Season 1979 · Round 15

United States Grand Prix

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1979-10-07 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari 1:52:17.734
Team win 9pt P1 · P10
16 René Arnoux
Renault +48.787
3 Didier Pironi
Tyrrell +53.199
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Nelson Piquet L53 Derek Daly L52 Jody Scheckter L48 Riccardo Patrese L44 Alan Jones L36 Marc Surer L32 Clay Regazzoni L29 Ricardo Zunino L25 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L24 Keke Rosberg L20 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 10/20 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Watkins Glen New York State, USA
59Lap 320.670km 20 races held (1961–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P6 James Hunt 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Clay Regazzoni 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Villeneuve · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Villeneuve VIL 1 Villeneuve VIL Arnoux · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Arnoux ARN 2 Arnoux ARN Pironi · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Pironi PIR 3 Pironi PIR de Angelis · P20 → P4 · +16 20 de Angelis DE 4 de Angelis DE Stuck · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Stuck STU 5 Stuck STU Watson · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Fittipaldi · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Fittipaldi FIT 7 Fittipaldi FIT Piquet · P2 → retired L53 Piquet · retired L53 2 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Daly · P15 → retired L52 Daly · retired L52 15 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Scheckter · P16 → retired L48 Scheckter · retired L48 16 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Patrese · P19 → retired L44 Patrese · retired L44 19 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Jones · P1 → retired L36 Jones · retired L36 1 Jones JON R Jones JON Surer · P21 → retired L32 Surer · retired L32 21 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Regazzoni · P5 → retired L29 Regazzoni · retired L29 5 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Zunino · P9 → retired L25 Zunino · retired L25 9 Zunino ZUN R Zunino ZUN Jabouille · P8 → retired L24 Jabouille · retired L24 8 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Rosberg · P12 → retired L20 Rosberg · retired L20 12 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Tambay · P22 → retired L20 Tambay · retired L20 22 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Jarier · P11 → retired L18 Jarier · retired L18 11 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Andretti · P17 → retired L16 Andretti · retired L16 17 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Reutemann · P6 → retired L6 Reutemann · retired L6 6 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Laffite · P4 → retired L3 Laffite · retired L3 4 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Ickx · P24 → retired L2 Ickx · retired L2 24 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Giacomelli · P18 → retired L0 Giacomelli · retired L0 18 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 59 1:52:17.734 9
2 16 René Arnoux Renault 7 59 +48.787 6
3 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 59 +53.199 4
4 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 59 +1:30.512 3
5 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 14 59 +1:41.259 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 13 58 +1 Lap 1
7 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 54 +5 Laps
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 2 53 Transmission
R 33 Derek Daly Tyrrell 15 52 Spun off
R 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 16 48 Tyre
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 44 Suspension
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 1 36 Wheel
R 22 Marc Surer Ensign 21 32 Engine
R 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 5 29 Accident
R 5 Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 9 25 Spun off
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 8 24 Engine
R 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf 12 20 Accident
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 22 20 Engine
R 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 18 Accident
R 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 16 Gearbox
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 6 6 Spun off
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 3 Spun off
R 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier 24 2 Spun off
R 35 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Alan Jones
2
6 Nelson Piquet
3
12 Gilles Villeneuve
4
26 Jacques Laffite
5
28 Clay Regazzoni
6
2 Carlos Reutemann
7
16 René Arnoux
8
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
9
5 Ricardo Zunino
10
3 Didier Pironi
11
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
12
20 Keke Rosberg
13
7 John Watson
14
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
15
33 Derek Daly
16
11 Jody Scheckter
17
1 Mario Andretti
18
35 Bruno Giacomelli
19
29 Riccardo Patrese
20
18 Elio de Angelis
21
22 Marc Surer
22
8 Patrick Tambay
23
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
24
25 Jacky Ickx
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15