Spanish Grand Prix
Jarama
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari |
| 6 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell |
| 11 | René Arnoux | Renault |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell |
| 13 | Alan Jones | Williams |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams |
| 15 | James Hunt | Wolf |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows |
| 17 | Jochen Mass | Arrows |
| 18 | John Watson | McLaren |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow |
| 23 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus |
| 24 | Jan Lammers | Shadow |