October 7, 1979 Watkins Glen | Lap distance 5.435 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (8) | 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 | 59 | 7.000000.734 | 3 | 6.000000.948 | 4 | 2.000000.029 | (38) | |
| 2 | 6 | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 59 | 6.000000.521 | +8.000000.787 | 7 | 8.000000.195 | 3 | 1.000000.322 | (48) |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 0.000 | +3.000000.199 | 10 | 8.000000.823 | 5 | 2.000000.108 | (56) |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 8.000000.246 | +0.000 | 20 | 0.000 | 6 | 2.000000.147 | (41) |
| 5 | 2 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 8.000000.993 | +1.000000.259 | 14 | 9.000000.329 | 8 | 3.000000.400 | (44) |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 58 | +1 lap | 13 | 9.000000.233 | 2 | 0.000 | (52) | |
| 7 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | +5 laps | 23 | 0.000 | 13 | 3.000000.048 | (48) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| transmission | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 2 | 6.000000.914 | 1 | 0.000 | (51) | |||
| spun off | 33 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 15 | 9.000000.468 | 7 | 2.000000.887 | (49) | |||
| tyre | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 48 | 16 | 9.000000.576 | 9 | 3.000000.574 | (45) | |||
| suspension | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 19 | 0.000 | 10 | 6.000000.278 | (4) | |||
| wheel | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 1 | 5.000000.615 | 11 | 7.000000.622 | (3) | |||
| engine | 22 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 32 | 21 | 0.000 | 14 | 7.000000.377 | (30) | |||
| accident | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 29 | 5 | 7.000000.128 | 12 | 8.000000.378 | (29) | |||
| spun off | 5 | Ricardo Zunino (ARG) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 9 | 8.000000.509 | 19 | 2.000000.393 | (25) | |||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 24 | 8 | 8.000000.218 | 15 | 9.000000.042 | (17) | |||
| accident | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 20 | 12 | 9.000000.035 | 17 | 1.000000.546 | (17) | |||
| engine | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 20 | 22 | 0.000 | 20 | 3.000000.637 | (15) | |||
| accident | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 18 | 11 | 8.000000.945 | 16 | 0.000 | (17) | |||
| gearbox | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 17 | 0.000 | 21 | 4.000000.813 | (14) | |||
| spun off | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 6 | 6 | 7.000000.872 | 18 | 1.000000.981 | (5) | |||
| spun off | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3 | 4 | 7.000000.066 | 22 | 8.000000.018 | (3) | |||
| spun off | 25 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2 | 24 | 0.000 | 23 | 0.000 | (1) | |||
| spun off | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 0 | 18 | 0.000 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2.000000.088 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Rebaque HR100 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3.000000.060 | ||||||||
| -- | 19 | Alex Ribeiro (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 5.000000.183 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 9.000000.318 | ||||||||
