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1979 Grand Prix of Argentina qualifying results Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 15 Sunday, January 21, 1979 at Autodromo Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 53 laps on a 5.968 kilometer road course (316.304 kilometers) Time of race: 1:36:03.21 Average speed: 197.593 kph Pole time: 104.2 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 14.94 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Jacques Laffite 26 1:44.200   206.188   2   Patrick Depailler 25 1:45.240   204.151   3   Carlos Reutemann 2 1:45.340   203.957   4   Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 1:45.360   203.918   5   Jody Scheckter 11 1:45.580   203.493   6   John Watson 7 1:45.760   203.147   7   Mario Andretti 1 1:45.960   202.763   8   Didier Pironi 3 1:46.430   201.868   9   Patrick Tambay 8 1:46.560   201.622   10   Gilles Villeneuve 12 1:46.880   201.018   11   Emerson Fittipaldi 14 1:47.150   200.511   12   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 15 1:47.460   199.933   13   Riccardo Patrese 29 1:48.330   198.327   14   Jochen Mass 30 1:48.340   198.309   15   Alan Jones 27 1:48.440   198.126   16   Elio de Angelis 18 1:48.510   197.998   17   Clay Regazzoni 28 1:48.640   197.761   18   James Hunt 20 1:48.770   197.525   19   Hector Rebaque 31 1:49.360   196.459   20   Nelson Piquet 6 1:49.490   196.226   21   Jan Lammers 17 1:49.510   196.190   22   Arturo Merzario 24 1:50.260   194.856   23   Niki Lauda 5 1:50.290   194.803   24   Derek Daly 22 1:51.050   193.470   25   Hans-Joachim Stuck 9 1:51.280   193.070   26   Rene Arnoux 16 1:51.520   192.654   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Hans-Joachim Stuck (#9)