1979 United States Grand Prix West

Race

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

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