1979 United States Grand Prix West

Sun, April 8th, 1979Round 4

Track:	Circuit of Long Beach
Official race name:	V Lubri Con Grand Prix of Long Beach
Round:	4 (of 15)
Race number:	317
Date:	Sun, April 8th, 1979
Time:	14.00
Track length:	3.251 km
Laps:	80
Race distance:	261.705 km
Weather:	Sunny, mild and dry

For more detailed results, visit the Results pageResults in Brief

Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Gilles Villeneuve	20
2	Jacques Laffite	18	2
3	Jody Scheckter	13	7
4	Carlos Reutemann	12	8
5	Patrick Depailler	11	9
6	Mario Andretti	8	12
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	5	15
8	John Watson	4	16
9	Alan Jones	4	16
10	Didier Pironi	3	17
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	19
12	Niki Lauda	1	19
13	Elio de Angelis	0	20
14	Jochen Mass	0	20
15	Nelson Piquet	0	20
16	James Hunt	0	20
17	Clay Regazzoni	0	20
18	Riccardo Patrese	0	20
19	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0	20
20	Patrick Tambay	0	20
21	Derek Daly	0	20
22	Jan Lammers	0	20

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Ferrari	33
2	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	29	4
3	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	20	13
4	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	8	25
5	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	29
6	Williams-Ford Cosworth	4	29
7	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	32
8	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1	32
9	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	0	33
10	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	0	33
11	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	0	33
12	Renault	0	33
13	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	33

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:18.825		100.0	148.476
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:18.886	0.061	100.1	148.361
3	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:18.911	0.086	100.1	148.314
4	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:19.025	0.200	100.3	148.100
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:19.032	0.207	100.3	148.087
6	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:19.454	0.629	100.8	147.300
7	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:19.580	0.755	101.0	147.067
8	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:19.643	0.818	101.0	146.951
9	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:19.727	0.902	101.1	146.796
10	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:19.910	1.085	101.4	146.460
11	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:20.041	1.216	101.5	146.220
12	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:20.456	1.631	102.1	145.466
13	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:20.608	1.783	102.3	145.192
14	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:20.740	1.915	102.4	144.954
15	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:20.768	1.943	102.5	144.904
16	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1:21.033	2.208	102.8	144.430
17	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:21.192	2.367	103.0	144.147
18	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:21.304	2.479	103.1	143.949
19	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:21.411	2.586	103.3	143.759
20	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:21.961	3.136	104.0	142.795
21	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:22.828	4.003	105.1	141.300
22	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	1:22.938	4.113	105.2	141.113
23	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:22.990	4.165	105.3	141.024
24	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:23.880	5.055	106.4	139.528
(25)	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:21.635	2.810	103.6	143.365
(26)	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:22.088	3.263	104.1	142.574
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Sun, April 8th, 1979Round 4

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