January 21, 1979 Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | Lap distance 5.968 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 3.000000.210 | 1 | 4.000000.200 | 1 | 6.000000.910 | (42) | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 8.000000.150 | +4.000000.940 | 3 | 5.000000.340 | 2 | 7.000000.440 | (30) |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 2.000000.020 | +8.000000.810 | 6 | 5.000000.760 | 5 | 8.000000.990 | (3) |
| 4 | 3 | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 4.000000.930 | +1.000000.720 | 2 | 5.000000.240 | 3 | 7.000000.900 | (38) |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 7 | 5.000000.960 | 7 | 9.000000.740 | (38) | |
| 6 | 1 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 11 | 7.000000.150 | 9 | 0.00 | (22) | |
| 7 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 16 | 8.000000.510 | 10 | 0.00 | (31) | ||
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 14 | 8.000000.340 | 12 | 0.00 | (38) | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 15 | 8.000000.440 | 11 | 0.00 | (31) | ||
| 10 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 17 | 8.000000.640 | 14 | 1.000000.130 | (35) | ||
| 11 | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 24 | 1.000000.050 | 19 | 3.000000.230 | (35) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 48 | 10 | 6.000000.880 | 4 | 8.000000.540 | (35) | |||
| suspension | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 46 | 19 | 9.000000.360 | 8 | 9.000000.860 | (37) | |||
| transmission | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 42 | 21 | 9.000000.510 | 16 | 2.000000.130 | (42) | |||
| electrical | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 41 | 18 | 8.000000.770 | 15 | 1.000000.210 | (38) | |||
| engine | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 4 | 5.000000.360 | 6 | 9.000000.730 | (11) | |||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 15 | 12 | 7.000000.460 | 13 | 0.00 | (14) | |||
| fuel system | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 8 | 23 | 0.00 | 18 | 2.000000.650 | (3) | |||
| engine | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 6 | 25 | 1.000000.520 | 17 | 2.000000.300 | (4) | |||
| collision | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 0 | 5 | 5.000000.580 | ||||||
| collision | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 8 | 6.000000.430 | ||||||
| collision | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 9 | 6.000000.560 | ||||||
| collision | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 0 | 20 | 9.000000.490 | ||||||
| collision | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 22 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 13 | 8.000000.330 | |||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1.000000.280 | ||||||||
