1979 · Round 4 · 8 Apr 1979

United States Grand Prix West

Long Beach, California, USA

Race result

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	80	1:50:25.400	9
2	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	80	+29.380s	6
3	27	Alan Jones	Williams	10	80	+59.690s	4
4	1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	6	80	+64.330s	3
5	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	4	80	+83.520s	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	22	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	PL	0	Withdrew
W	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	PL	0	Withdrew