1979 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP · ROUND 04

United States Grand Prix West

California, USA · 08 Apr 1979

Race date08 Apr 1979

Start · UTCNot available

StatusClassification available

Race classification 26 ENTRIES

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	80	1:50:25.400	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	80	+29.380	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	10	80	+59.690	4
4	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	6	80	+1:04.330	3
5	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	4	80	+1:23.520	2
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	7	79	+1 Lap	1
7	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	20	78	+2 Laps	0
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	78	+2 Laps	0
9	Jochen Mass	Arrows	13	78	+2 Laps	0
D	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	17	72	Disqualified	0
RET	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	23	71	Accident	0
RET	Derek Daly	Ensign	24	69	Accident	0
RET	John Watson	McLaren	18	62	Injection	0
D	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	21	49	Disqualified	0
RET	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	15	48	Engine	0
RET	Jan Lammers	Shadow	14	47	Suspension	0
RET	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	9	40	Brakes	0
RET	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	2	21	Transmission	0
RET	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	16	19	Transmission	0
RET	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	22	13	Engine	0
RET	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	5	8	Brakes	0
RET	James Hunt	Wolf	8	0	Transmission	0
RET	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	11	0	Accident	0
RET	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	19	0	Collision	0
W	René Arnoux	Renault	PL	0	Withdrew	0
W	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	PL	0	Withdrew	0

Qualifying data is not available for this race. Historical coverage varies by season.