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United States Grand Prix West 1979

Round 4 of 15  · 8 April 1979  · Long Beach  · 80 laps

Fastest Lap Gilles Villeneuve 1:21.200

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 VIL Gilles Villeneuve FL GS Ferrari 1 1:50:25.400 9
2 SCH Jody Scheckter Ferrari 3 +29.380 6
3 JON Alan Jones Williams 10 +59.690 4
4 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 6 +1:04.330 3
5 DEP Patrick Depailler Ligier 4 +1:23.520 2
6 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 7 +1 lap 1
7 DEA Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 +2 laps
8 PIQ Nelson Piquet Brabham 12 +2 laps
9 MAS Jochen Mass Arrows 13 +2 laps
DNF REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 23 Accident
DNF DAL Derek Daly Ensign 24 Accident
DNF WAT John Watson McLaren 18 Injection
DNF REG Clay Regazzoni Williams 15 Engine
DNF LAM Jan Lammers Shadow 14 Suspension
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 Brakes
DNF REU Carlos Reutemann Lotus 2 Transmission
DNF FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 Transmission
DNF MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 Engine
DNF LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 Brakes
DNF HUN James Hunt Wolf 8 Transmission
DNF LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 11 Accident
DNF TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 Collision
DSQ PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 Push start
DSQ STU Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 Push start
DNS JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Injury in practice
DNS ARN René Arnoux Renault Withdrew

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:18.825
2 REU Carlos Reutemann Lotus 1:18.886
3 SCH Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:18.911
4 DEP Patrick Depailler Ligier 1:19.025
5 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:19.032
6 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:19.454
7 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 1:19.580
8 HUN James Hunt Wolf 1:19.643
9 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1:19.727
10 JON Alan Jones Williams 1:19.910
11 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 1:20.041
12 PIQ Nelson Piquet Brabham 1:20.456
13 MAS Jochen Mass Arrows 1:20.608
14 LAM Jan Lammers Shadow 1:20.740
15 REG Clay Regazzoni Williams 1:20.768
16 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:21.033
17 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1:21.192
18 WAT John Watson McLaren 1:21.304
19 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 1:21.411
20 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:21.635
21 DEA Elio de Angelis Shadow 1:21.961
22 ARN René Arnoux Renault 1:22.088
23 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 1:22.828
24 MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 1:22.938
25 REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 1:22.990
26 DAL Derek Daly Ensign 1:23.888