Season
1979
Race
1. Argentine Grand Prix
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -34.6943, -58.4593
- Altitude
- 8 m
- Race number
- 314
R
21/01/1979 00:00 · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · 53 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | = | 53 | 1:36:03.210 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | +1 | 53 | 1:36:18.150 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | John Watson | McLaren | 6 | +3 | 53 | 1:37:32.020 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | -2 | 53 | 1:37:44.930 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 7 | +2 | 52 | — | 2 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 11 | +5 | 52 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 16 | +9 | 52 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 14 | +6 | 51 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | +6 | 51 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | +7 | 51 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | +13 | 51 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 10 | -2 | 48 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 13 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 19 | +6 | 46 | — | 0 | Suspension | — | |
| 14 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | +7 | 42 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 15 | James Hunt | Wolf | 18 | +3 | 41 | — | 0 | Electrical | — | |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | -12 | 15 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | -5 | 15 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 18 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 | +5 | 8 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 19 | René Arnoux | Renault | 25 | +6 | 6 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 20 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | -15 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | -13 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | -13 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 23 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 20 | -3 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | -2 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 25 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | -12 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 26 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 0 | = | 0 | — | 0 | Withdrew | — |