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United States Grand Prix West

1979 Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix

Round 4 of 15Long Beach, Long BeachApr 8 197980 laps

Podium

SCHFerrari

VILFerrari

JONWilliams

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:50:25.400 from P1

PoleVIL1:18.825

Fastest lapVIL1:21.200

Finishers9 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	–	80	1:50:25.400	9	1:21.200
2	SCHJody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	▲1	80	+29.380s	6	–
3	JONAlan Jones	Williams	10	▲7	80	+59.690s	4	–
4	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	6	▲2	80	+64.330s	3	–
5	DEPPatrick Depailler	Ligier	4	▼1	80	+83.520s	2	–
6	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	7	▲1	79	+1 lap	1	–
7	DEAElio De Angelis	Shadow	20	▲13	78	+2 laps		–
8	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	12	▲4	78	+2 laps		–
9	MASJochen Mass	Arrows	13	▲4	78	+2 laps		–
DNF	REBHéctor Rebaque	Lotus	23		71	Accident		–
DNF	DALDerek Daly	Ensign	24		69	Accident		–
DNF	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	18		62	Injection		–
DNF	REGClay Regazzoni	Williams	15		48	Engine		–
DNF	LAMJan Lammers	Shadow	14		47	Suspension		–
DNF	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	9		40	Brakes		–
DNF	REUCarlos Reutemann	Lotus	2		21	Transmission		–
DNF	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	16		19	Transmission		–
DNF	MERArturo Merzario	Merzario	22		13	Engine		–
DNF	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	5		8	Brakes		–
DNF	HUNJames Hunt	Wolf	8		0	Transmission		–
DNF	LAUNiki Lauda	Brabham	11		0	Accident		–
DNF	TAMPatrick Tambay	McLaren	19		0	Collision		–
DSQ	PIRDidier Pironi	Tyrrell	17		72	Push start		–
DSQ	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	21		49	Push start		–
DNS	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	–		0	Injury in practice		–
DNS	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	–		0	Withdrew		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:18.825
2	REUCarlos Reutemann	Lotus	1:18.886	+0.061s
3	SCHJody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:18.911	+0.086s
4	DEPPatrick Depailler	Ligier	1:19.025	+0.200s
5	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:19.032	+0.207s
6	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	1:19.454	+0.629s
7	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:19.580	+0.755s
8	HUNJames Hunt	Wolf	1:19.643	+0.818s
9	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:19.727	+0.902s
10	JONAlan Jones	Williams	1:19.910	+1.085s
11	LAUNiki Lauda	Brabham	1:20.041	+1.216s
12	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:20.456	+1.631s
13	MASJochen Mass	Arrows	1:20.608	+1.783s
14	LAMJan Lammers	Shadow	1:20.740	+1.915s
15	REGClay Regazzoni	Williams	1:20.768	+1.943s
16	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:21.033	+2.208s
17	PIRDidier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:21.192	+2.367s
18	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	1:21.304	+2.479s
19	TAMPatrick Tambay	McLaren	1:21.411	+2.586s
20	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:21.635	+2.810s
21	DEAElio De Angelis	Shadow	1:21.961	+3.136s
22	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	1:22.088	+3.263s
23	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	1:22.828	+4.003s
24	MERArturo Merzario	Merzario	1:22.938	+4.113s
25	REBHéctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:22.990	+4.165s
26	DALDerek Daly	Ensign	1:23.888	+5.063s

Long Beach

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1979. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1978	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
1977	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1976	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari

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