US West Grand Prix 1979 Long Beach 8 April
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 12 Gilles Villeneuve CAN Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T4 Ferrari 80 1h50m25.40s 9 1 2 11 Jody Scheckter ZA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T4 Ferrari 80 1h50m54.78s 6 3 3 27 Alan Jones AUS Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW06 Ford 80 1h51m25.09s 4 10 4 01 Mario Andretti USA Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford 80 1h51m29.73s 3 6 5 25 Patrick Depailler FRA Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 Ford 80 1h51m48.92s 2 4 6 04 Jean Pierre Jarier FRA Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 009 Ford 79 - 1 7 7 18 Elio De Angelis ITA Interscope Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 Ford 78 - - 21 8 06 Nelson Piquet BRA Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 Alfa Roméo 78 - - 12 9 30 Jochen Mass GER Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1B Ford 78 - - 13 DQ 03 Didier Pironi FRA Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 009 Ford 72 Push Start - 17 R 31 Hector Rebaque MEX Team Rebaque Lotus 79 Ford 71 Accident - 25 R 22 Derek Daly IRL Team Ensign Ensign N179 Ford 69 Accident - 26 R 07 John Watson GBR Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28 Ford 62 Fuel Injection - 18 DQ 09 Hans Joachim Stuck GER ATS Wheels ATS D2 Ford 49 Push Start - 23 R 28 Clay Regazzoni CH Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW06 Ford 48 Engine - 15 R 17 Jan Lammers NED Samson Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 Ford 47 Suspension - 14 R 29 Riccardo Patrese ITA Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1B Ford 40 Brakes - 9 R 02 Carlos Reutemann ARG Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford 21 Driveshaft - 2 R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi BRA Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A Ford 19 Driveshaft - 16 R 24 Arturo Merzario ITA Team Merzario Merzario A1B Ford 13 Engine - 24 R 26 Jacques Laffite FRA Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 Ford 8 Brakes - 5 R 20 James Hunt GBR Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing Wolf WR8 Ford 0 Driveshaft - 8 R 05 Niki Lauda AUT Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 Alfa Roméo 0 Accident - 11 R 08 Patrick Tambay FRA Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28 Ford 0 Accident - 19 DNS 15 Jean Pierre Jabouille FRA Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 Renault - Injured - 20 W 16 René Arnoux FRA Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 Renault - - - 22 Lap Leaders Total Gilles Villeneuve 1-80 80 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m18.825s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m21.20s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Gilles Villeneuve CAN 20 2 Jacques Laffite FRA 18 3 Jody Scheckter ZA 13 4 Carlos Reutemann ARG 12 5 Patrick Depailler FRA 11 6 Mario Andretti USA 8