Race results
Race startApril 29, 1979 at 02:00Central European Summer Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1:39:11.84 | 75 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | +20.940 | 75 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +27.310 | 75 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | +28.680 | 75 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | +30.390 | 75 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +48.430 | 75 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +52.310 | 75 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | +1:14.840 | 75 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | +1 Lap | 74 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1 Lap | 74 | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 74 | 19 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | +2 Laps | 73 | 24 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +3 Laps | 72 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | +6 Laps | 69 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF (Water leak) | 63 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | DNF (Engine) | 58 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | DNF (Gearbox) | 54 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | DNF (Engine) | 52 | 22 | 0 |
| - | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | DNF (Engine) | 32 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | DNF (Brakes) | 26 | 15 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Turbo) | 21 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Engine) | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF (Injection) | 15 | 7 | 0 |