October 7, 1979 Watkins Glen | Lap distance 5.435 km

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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 59 1:52'17.734   3 1'36.948 4 1'42.029 (38)
2 6 16 René Arnoux (FRA) Renault RS10 Renault EF1 Michelin 59 1:53'06.521 +48.787 7 1'38.195 3 1'41.322 (48)
3 4 3 Didier Pironi (FRA) Tyrrell 009 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 59 1:53'10.933 +53.199 10 1'38.823 5 1'42.108 (56)
4 3 18 Elio de Angelis (ITA) Shadow DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 59 1:53'48.246 +1'30.512 20 1'40.625 6 1'42.147 (41)
5 2 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) ATS D3 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 59 1:53'58.993 +1'41.259 14 1'39.329 8 1'43.400 (44)
6 1 7 John Watson (GBR) McLaren M29 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 58   +1 lap 13 1'39.233 2 1'40.264 (52)
7   14 Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) Fittipaldi F6A Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 54   +5 laps 23 1'40.741 13 1'53.048 (48)
Retirement
transmission 6 Nelson Piquet (BRA) Brabham BT49 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 53     2 1'36.914 1 1'40.054 (51)
spun off 33 Derek Daly (IRL) Tyrrell 009 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 52     15 1'39.468 7 1'42.887 (49)
tyre 11 Jody Scheckter (RSA) Ferrari 312T4 Ferrari 312B Michelin 48     16 1'39.576 9 1'43.574 (45)
suspension 29 Riccardo Patrese (ITA) Arrows A2 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 44     19 1'40.337 10 1'46.278 (4)
wheel 27 Alan Jones (AUS) Williams FW07 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 36     1 1'35.615 11 1'47.622 (3)
engine 22 Marc Surer (SUI) Ensign N179 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 32     21 1'40.635 14 1'57.377 (30)
accident 28 Clay Regazzoni (SUI) Williams FW07 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 29     5 1'37.128 12 1'48.378 (29)
spun off 5 Ricardo Zunino (ARG) Brabham BT49 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 25     9 1'38.509 19 2'02.393 (25)
engine 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) Renault RS10 Renault EF1 Michelin 24     8 1'38.218 15 1'59.042 (17)
accident 20 Keke Rosberg (FIN) Wolf WR7 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 20     12 1'39.035 17 2'01.546 (17)
engine 8 Patrick Tambay (FRA) McLaren M29 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 20     22 1'40.731 20 2'03.637 (15)
accident 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) Tyrrell 009 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 18     11 1'38.945 16 2'00.685 (17)
gearbox 1 Mario Andretti (USA) Team Lotus 79 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 16     17 1'40.144 21 2'04.813 (14)
spun off 2 Carlos Reutemann (ARG) Team Lotus 79 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 6     6 1'37.872 18 2'01.981 (5)
spun off 26 Jacques Laffite (FRA) Ligier JS11 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 3     4 1'37.066 22 2'08.018 (3)
spun off 25 Jacky Ickx (BEL) Ligier JS11 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear 2     24 1'40.745 23 2'10.062 (1)
spun off 35 Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) Alfa Romeo 179 Alfa Romeo 1260 Goodyear 0     18 1'40.277      
Not qualified
--   36 Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) Alfa Romeo 179 Alfa Romeo 1260 Goodyear         1'40.789      
--   30 Jochen Mass (GER) Arrows A2 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear         1'40.824      
--   17 Jan Lammers (NED) Shadow DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear         1'42.088      
--   31 Hector Rebaque (MEX) Rebaque HR100 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear         1'43.060      
--   19 Alex Ribeiro (BRA) Fittipaldi F6A Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear         1'45.183      
--   24 Arturo Merzario (ITA) Merzario A4 Ford Cosworth DFV Goodyear         1'49.318