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1979 United States Grand Prix
Sun, October 7th, 1979
Round 15
Track:
Watkins Glen International
Official race name:
XXII Toyota United States Grand Prix
Round:
15
(of 15)
Race number:
328
Date:
Sun, October 7th, 1979
Time:
14.00
Track length:
5.435 km
Laps:
59
Race distance:
320.665 km
Weather:
Overcast, cold and wet
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
59
1:52:17.734
171.333
3
9
2
16
René Arnoux
Renault
59
+ 48.787 secs
170.101
7
6
3
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
59
+ 53.199 secs
169.990
10
4
4
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
59
+ 1m 30.512 secs
169.062
20
3
5
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
59
+ 1m 41.259 secs
168.796
14
2
6
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
58
+ 1 Lap
13
1
7
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
54
+ 5 Laps
23
Ret
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
53
Transmission
2
Ret
33
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
52
Spun off
15
Ret
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
48
Tyre
16
Ret
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
44
Rear suspension
19
Ret
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
36
Wheel
1
Ret
22
Marc Surer
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
32
Engine
21
Ret
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
29
Accident
5
Ret
5
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
25
Spun off
9
Ret
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
24
Engine
8
Ret
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
20
Accident
12
Ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
20
Engine
22
Ret
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18
Accident
11
Ret
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
16
Gearbox
17
Ret
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
6
Spun off
6
Ret
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
3
Spun off
4
Ret
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2
Spun off
24
Ret
35
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
Spun off
18
DNQ
36
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
DNQ
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
31
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
19
Alex Ribeiro
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:
1:40.054 -
Nelson Piquet
(Lap 51)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
2
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:36.914
1
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:35.615
R
o
w
2
4
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:37.066
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:36.948
R
o
w
3
6
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:37.872
5
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:37.128
R
o
w
4
8
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:38.218
7
René Arnoux
Renault
1:38.195
R
o
w
5
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:38.823
9
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:38.509
R
o
w
6
12
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:39.035
11
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:38.945
R
o
w
7
14
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:39.329
13
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:39.233
R
o
w
8
16
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:39.576
15
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:39.468
R
o
w
9
18
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
1:40.277
17
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:40.144
R
o
w
10
20
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:40.625
19
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:40.337
R
o
w
11
22
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:40.731
21
Marc Surer
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:40.635
R
o
w
12
24
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:40.754
23
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:40.741
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:35.615
100.0
204.633
2
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:36.914
1.299
101.4
201.890
3
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:36.948
1.333
101.4
201.820
4
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:37.066
1.451
101.5
201.574
5
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:37.128
1.513
101.6
201.446
6
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:37.872
2.257
102.4
199.914
7
16
René Arnoux
Renault
1:38.195
2.580
102.7
199.257
8
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:38.218
2.603
102.7
199.210
9
5
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:38.509
2.894
103.0
198.621
10
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:38.823
3.208
103.4
197.990
11
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:38.945
3.330
103.5
197.746
12
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:39.035
3.420
103.6
197.567
13
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:39.233
3.618
103.8
197.172
14
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:39.329
3.714
103.9
196.982
15
33
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:39.468
3.853
104.0
196.706
16
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:39.576
3.961
104.1
196.493
17
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:40.144
4.529
104.7
195.379
18
35
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
1:40.277
4.662
104.9
195.120
19
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:40.337
4.722
104.9
195.003
20
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:40.625
5.010
105.2
194.445
21
22
Marc Surer
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:40.635
5.020
105.3
194.425
22
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:40.731
5.116
105.4
194.240
23
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:40.741
5.126
105.4
194.221
24
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:40.754
5.139
105.4
194.196
(25)
36
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
1:40.789
5.174
105.4
194.128
(26)
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:40.824
5.209
105.4
194.061
(27)
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:42.088
6.473
106.8
191.658
(28)
31
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque-Ford Cosworth
1:43.060
7.445
107.8
189.851
(29)
19
Alex Ribeiro
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:45.183
9.568
110.0
186.019
(30)
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:49.318
13.703
114.3
178.982
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Jody Scheckter
51
(60)
2
Gilles Villeneuve
47
(53)
4
3
Alan Jones
40
(43)
11
4
Jacques Laffite
36
15
5
Clay Regazzoni
29
(32)
22
6
Patrick Depailler
20
(22)
31
7
Carlos Reutemann
20
(25)
31
8
René Arnoux
17
34
9
John Watson
15
36
10
Didier Pironi
14
37
11
Jean-Pierre Jarier
14
37
12
Mario Andretti
14
37
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
9
42
14
Niki Lauda
4
47
15
Elio de Angelis
3
48
16
Nelson Piquet
3
48
17
Jacky Ickx
3
48
18
Jochen Mass
3
48
19
Hans-Joachim Stuck
2
49
20
Riccardo Patrese
2
49
21
Emerson Fittipaldi
1
50
22
Hector Rebaque
0
51
23
Patrick Tambay
0
51
24
Geoff Lees
0
51
25
Ricardo Zunino
0
51
26
Derek Daly
0
51
27
James Hunt
0
51
28
Jan Lammers
0
51
29
Keke Rosberg
0
51
30
Vittorio Brambilla
0
51
31
Patrick Gaillard
0
51
32
Bruno Giacomelli
0
51
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Ferrari
113
2
Williams-Ford Cosworth
75
38
3
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
61
52
4
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
39
74
5
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
28
85
6
Renault
26
87
7
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
15
98
8
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
7
106
9
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
5
108
10
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
3
110
11
ATS-Ford Cosworth
2
111
12
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1
112
13
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
0
113
14
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
113
15
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
0
113
16
Alfa Romeo
0
113
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