April 8, 1979 Long Beach Street Circuit | Lap distance 3.251 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 80 | 1:50'25.40 | 1 | 1'18.825 | 1 | 1'21.20 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 80 | 1:50'54.78 | +29.38 | 3 | 1'18.911 | 2 | 1'21.28 | |
| 3 | 4 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:51'25.09 | +59.69 | 10 | 1'19.910 | 5 | 1'21.81 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:51'29.73 | +1'04.33 | 6 | 1'19.454 | 4 | 1'21.71 | |
| 5 | 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:51'48.92 | +1'23.52 | 4 | 1'19.025 | 3 | 1'21.41 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 7 | 1'19.580 | 7 | 1'21.96 | ||
| 7 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | +2 laps | 20 | 1'21.961 | 16 | 1'23.26 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 78 | 1:51'02.80 | +2 laps | 12 | 1'20.456 | 11 | 1'22.99 | ||
| 9 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | +2 laps | 13 | 1'20.608 | 12 | 1'23.01 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 71 | 23 | 1'22.990 | 9 | 1'22.73 | ||||
| accident | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | 24 | 1'23.888 | 19 | 1'24.93 | ||||
| injection | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 62 | 18 | 1'21.304 | 14 | 1'23.20 | ||||
| engine | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 48 | 15 | 1'20.768 | 15 | 1'23.21 | ||||
| suspension | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 47 | 14 | 1'20.740 | 8 | 1'22.44 | ||||
| brakes | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 9 | 1'19.727 | 13 | 1'23.09 | ||||
| transmission | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 2 | 1'18.886 | 6 | 1'21.94 | ||||
| transmission | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 19 | 16 | 1'21.033 | 17 | 1'23.33 | ||||
| engine | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 13 | 22 | 1'22.938 | 18 | 1'24.33 | ||||
| brakes | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8 | 5 | 1'19.032 | 10 | 1'22.80 | ||||
| transmission | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 8 | 1'19.643 | ||||||
| accident | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 0 | 11 | 1'20.041 | ||||||
| collision | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 19 | 1'21.411 | ||||||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 72 | 17 | 1'21.192 | 1'22.73 | |||||
| -- | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 49 | 21 | 1'22.828 | 1'24.22 | |||||
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| accident | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 1'21.635 | ||||||||
| transmission | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 1'22.088 | ||||||||
