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1979 United States Grand Prix - West qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 4 of 15 Sunday, April 8, 1979 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA 80 laps on a 3.251 kilometer street course (260.080 kilometers) Time of race: 1:50:25.40 Average speed: 141.321 kph Pole time: 78.825 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 29.38 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Gilles Villeneuve 12 1:18.825   148.476   2   Carlos Reutemann 2 1:18.886   148.361   3   Jody Scheckter 11 1:18.911   148.314   4   Patrick Depailler 25 1:19.025   148.100   5   Jacques Laffite 26 1:19.032   148.087   6   Mario Andretti 1 1:19.454   147.300   7   Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 1:19.580   147.067   8   James Hunt 20 1:19.643   146.951   9   Riccardo Patrese 29 1:19.727   146.796   10   Alan Jones 27 1:19.910   146.460   11   Niki Lauda 5 1:20.041   146.220   12   Nelson Piquet 6 1:20.456   145.466   13   Jochen Mass 30 1:20.608   145.192   14   Jan Lammers 17 1:20.740   144.954   15   Clay Regazzoni 28 1:20.768   144.904   16   Emerson Fittipaldi 14 1:21.033   144.430   17   Didier Pironi 3 1:21.192   144.147   18   John Watson 7 1:21.304   143.949   19   Patrick Tambay 8 1:21.411   143.759   20   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 15 1:21.635   143.365   21   Elio de Angelis 18 1:21.961   142.795   22   Rene Arnoux 16 1:22.088   142.574   23   Hans-Joachim Stuck 9 1:22.828   141.300   24   Arturo Merzario 24 1:22.938   141.113   25   Hector Rebaque 31 1:22.990   141.024   26   Derek Daly 22 1:23.888   139.515   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available