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1979 Grand Prix of Brazil qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 2 of 15 Sunday, February 4, 1979 at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo, Brazil 40 laps on a 7.874 kilometer road course (314.960 kilometers) Time of race: 1:40:09.64 Average speed: 188.686 kph Pole time: 143.07 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 5.28 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Jacques Laffite 26 2:23.070   198.130   2   Patrick Depailler 25 2:23.990   196.864   3   Carlos Reutemann 2 2:24.150   196.645   4   Mario Andretti 1 2:24.280   196.468   5   Gilles Villeneuve 12 2:24.340   196.386   6   Jody Scheckter 11 2:24.480   196.196   7   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 15 2:24.850   195.695   8   Didier Pironi 3 2:25.160   195.277   9   Emerson Fittipaldi 14 2:26.350   193.689   10   James Hunt 20 2:26.370   193.663   11   Rene Arnoux 16 2:26.430   193.583   12   Niki Lauda 5 2:27.570   192.088   13   Alan Jones 27 2:27.670   191.958   14   John Watson 7 2:27.820   191.763   15   Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 2:27.890   191.672   16   Riccardo Patrese 29 2:28.080   191.426   17   Clay Regazzoni 28 2:28.880   190.398   18   Patrick Tambay 8 2:29.390   189.748   19   Jochen Mass 30 2:29.420   189.710   20   Elio de Angelis 18 2:30.290   188.611   21   Jan Lammers 17 2:31.600   186.982   22   Nelson Piquet 6 2:31.640   186.932   23   Derek Daly 22 2:31.780   186.760   24   Hans-Joachim Stuck 9 2:32.270   186.159   25   Hector Rebaque 31 2:32.660   185.683   26   Arturo Merzario 24 2:34.080   183.972   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Hector Rebaque (#31), Arturo Merzario (#24)