United States Grand Prix West

Round 4 · Long Beach, California, USA

1979-04-08

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	—	1:50:25.400	Finished	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	▲1	+29.380	Finished	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	10	▲7	+59.690	Finished	4
4	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	6	▲2	+1:04.330	Finished	3
5	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	4	▼1	+1:23.520	Finished	2
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	7	▲1	—	+1 Lap	1
7	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	20	▲13	—	+2 Laps	0
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	▲4	—	+2 Laps	0
9	Jochen Mass	Arrows	13	▲4	—	+2 Laps	0
D	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	17	—	—	Disqualified	0
R	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	23	—	—	Accident	0
R	Derek Daly	Ensign	24	—	—	Accident	0
R	John Watson	McLaren	18	—	—	Injection	0
D	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	21	—	—	Disqualified	0
R	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	15	—	—	Engine	0
R	Jan Lammers	Shadow	14	—	—	Suspension	0
R	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	9	—	—	Brakes	0
R	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	2	—	—	Transmission	0
R	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	16	—	—	Transmission	0
R	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	22	—	—	Engine	0
R	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	5	—	—	Brakes	0
R	James Hunt	Wolf	8	—	—	Transmission	0
R	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	11	—	—	Accident	0
R	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	19	—	—	Collision	0
W	René Arnoux	Renault	—	—	—	Withdrew	0
W	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	—	—	—	Withdrew	0