1979 United States Grand Prix West
🇺🇸 USA Long Beach, California, USA Round 4 of 15
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 1 | 80 | 1:50:25.4 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 3 | 80 | +29.380s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 10 | 80 | +59.690s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 6 | 80 | +1:04.330 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 25 | 4 | 80 | +1:23.520 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 7 | 79 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 18 | 20 | 78 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 12 | 78 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 30 | 13 | 78 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 17 | 72 | +8 Laps | Disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 31 | 23 | 71 | +9 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 22 | 24 | 69 | +11 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 18 | 62 | +18 Laps | Injection | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 9 | 21 | 49 | +31 Laps | Disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 28 | 15 | 48 | +32 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 17 | 14 | 47 | +33 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 9 | 40 | +40 Laps | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 2 | 21 | +59 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 16 | 19 | +61 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 24 | 22 | 13 | +67 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 5 | 8 | +72 Laps | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | James Hunt | Wolf | 20 | 8 | 0 | +80 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | 11 | 0 | +80 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 19 | 0 | +80 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 0 | 0 | +80 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 0 | 0 | +80 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.