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 | 1:36'03.21 | 1 | 1'44.20 | 1 | 1'46.91 | (42) | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 1:36'18.15 | +14.94 | 3 | 1'45.34 | 2 | 1'47.44 | (30) |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 1:37'32.02 | +1'28.81 | 6 | 1'45.76 | 5 | 1'48.99 | (3) |
| 4 | 3 | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 1:37'44.93 | +1'41.72 | 2 | 1'45.24 | 3 | 1'47.90 | (38) |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 7 | 1'45.96 | 7 | 1'49.74 | (38) | |
| 6 | 1 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'47.15 | 9 | 1'50.29 | (22) | |
| 7 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'48.51 | 10 | 1'50.35 | (31) | ||
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 14 | 1'48.34 | 12 | 1'50.62 | (38) | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 15 | 1'48.44 | 11 | 1'50.61 | (31) | ||
| 10 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 17 | 1'48.64 | 14 | 1'51.13 | (35) | ||
| 11 | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +2 laps | 24 | 1'51.05 | 19 | 1'53.23 | (35) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 48 | 10 | 1'46.88 | 4 | 1'48.54 | (35) | |||
| suspension | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 46 | 19 | 1'49.36 | 8 | 1'49.86 | (37) | |||
| transmission | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 42 | 21 | 1'49.51 | 16 | 1'52.13 | (42) | |||
| electrical | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 41 | 18 | 1'48.77 | 15 | 1'51.21 | (38) | |||
| engine | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 4 | 1'45.36 | 6 | 1'49.73 | (11) | |||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 15 | 12 | 1'47.46 | 13 | 1'50.79 | (14) | |||
| fuel system | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 8 | 23 | 1'50.29 | 18 | 1'52.65 | (3) | |||
| engine | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 6 | 25 | 1'51.52 | 17 | 1'52.30 | (4) | |||
| collision | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 0 | 5 | 1'45.58 | ||||||
| collision | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 8 | 1'46.43 | ||||||
| collision | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 9 | 1'46.56 | ||||||
| collision | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 0 | 20 | 1'49.49 | ||||||
| collision | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 22 | 1'50.26 | ||||||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 13 | 1'48.33 | |||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'51.28 | ||||||||
