Lotus Reutemann 4 + Andretti 0 | Reutemann 4 + Andretti 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Tyrrell Pironi 3 + Jarier 0 | Pironi 3 + Jarier 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Villeneuve 2 + Scheckter 1 | Villeneuve 2 + Scheckter 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Arrows Mass 0 + Patrese 0 | Mass 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | McLaren Watson 0 + Tambay 0 | Watson 0 + Tambay 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Renault Jabouille 0 + Arnoux 0 | Jabouille 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Shadow Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ensign Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Williams Regazzoni 0 + Jones 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | ATS Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Wolf Hunt 0 | Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Lauda 0 + Piquet 0 | Lauda 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | 1:40:09.640 | 40 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | Ligier | +5.280s | 40 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +44.140s | 40 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:25.880 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 39 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 39 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 8 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 13 | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 14 | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 39 | — | — | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | +2 Laps | 38 | — | — | |
| 16 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Fuel system | 33 | — | — | |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | DNF Steering | 31 | — | — | |
| 18 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Spun off | 28 | — | — | |
| 19 | James Hunt Wolf | Wolf | DNF Steering | 7 | — | — | |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 7 | — | — | |
| 21 | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Gearbox | 5 | — | — | |
| 22 | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| 23 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Fuel leak | 2 | — | — | |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Electrical | 0 | — | — |