1979 / ROUND 4

United States Grand Prix West

1979-04-08 · Long Beach

WinnerGilles VilleneuvePublished race classification

Official poleGilles VilleneuveSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance260.08 km80 laps

Race entries26Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	1	80	1:50:25.400	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	3	80	1:50:54.780	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	10	10	80	1:51:25.090	4
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus	6	6	80	1:51:29.730	3
5	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	4	4	80	1:51:48.920	2
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	7	7	79	+1 lap	1
7	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	21	20	78	+2 laps	0
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	12	12	78	+2 laps	0
9	Jochen Mass	Arrows	13	13	78	+2 laps	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	25	23	71	Accident	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Ensign	26	24	69	Accident	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	18	18	62	Injection	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	15	15	48	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	Shadow	14	14	47	Suspension	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	9	9	40	Brakes	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	2	2	21	Transmission	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	16	16	19	Transmission	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	24	22	13	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	5	5	8	Brakes	0
DNF	James Hunt	Wolf	8	8	0	Transmission	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	11	11	0	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	19	19	0	Collision	0
DSQ	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	17	17	72	Push start	0
DSQ	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	23	21	49	Push start	0
DNS	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	20	—	—	Injury in practice	0
DNS	René Arnoux	Renault	22	—	—	Withdrew	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Gilles Villeneuve	1:18.825
2	Carlos Reutemann	1:18.886
3	Jody Scheckter	1:18.911
4	Patrick Depailler	1:19.025
5	Jacques Laffite	1:19.032
6	Mario Andretti	1:19.454
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:19.580
8	James Hunt	1:19.643
9	Riccardo Patrese	1:19.727
10	Alan Jones	1:19.910
11	Niki Lauda	1:20.041
12	Nelson Piquet	1:20.456
13	Jochen Mass	1:20.608
14	Jan Lammers	1:20.740
15	Clay Regazzoni	1:20.768
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:21.033
17	Didier Pironi	1:21.192
18	John Watson	1:21.304
19	Patrick Tambay	1:21.411
20	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:21.635
21	Elio de Angelis	1:21.961
22	René Arnoux	1:22.088
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:22.828
24	Arturo Merzario	1:22.938
25	Héctor Rebaque	1:22.990
26	Derek Daly	1:23.888

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