1979 United States Grand Prix

Watkins Glen · New York State, USA · 07/10/1979

Race winner

Winning driver

9.0 pts

Top team

Position	Driver	Team	Points	Wins
1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	51	3
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	44	2
3	Alan Jones	Williams	40	4
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	36	2
5	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	29	1
6	Patrick Depailler	—	20	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	20	0
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	14	0
9	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	14	0
10	John Watson	McLaren	14	0
11	René Arnoux	Renault	11	0
12	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	10	0
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	9	1
14	Niki Lauda	—	4	0
15	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	3	0
16	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	3	0
17	Jochen Mass	—	3	0
18	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	2	0
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1	0
—	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	0	0
—	Hector Rebaque	—	0	0
—	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	0	0
—	Geoff Lees	—	0	0
—	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	0	0
—	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	0	0
—	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	0	0
—	James Hunt	—	0	0
—	Jan Lammers	—	0	0
—	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	0	0
—	Vittorio Brambilla	—	0	0
—	Patrick Gaillard	—	0	0
—	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	0
—	Arturo Merzario	—	0	0

Position	Team	Points	Wins
1	Ferrari	104	5
2	Williams	75	5
3	Ligier	61	3
4	Team Lotus	39	0
5	Tyrrell	24	0
6	Renault	20	1
7	McLaren	14	0
8	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	7	0
9	Arrows	5	0
10	Fittipaldi	1	0
—	Shadow	0	0
—	Brabham-Ford	0	0
—	Wolf	0	0
—	ATS	0	0
—	Ensign	0	0
—	Alfa Romeo	0	0
—	Rebaque	0	0
—	Merzario	0	0