The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1979  ·  Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez  ·  21 January 1979  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Jacques Laffite Ligier · 01:36:03.21
  2. 2nd Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus · +14.94
  3. 3rd John Watson McLaren · +1:28.810

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Ferrari  —  Collision

03 Lap 15

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Engine

04 Lap 41

James Hunt

Retirement Wolf  —  Electrical

05 Lap 42

Jan Lammers

Retirement Shadow  —  Transmission

06 Lap 46

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Suspension

07 Lap 48

Gilles Villeneuve

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Derek Daly

Ensign  —  P24 → P11

09 Victory

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 53 01:36:03.21 9
2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 53 +14.94 6
3 John Watson McLaren 6 53 +1:28.810 4
4 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 53 +1:41.720 3
5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 7 52 +1 Lap 2
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 52 +1 Lap 1
7 Elio de Angelis Shadow 16 52 +1 Lap
8 Jochen Mass Arrows 14 51 +2 Laps
9 Alan Jones Williams 15 51 +2 Laps
10 Clay Regazzoni Williams 17 51 +2 Laps
11 Derek Daly Ensign 24 51 +2 Laps
12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 48 Engine
13 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 19 46 Suspension
14 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 42 Transmission
15 James Hunt Wolf 18 41 Electrical
16 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 4 15 Engine
17 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 15 Engine
18 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 8 Fuel system
19 René Arnoux Renault 25 6 Engine
20 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 0 Collision
21 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 0 Collision
22 Patrick Tambay McLaren 9 0 Collision
23 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 20 0 Collision
24 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 0 Collision
25 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 0 Accident
26 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 0 Withdrew

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