United States Grand Prix

Round 15 · Watkins Glen, New York State, USA

1979-10-07

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	▲2	1:52:17.734	Finished	9
2	René Arnoux	Renault	7	▲5	+48.787	Finished	6
3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	10	▲7	+53.199	Finished	4
4	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	20	▲16	+1:30.512	Finished	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	14	▲9	+1:41.259	Finished	2
6	John Watson	McLaren	13	▲7	—	+1 Lap	1
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	23	▲16	—	+5 Laps	0
R	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	2	—	—	Transmission	0
R	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	15	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	16	—	—	Tyre	0
R	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	19	—	—	Suspension	0
R	Alan Jones	Williams	1	—	—	Wheel	0
R	Marc Surer	Ensign	21	—	—	Engine	0
R	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	5	—	—	Accident	0
R	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	9	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	8	—	—	Engine	0
R	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	12	—	—	Accident	0
R	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	22	—	—	Engine	0
R	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	11	—	—	Accident	0
R	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	17	—	—	Gearbox	0
R	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	6	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	4	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	24	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	18	—	—	Spun off	0