1979 Argentine Grand Prix
🇦🇷 Argentina Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Round 1 of 15
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 1 | 53 | 1:36:03.21 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 3 | 53 | +14.940s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 6 | 53 | +1:28.810 | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 25 | 2 | 53 | +1:41.720 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 7 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 11 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 18 | 16 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 30 | 14 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 15 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 28 | 17 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 22 | 24 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 10 | 48 | +5 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 31 | 19 | 46 | +7 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 17 | 21 | 42 | +11 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | James Hunt | Wolf | 20 | 18 | 41 | +12 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 4 | 15 | +38 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 12 | 15 | +38 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | 23 | 8 | +45 Laps | Fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 25 | 6 | +47 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 5 | 0 | +53 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 8 | 0 | +53 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 9 | 0 | +53 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 20 | 0 | +53 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 24 | 22 | 0 | +53 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 13 | 0 | +53 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 9 | 0 | 0 | +53 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.