Argentine Grand Prix 1979
21 January 1979
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Argentina
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laps
- 53
- Previous winners
- 1998Michael SchumacherFerrari
- 1997Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
- 1996Damon HillWilliams
- 1995Damon HillWilliams
- 1981Nelson PiquetBrabham
Starting Grid
- 1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 2
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
No time set
- 3
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
No time set
- 4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
No time set
- 5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
No time set
- 6
John Watson
McLaren
No time set
- 7
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 8
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- 9
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 10
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 12
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
- 13
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 14
Jochen Mass
Arrows
No time set
- 15
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 16
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
No time set
- 17
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
No time set
- 18
James Hunt
Wolf
No time set
- 19
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
No time set
- 20
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 21
Jan Lammers
Shadow
No time set
- 22
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
- 23
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 24
Derek Daly
Ensign
No time set
- 25
René Arnoux
Renault
No time set
- PIT
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 53 laps | 1:36:03.21 | 9pts |
| 2 | +1 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | 53 laps | +14.94 | 6pts |
| 3 | +3 | John Watson McLaren | 53 laps | +1:28.81 | 4pts |
| 4 | -2 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | 53 laps | +1:41.72 | 3pts |
| 5 | +2 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 52 laps | 2pts | |
| 6 | +5 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 52 laps | 1pts | |
| 7 | +9 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | 52 laps | ||
| 8 | +6 | Jochen Mass Arrows | 51 laps | ||
| 9 | +6 | Alan Jones Williams | 51 laps | ||
| 10 | +7 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | 51 laps | ||
| 11 | +13 | Derek Daly Ensign | 51 laps | ||
| R | - | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 48 laps | ||
| R | - | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | 46 laps | ||
| R | - | Jan Lammers Shadow | 42 laps | ||
| R | - | James Hunt Wolf | 41 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | 15 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 15 laps | ||
| R | - | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 laps | ||
| R | - | René Arnoux Renault | 6 laps | ||
| R | - | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 0 laps | ||
| W | - | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 0 laps | ||
| W | - | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | 0 laps |