1979 / ROUND 15

United States Grand Prix

WinnerGilles VilleneuvePublished race classification

Official poleAlan JonesSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance320.665 km59 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	3	59	1:52:17.734	9
2	René Arnoux	Renault	7	7	59	1:53:06.521	6
3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	10	10	59	1:53:10.933	4
4	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	20	20	59	1:53:48.246	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	14	14	59	1:53:58.993	2
6	John Watson	McLaren	13	13	58	+1 lap	1
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	23	23	54	+5 laps	0
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	2	2	53	Transmission	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	15	15	52	Spun off	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	16	16	48	Tyre	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	19	19	44	Suspension	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1	36	Wheel	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Ensign	21	21	32	Engine	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	5	5	29	Accident	0
DNF	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	9	9	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	8	8	24	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	22	22	20	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	12	12	20	Accident	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	11	11	18	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	17	17	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	6	6	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	4	4	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	24	24	2	Spun off	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	18	18	0	Spun off	0
DNQ	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jochen Mass	Arrows	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	Shadow	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Rebaque	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Alan Jones	1:35.615
2	Nelson Piquet	1:36.914
3	Gilles Villeneuve	1:36.948
4	Jacques Laffite	1:37.066
5	Clay Regazzoni	1:37.128
6	Carlos Reutemann	1:37.872
7	René Arnoux	1:38.195
8	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:38.218
9	Ricardo Zunino	1:38.509
10	Didier Pironi	1:38.823
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:38.945
12	Keke Rosberg	1:39.035
13	John Watson	1:39.233
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:39.329
15	Derek Daly	1:39.468
16	Jody Scheckter	1:39.576
17	Mario Andretti	1:40.144
18	Bruno Giacomelli	1:40.277
19	Riccardo Patrese	1:40.337
20	Elio de Angelis	1:40.625
21	Marc Surer	1:40.635
22	Patrick Tambay	1:40.731
23	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:40.741
24	Jacky Ickx	1:40.745
25	Vittorio Brambilla	1:40.789
26	Jochen Mass	1:40.824
27	Jan Lammers	1:42.088
28	Héctor Rebaque	1:43.060
29	Alex Ribeiro	1:45.183
30	Arturo Merzario	1:49.318

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.