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1979 United States Grand Prix West
Sun, April 8th, 1979
Round 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 page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
80
1:50:25.400
142.201
1
9
2
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
80
+ 29.380 secs
141.573
3
6
3
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 59.690 secs
140.931
10
4
4
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 1m 4.330 secs
140.833
6
3
5
25
Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 1m 23.520 secs
140.431
4
2
6
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
7
1
7
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 2 Laps
20
8
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
78
+ 2 Laps
137.890
12
9
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 2 Laps
13
Dsq
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
72
Disqualified
17
Ret
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
71
Accident
23
Ret
22
Derek Daly
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
69
Accident
24
Ret
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
62
Injection
18
Dsq
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
49
Disqualified
21
Ret
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
48
Engine
15
Ret
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
47
Accident
14
Ret
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
40
Brakes
9
Ret
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
21
Transmission
2
Ret
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
19
Transmission
16
Ret
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
13
Engine
22
Ret
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
8
Brakes
5
Ret
20
James Hunt
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
Transmission
8
Ret
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
Accident
11
Ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
0
Collision
19
DNS
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
Accident
DNS
16
René Arnoux
Renault
Joint
Fastest lap:
1:21.200 -
Gilles Villeneuve
Further details »
R
o
w
1
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:18.886
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:18.825
R
o
w
2
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:19.025
3
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:18.911
R
o
w
3
6
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:19.454
5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:19.032
R
o
w
4
8
James Hunt
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:19.643
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:19.580
R
o
w
5
10
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:19.910
9
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:19.727
R
o
w
6
12
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:20.456
11
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:20.041
R
o
w
7
14
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:20.740
13
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:20.608
R
o
w
8
16
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:21.033
15
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:20.768
R
o
w
9
18
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:21.304
17
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:21.192
R
o
w
10
20
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:21.961
19
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:21.411
R
o
w
11
22
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:22.938
21
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:22.828
R
o
w
12
24
Derek Daly
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:23.880
23
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:22.990
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
Further details »
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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