Season
1979
Race
4. United States Grand Prix West
1979 United States Grand Prix West
- Coordinates
- 33.7651, -118.189
- Altitude
- 12 m
- Race number
- 317
R
08/04/1979 00:00 · America/Los_Angeles · 80 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1 | = | 80 | 1:50:25.400 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | +1 | 80 | 1:50:54.780 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | +7 | 80 | 1:51:25.090 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | +2 | 80 | 1:51:29.730 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 4 | -1 | 80 | 1:51:48.920 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 7 | +1 | 79 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | +13 | 78 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | +4 | 78 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | +4 | 78 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | +7 | 72 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 11 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | +12 | 71 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | +12 | 69 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 13 | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | +5 | 62 | — | 0 | Injection | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | +7 | 49 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 15 | = | 48 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 16 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 14 | -2 | 47 | — | 0 | Suspension | — | |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | -8 | 40 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | -16 | 21 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | -3 | 19 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 20 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | +2 | 13 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 21 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | -16 | 8 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 22 | James Hunt | Wolf | 8 | -14 | 0 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 23 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 11 | -12 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 24 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | -5 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 25 | René Arnoux | Renault | 0 | = | 0 | — | 0 | Withdrew | — | |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | = | 0 | — | 0 | Withdrew | — |