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1979 United States Grand Prix West

Round
4/15
Date
Apr 8, 1979 at 00:00 CEST
Location
Long Beach, United States of America
Circuit
Long Beach
Circuit length
3.251 m (14 turns)
Race distance
260.08 km (80 laps)
Villeneuve
Winner
1:50:25.400
Winning time
Villeneuve
Pole position
Villeneuve
Fastest lap
1:21.200
Fastest lap time

Results

Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Retired Grid Laps Points
1 #12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:50:25.400 1st 80 9
2 #11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari +29.380 3rd 80 6
3 #27 Alan Jones Williams +59.690 10th 80 4
4 #1 Mario Andretti Lotus +1:04.330 6th 80 3
5 #25 Patrick Depailler Ligier +1:23.520 4th 80 2
6 #4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell +1 lap 7th 79 1
7 #18 Elio de Angelis Shadow +2 laps 20th 78
8 #6 Nelson Piquet Brabham +2 laps 12th 78
9 #30 Jochen Mass Arrows +2 laps 13th 78
DNF #31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus Accident 23rd 71
DNF #22 Derek Daly Ensign Accident 24th 69
DNF #7 John Watson McLaren Injection 18th 62
DNF #28 Clay Regazzoni Williams Engine 15th 48
DNF #17 Jan Lammers Shadow Suspension 14th 47
DNF #29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows Brakes 9th 40
DNF #2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus Transmission 2nd 21
DNF #14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Transmission 16th 19
DNF #24 Arturo Merzario Merzario Engine 22nd 13
DNF #26 Jacques Laffite Ligier Brakes 5th 8
DNF #20 James Hunt Wolf Transmission 8th 0
DNF #5 Niki Lauda Brabham Accident 11th 0
DNF #8 Patrick Tambay McLaren Collision 19th 0
DSQ #3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell Push start 17th 72
DSQ #9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Push start 21st 49
DNS #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Injury in practice
DNS #16 René Arnoux Renault Withdrew

Standings

Pos. Driver Constructor Wins Podiums Points Gap
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 2 20
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 2 18 -2
3 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 0 2 13 -7
4 Carlos Reutemann Lotus 0 2 12 -8
5 Patrick Depailler Ligier 0 1 11 -9
6 Mario Andretti Lotus 0 0 8 -12
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 0 1 5 -15
8 John Watson McLaren 0 1 4 -16
9 Alan Jones Williams 0 1 4 -16
10 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 0 0 3 -17
11 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 0 1 -19
12 Niki Lauda Brabham 0 0 1 -19

More United States GP West

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Pole position
1983 #7 John Watson Niki Lauda René Arnoux 1:28.330 - Niki Lauda Patrick Tambay
1982 #8 Niki Lauda Keke Rosberg Riccardo Patrese 1:30.831 - Niki Lauda Andrea de Cesaris
1981 #1 Alan Jones Carlos Reutemann Nelson Piquet 1:20.901 - Alan Jones Riccardo Patrese
1980 #5 Nelson Piquet Riccardo Patrese Emerson Fittipaldi 1:19.830 - Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet
1978 #11 Carlos Reutemann Mario Andretti Patrick Depailler 1:22.215 - Alan Jones Carlos Reutemann
1977 #5 Mario Andretti Niki Lauda Jody Scheckter 1:22.753 - Niki Lauda Niki Lauda
1976 #2 Clay Regazzoni Niki Lauda Patrick Depailler 1:23.076 - Clay Regazzoni Clay Regazzoni
The 1979 United States Grand Prix West started Apr 8, 1979 on Long Beach in Long Beach, United States of America. Gilles Villeneuve started from pole position with Carlos Reutemann next to him. Jody Scheckter started from third place.

In 1 hour, 50 minutes and 25 seconds Gilles Villeneuve finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Jody Scheckter in second and Alan Jones in third place.

After the 1979 United States Grand Prix West, Gilles Villeneuve is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 20 points. Villeneuve is 2 points ahead of Jacques Laffite.