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1979 United States Grand Prix
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29 Jul 2012
Hungary: FIA post-race press conference
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Lotus fail to stop Hamilton's march to victory
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Hamilton secures dominant Hungarian GP pole
27 Jul 2012
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1979 United States Grand Prix
Overview
Grid
Race Entries
Race
Qualifying
Result
Fastest laps
Leaders
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)
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Lap
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Race
1
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
51
1:40.054
195.554
Ret
2
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
52
1:40.264
0.210
195.145
6
3
16
René Arnoux
Renault
48
1:41.322
1.268
193.107
2
4
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
38
1:42.029
1.975
191.769
1
5
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
56
1:42.108
2.054
191.621
3
6
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
41
1:42.147
2.093
191.547
4
7
33
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
49
1:42.887
2.833
190.170
Ret
8
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
44
1:43.400
3.346
189.226
5
9
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
45
1:43.574
3.520
188.908
Ret
10
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
4
1:46.278
6.224
184.102
Ret
11
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
3
1:47.622
7.568
181.803
Ret
12
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
29
1:48.378
8.324
180.535
Ret
13
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
48
1:53.048
12.994
173.077
7
14
22
Marc Surer
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
30
1:57.377
17.323
166.694
Ret
15
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
17
1:59.042
18.988
164.362
Ret
16
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
17
2:00.685
20.631
162.125
Ret
17
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
17
2:01.546
21.492
160.976
Ret
18
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
5
2:01.981
21.927
160.402
Ret
19
5
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
25
2:02.393
22.339
159.862
Ret
20
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
15
2:03.637
23.583
158.254
Ret
21
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
14
2:04.813
24.759
156.763
Ret
22
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
3
2:08.018
27.964
152.838
Ret
23
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1
2:10.062
30.008
150.436
Ret
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Lap
count
Distance
(km)
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1 – 31
31
168.485
2
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
32 – 36
5
27.175
3
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
37 – 59
23
125.005
No
Driver
Total Laps
Total
Distance
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
54
293.490
2
27
Alan Jones
5
27.175
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