United States West (1979)

Date: 08 Apr 1979

Location: Long Beach, United States of America

Race Results
Position Driver Points Laps Constructor Engine Tyres
1 Canada Gilles Villeneuve 9 80 Ferrari Ferrari Michelin
2 South Africa Jody Scheckter 6 80 Ferrari Ferrari Michelin
3 Australia Alan Jones 4 80 Williams Ford Goodyear
4 United States of America Mario Andretti 3 80 Lotus Ford Goodyear
5 France Patrick Depailler 2 80 Ligier Ford Goodyear
6 France Jean-Pierre Jarier 1 79 Tyrrell Ford Goodyear
7 Italy Elio de Angelis 0 78 Shadow Ford Goodyear
8 Brazil Nelson Piquet 0 78 Brabham Alfa Romeo Goodyear
9 Germany Jochen Mass 0 78 Arrows Ford Goodyear
DNF Mexico Héctor Rebaque 0 71 Lotus Ford Goodyear
DNF Ireland Derek Daly 0 69 Ensign Ford Goodyear
DNF United Kingdom John Watson 0 62 McLaren Ford Goodyear
DNF Switzerland Clay Regazzoni 0 48 Williams Ford Goodyear
DNF Netherlands Jan Lammers 0 47 Shadow Ford Goodyear
DNF Italy Riccardo Patrese 0 40 Arrows Ford Goodyear
DNF Argentina Carlos Reutemann 0 21 Lotus Ford Goodyear
DNF Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 0 19 Fittipaldi Ford Goodyear
DNF Italy Arturo Merzario 0 13 Merzario Ford Goodyear
DNF France Jacques Laffite 0 8 Ligier Ford Goodyear
DNF United Kingdom James Hunt 0 0 Wolf Ford Goodyear
DNF Austria Niki Lauda 0 0 Brabham Alfa Romeo Goodyear
DNF France Patrick Tambay 0 0 McLaren Ford Goodyear
DNS France Jean-Pierre Jabouille 0 Renault Renault Michelin
DNS France René Arnoux 0 Renault Renault Michelin
DSQ France Didier Pironi 0 72 Tyrrell Ford Goodyear
DSQ Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 0 49 ATS Ford Goodyear
Qualifying Times (Q1 / Q2 / Q3)

No qualifying data available.

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1979 Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix (1979)

Date: 1979-04-08 · Circuit: Long Beach (United States of America)

Podium
  1. Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve Ferrari 9 pts
  2. Jody David Scheckter Ferrari 6 pts
  3. Alan Stanley Jones Williams 4 pts
Race Results
PosDriverConstructor GridΔTime/RetiredPoints
1 Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve Ferrari 1 0 1:50:25.400 9
2 Jody David Scheckter Ferrari 3 +1 1:50:54.780 6
3 Alan Stanley Jones Williams 10 +7 1:51:25.090 4
4 Mario Gabriele Andretti Lotus 6 +2 1:51:29.730 3
5 Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler Ligier 4 -1 1:51:48.920 2
6 Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier Tyrrell 7 +1 1
7 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 +13
8 Nelson Piquet Souto Maior Brabham 12 +4
9 Jochen Richard Mass Arrows 13 +4
Héctor Alonso Rebaque Lotus 23 Accident
Derek Daly Ensign 24 Accident
John Marshall Watson McLaren 18 Injection
Gianclaudio Giuseppe Regazzoni Williams 15 Engine
Johannes Lammers Shadow 14 Suspension
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese Arrows 9 Brakes
Carlos Alberto Reutemann Lotus 2 Transmission
Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 Transmission
Arturo Francesco Merzario Merzario 22 Engine
Jacques-Henri Laffite Ligier 5 Brakes
James Simon Wallis Hunt Wolf 8 Transmission
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda Brabham 11 Accident
Patrick Daniel Tambay McLaren 19 Collision
Didier Joseph Louis Pironi Tyrrell 17 Push start
Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 Push start
Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille Renault Injury in practice
René Alexandre Arnoux Renault Withdrew
Qualifying Top 10
PosDriverConstructorGrid
1 Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve Ferrari 1
2 Carlos Alberto Reutemann Lotus 2
3 Jody David Scheckter Ferrari 3
4 Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler Ligier 4
5 Jacques-Henri Laffite Ligier 5
6 Mario Gabriele Andretti Lotus 6
7 Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier Tyrrell 7
8 James Simon Wallis Hunt Wolf 8
9 Riccardo Gabriele Patrese Arrows 9
10 Alan Stanley Jones Williams 10

Fastest Lap

Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (Ferrari) – 1:50:25.400

Driver of the Day

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