Jarama · 29 April 1979
Patrick Depailler won the 1979 Spanish Grand Prix for Ligier from 2nd on the grid, 20.94s ahead of Carlos Reutemann. Jan Lammers gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Reutemann 6 + Andretti 4 + Rebaque 0 | Reutemann 6 + Andretti 4 + Rebaque 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | Ligier Depailler 9 + Laffite 0 | Depailler 9 + Laffite 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Scheckter 3 + Villeneuve 0 | Scheckter 3 + Villeneuve 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Jarier 2 + Pironi 1 | Jarier 2 + Pironi 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Arrows Mass 0 + Patrese 0 | Mass 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Renault Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Shadow Lammers 0 + de Angelis 0 | Lammers 0 + de Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Watson 0 | Tambay 0 + Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | ATS Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Lauda 0 + Piquet 0 | Lauda 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Williams Jones 0 + Regazzoni 0 | Jones 0 + Regazzoni 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Wolf Hunt 0 | Hunt 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | Ligier | 1:39:11.840 | 75 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +20.940s | 75 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +27.310s | 75 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +28.680s | 75 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +30.390s | 75 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +48.430s | 75 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +52.310s | 75 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +1:14.840 | 75 | — | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | +2 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +3 Laps | 72 | — | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | +6 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Water leak | 63 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Gearbox | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis Shadow | Shadow | DNF Engine | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt Wolf | Wolf | DNF Brakes | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Turbo | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Injection | 15 | — | — |