United States Grand Prix West
Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) won the 1979 United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach.
Circuit Long Beach
LocationCalifornia, USA
Date8 April 1979
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1 | 80 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | 80 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | 80 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | 80 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 4 | 80 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 7 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | 72 | Disqualified | 0 |
| 11 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 71 | Accident | 0 |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 69 | Accident | 0 |
| 13 | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | 62 | Injection | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 49 | Disqualified | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 15 | 48 | Engine | 0 |
| 16 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 14 | 47 | Suspension | 0 |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | 40 | Brakes | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 21 | Transmission | 0 |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 19 | Transmission | 0 |
| 20 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 8 | Brakes | 0 |
| 22 | James Hunt | Wolf | 8 | 0 | Transmission | 0 |
| 23 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 11 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| 25 | René Arnoux | Renault | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |