Results · 1979

United StatesUnited States Grand Prix West

Race classification

Pos.DriverTeam Laps Time / Gap pts
1 12 Gilles Villeneuve Canada Ferrari 80 1:50:25.400 9
2 11 Jody Scheckter South Africa Ferrari 80 +29.380s 6
3 27 Alan Jones Australia Williams 80 +59.690s 4
4 1 Mario Andretti United States Team Lotus 80 +1:04.330s 3
5 25 Patrick Depailler France Ligier 80 +1:23.520s 2
6 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier France Tyrrell 79 +1 lap 1
7 18 Elio de Angelis Italy Shadow 78 +2 laps
8 6 Nelson Piquet Brazil Brabham-Alfa Romeo 78 +2 laps
9 30 Jochen Mass Germany Arrows 78 +2 laps
— 3 Didier Pironi France Tyrrell 72 Disqualified
— 31 Hector Rebaque Mexico Team Lotus 71 DNF
— 22 Derek Daly Ireland Ensign 69 DNF
— 7 John Watson United Kingdom McLaren 62 DNF
— 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck Germany ATS 49 Disqualified
— 28 Clay Regazzoni Switzerland Williams 48 DNF
— 17 Jan Lammers Netherlands Shadow 47 DNF
— 29 Riccardo Patrese Italy Arrows 40 DNF
— 2 Carlos Reutemann Argentina Team Lotus 21 DNF
— 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil Fittipaldi 19 DNF
— 24 Arturo Merzario Italy Merzario 13 DNF
— 26 Jacques Laffite France Ligier 8 DNF
— 20 James Hunt United Kingdom Wolf DNF
— 5 Niki Lauda Austria Brabham-Alfa Romeo DNF
— 8 Patrick Tambay France McLaren DNF
— 16 René Arnoux France Renault Did not start
— 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille France Renault Did not start