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1979 United States Grand Prix - East Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 15 of 15 Sunday, October 7, 1979 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY 59 laps on a 5.435 kilometer road course (320.665 kilometers) Time of race: 1:52:17.73 Average speed: 171.333 kph Pole time: 95.615 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 48.787 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 3 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 59 1:52:17.734 54 9 2 7 16   Rene Arnoux Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 59 +48.787 0 6 3 10 3   Didier Pironi Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 59 +53.199 0 4 4 20 18   Elio de Angelis Interscope Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 59 +90.512 0 3 5 14 9   Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Wheels ATS D3 / Ford Cosworth DFV 59 +101.259 0 2 6 13 7   John Watson Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M29 / Ford Cosworth DFV 58 +1 lap 0 1 7 23 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F6A / Ford Cosworth DFV 54 +5 laps 0 0 ret 2 6   Nelson Piquet Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV 53 transmission 0 0 ret 15 33   Derek Daly Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 spun off 0 0 ret 16 11   Jody Scheckter Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 48 tire 0 0 ret 19 29   Riccardo Patrese Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 44 suspension 0 0 ret 1 27   Alan Jones Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV 36 wheel 5 0 ret 21 22   Marc Surer Team Ensign Ensign N179 / Ford Cosworth DFV 32 engine 0 0 ret 5 28   Clay Regazzoni Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV 29 crash 0 0 ret 9 5   Ricardo Zunino Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV 25 spun off 0 0 ret 8 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 24 engine 0 0 ret 12 20   Keke Rosberg Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing Wolf WR7 / Ford Cosworth DFV 20 crash 0 0 ret 22 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M29 / Ford Cosworth DFV 20 engine 0 0 ret 11 4   Jean-Pierre Jarier Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 18 crash 0 0 ret 17 1   Mario Andretti Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 16 gearbox 0 0 ret 6 2   Carlos Reutemann Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 6 spun off 0 0 ret 4 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 3 spun off 0 0 ret 24 25   Jacky Ickx Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 2 spun off 0 0 ret 18 35   Bruno Giacomelli Autodelta Alfa Romeo 179 / Alfa Romeo 1260 0 spun off 0 0

Fastest Lap: 195.554 kph by Nelson Piquet Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 25 Vittorio Brambilla 36 Autodelta 26 Jochen Mass 30 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team 27 Jan Lammers 17 Samson Shadow Racing Team 28 Hector Rebaque 31 Team Rebaque 29 Alex Ribeiro 19 Fittipaldi Automotive 30 Arturo Merzario 24 Team Merzario Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gilles Villeneuve 1 31 31   Alan Jones 32 36 5   Gilles Villeneuve 37 59 23 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jody Scheckter 60     2   Gilles Villeneuve 53   -7   3   Alan Jones 43   -17   4   Jacques Laffite 36   -24   5   Clay Regazzoni 32   -28   6   Carlos Reutemann 25   -35   7   Patrick Depailler 22   -38   8   Rene Arnoux 17   -43   9   John Watson 15   -45   10   Mario Andretti 14   -46   10   Didier Pironi 14   -46   10   Jean-Pierre Jarier 14   -46   13   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 9   -51   14   Niki Lauda 4   -56   15   Jochen Mass 3   -57   15   Elio de Angelis 3   -57   15   Nelson Piquet 3   -57   15   Jacky Ickx 3   -57   19   Riccardo Patrese 2   -58   19   Hans-Joachim Stuck 2   -58   21   Emerson Fittipaldi 1   -59