United States Grand Prix West 1979
8 April 1979
Long Beach, USA
- Location
- California, USA
- Laps
- 80
- Previous winners
- 1983John WatsonMcLaren
- 1982Niki LaudaMcLaren
- 1981Alan JonesWilliams
- 1980Nelson PiquetBrabham
- 1978Carlos ReutemannFerrari
Starting Grid
- 1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 2
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
No time set
- 3
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
No time set
- 4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
No time set
- 5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
No time set
- 8
James Hunt
Wolf
No time set
- 9
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 10
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 11
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 12
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 13
Jochen Mass
Arrows
No time set
- 14
Jan Lammers
Shadow
No time set
- 15
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
No time set
- 16
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 17
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- 18
John Watson
McLaren
No time set
- 19
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 20
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
No time set
- 21
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
No time set
- 22
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
- 23
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
No time set
- 24
Derek Daly
Ensign
No time set
- PIT
René Arnoux
Renault
No time set
- PIT
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 80 laps | 1:50:25.40 | 9pts |
| 2 | +1 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | 80 laps | +29.38 | 6pts |
| 3 | +7 | Alan Jones Williams | 80 laps | +59.69 | 4pts |
| 4 | +2 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 80 laps | +1:04.33 | 3pts |
| 5 | -1 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | 80 laps | +1:23.52 | 2pts |
| 6 | +1 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | 79 laps | 1pts | |
| 7 | +13 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | 78 laps | ||
| 8 | +4 | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 78 laps | ||
| 9 | +4 | Jochen Mass Arrows | 78 laps | ||
| D | - | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 72 laps | ||
| R | - | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | 71 laps | ||
| R | - | Derek Daly Ensign | 69 laps | ||
| R | - | John Watson McLaren | 62 laps | ||
| D | - | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | 49 laps | ||
| R | - | Clay Regazzoni Williams | 48 laps | ||
| R | - | Jan Lammers Shadow | 47 laps | ||
| R | - | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 40 laps | ||
| R | - | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | 21 laps | ||
| R | - | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 19 laps | ||
| R | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 13 laps | ||
| R | - | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 8 laps | ||
| R | - | James Hunt Wolf | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 0 laps | ||
| W | - | René Arnoux Renault | 0 laps | ||
| W | - | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 0 laps |