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1979 United States Grand Prix West

Race Name:V Lubri Con Grand Prix of Long Beach
Track:Circuit of Long Beach
Round:4 of 15
Race date:Sunday, April 8th, 1979
Race time:14.00

The Podium

1st2nd3rd
DriverGilles VilleneuveJody ScheckterAlan Jones
ConstructorFerrariFerrariWilliams-Ford Cosworth
CarFerrari 312T4Ferrari 312T4Williams FW06
EngineFerrari 312BFerrari 312BFord Cosworth DFV
TyreMichelinMichelinGoodyear
Time1:50:25.4001:50:54.7801:51:25.090
Gap29.380 secs59.690 secs

Fastest weekend laptimes

PNo.DriverQualRaceTotal
112Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:18.825
0
1:21.200
80
1:18.825
80
22Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:18.886
0
1:21.940
21
1:18.886
21
311Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:18.911
0
1:21.280
80
1:18.911
80
425Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:19.025
0
1:21.410
80
1:19.025
80
526Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:19.032
0
1:22.800
8
1:19.032
8
61Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:19.454
0
1:21.710
80
1:19.454
80
74Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:19.580
0
1:21.960
79
1:19.580
79
820James Hunt
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:19.643
0
No Time
0
1:19.643
0
929Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:19.727
0
1:23.090
40
1:19.727
40
1027Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:19.910
0
1:21.810
80
1:19.910
80
115Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:20.041
0
No Time
0
1:20.041
0
126Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:20.456
0
1:22.990
78
1:20.456
78
1330Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:20.608
0
1:23.010
78
1:20.608
78
1417Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:20.740
0
1:22.440
47
1:20.740
47
1528Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:20.768
0
1:23.210
48
1:20.768
48
1614Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:21.033
0
1:23.330
19
1:21.033
19
173Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:21.192
0
1:22.730
72
1:21.192
72
187John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:21.304
0
1:24.220
62
1:21.304
62
198Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:21.411
0
No Time
0
1:21.411
0
2015Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:21.635
0
1:21.635
0
2118Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:21.961
0
1:23.260
78
1:21.961
78
2216René Arnoux
Renault
1:22.088
0
1:22.088
0
2331Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:22.990
0
1:22.730
71
1:22.730
71
249Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:22.828
0
1:23.200
49
1:22.828
49
2524Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:22.938
0
1:24.330
13
1:22.938
13
2622Derek Daly
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:23.880
0
1:24.930
69
1:23.880
69