Season 1979 · Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

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1979-04-08 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 80Lap · 260.080km
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari 1:50:25.400
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
11 Jody Scheckter
Ferrari +29.380
27 Alan Jones
Williams +59.690
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Hector Rebaque L71 Derek Daly L69 John Watson L62 Clay Regazzoni L48 Jan Lammers L47 Riccardo Patrese L40 Carlos Reutemann L21 Emerson Fittipaldi L19 Arturo Merzario L13 Jacques Laffite L8 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Long Beach California, USA
80Lap 260.080km 8 races held (1976–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Mario Andretti 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Niki Lauda 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Clay Regazzoni 1 · GP #1
P1 Niki Lauda 1 · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 4 · GP #1
P2 Mario Andretti 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Patrick Depailler 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
Starts
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jacques Laffite 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Villeneuve · P1 → P1 1 Villeneuve VIL 1 Villeneuve VIL Scheckter · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Jones · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Jones JON 3 Jones JON Andretti · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Andretti AND 4 Andretti AND Depailler · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Depailler DEP 5 Depailler DEP Jarier · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Jarier JAR 6 Jarier JAR de Angelis · P20 → P7 · +13 20 de Angelis DE 7 de Angelis DE Piquet · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Piquet PIQ 8 Piquet PIQ Mass · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Mass MAS 9 Mass MAS Pironi · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Pironi PIR 10 Pironi PIR Rebaque · P23 → retired L71 Rebaque · retired L71 23 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Daly · P24 → retired L69 Daly · retired L69 24 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Watson · P18 → retired L62 Watson · retired L62 18 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Stuck · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Stuck STU 14 Stuck STU Regazzoni · P15 → retired L48 Regazzoni · retired L48 15 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Lammers · P14 → retired L47 Lammers · retired L47 14 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Patrese · P9 → retired L40 Patrese · retired L40 9 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Reutemann · P2 → retired L21 Reutemann · retired L21 2 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Fittipaldi · P16 → retired L19 Fittipaldi · retired L19 16 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Merzario · P22 → retired L13 Merzario · retired L13 22 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Laffite · P5 → retired L8 Laffite · retired L8 5 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Hunt · P8 → retired L0 Hunt · retired L0 8 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Lauda · P11 → retired L0 Lauda · retired L0 11 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Tambay · P19 → retired L0 Tambay · retired L0 19 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Arnoux · pit lane → P25 · +2 — Arnoux ARN 25 Arnoux ARN Jabouille · pit lane → P26 · +2 — Jabouille JAB 26 Jabouille JAB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 80 1:50:25.400 9
2 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 3 80 +29.380 6
3 27 Alan Jones Williams 10 80 +59.690 4
4 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 80 +1:04.330 3
5 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier 4 80 +1:23.520 2
6 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 7 79 +1 Lap 1
7 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 78 +2 Laps
8 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 78 +2 Laps
9 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 13 78 +2 Laps
D 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 72 Disqualified
R 31 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 71 Accident
R 33 Derek Daly Ensign 24 69 Accident
R 7 John Watson McLaren 18 62 Injection
D 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 49 Disqualified
R 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 15 48 Engine
R 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 14 47 Suspension
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 40 Brakes
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 2 21 Transmission
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 19 Transmission
R 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 13 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 8 Brakes
R 20 James Hunt Wolf 8 0 Transmission
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 0 Accident
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 0 Collision
W 16 René Arnoux Renault 0 0 Withdrew
W 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Gilles Villeneuve
2
2 Carlos Reutemann
3
11 Jody Scheckter
4
25 Patrick Depailler
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
1 Mario Andretti
7
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
8
20 James Hunt
9
29 Riccardo Patrese
10
27 Alan Jones
11
5 Niki Lauda
12
6 Nelson Piquet
13
30 Jochen Mass
14
17 Jan Lammers
15
28 Clay Regazzoni
16
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
17
3 Didier Pironi
18
7 John Watson
19
8 Patrick Tambay
20
18 Elio de Angelis
21
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
22
24 Arturo Merzario
23
31 Hector Rebaque
24
33 Derek Daly
PIT
16 René Arnoux pit lane start
PIT
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille pit lane start
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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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