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 | 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 |