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1979 United States Grand Prix - West 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

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 80 1:50:25.40 80 9 2 3 11   Jody Scheckter Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 80 +29.38 0 6 3 10 27   Alan Jones Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +59.69 0 4 4 6 1   Mario Andretti Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +64.33 0 3 5 4 25   Patrick Depailler Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +83.52 0 2 6 7 4   Jean-Pierre Jarier Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 1 7 20 18   Elio de Angelis Interscope Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 78 +2 laps 0 0 8 12 6   Nelson Piquet Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 78 +2 laps 0 0 9 13 30   Jochen Mass Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1B / Ford Cosworth DFV 78 +2 laps 0 0 dsq 17 3   Didier Pironi Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 72 disqualified 0 0 ret 23 31   Hector Rebaque Team Rebaque Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 crash 0 0 ret 24 22   Derek Daly Team Ensign Ensign N179 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 crash 0 0 ret 18 7   John Watson Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28 / Ford Cosworth DFV 62 injection 0 0 dsq 21 9   Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Wheels ATS D2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 49 disqualified 0 0 ret 15 28   Clay Regazzoni Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 48 engine 0 0 ret 14 17   Jan Lammers Samson Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 47 suspension 0 0 ret 9 29   Riccardo Patrese Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1B / Ford Cosworth DFV 40 brakes 0 0 ret 2 2   Carlos Reutemann Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 21 transmission 0 0 ret 16 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 19 transmission 0 0 ret 22 24   Arturo Merzario Team Merzario Merzario A1B / Ford Cosworth DFV 13 engine 0 0 ret 5 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 8 brakes 0 0 ret 8 20   James Hunt Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing Wolf WR7 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 transmission 0 0 ret 11 5   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 0 crash 0 0 ret 19 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 crash 0 0 dns 25 16   Rene Arnoux Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 0 did not start 0 0 dns 26 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 0 did not start 0 0

Fastest Lap: 144.133 kph by Gilles Villeneuve Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gilles Villeneuve 1 80 80 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Gilles Villeneuve 20     2   Jacques Laffite 18   -2   3   Jody Scheckter 13   -7   4   Carlos Reutemann 12   -8   5   Patrick Depailler 11   -9   6   Mario Andretti 8   -12   7   Jean-Pierre Jarier 5   -15   8   John Watson 4   -16   8   Alan Jones 4   -16   10   Didier Pironi 3   -17   11   Niki Lauda 1   -19   11   Emerson Fittipaldi 1   -19