The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 15

United States Grand Prix

1979  ·  Watkins Glen  ·  7 October 1979  ·  59 laps

  1. 1st Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · 01:52:17.734
  2. 2nd René Arnoux Renault · +48.787
  3. 3rd Didier Pironi Tyrrell · +53.199

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alan Jones

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 3

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Spun off

03 Lap 29

Clay Regazzoni

Retirement Williams  —  Accident

04 Lap 36

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Wheel

05 Lap 48

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Ferrari  —  Tyre

06 Lap 52

Derek Daly

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Spun off

07 Lap 53

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham-Ford  —  Transmission

08 On the Charge

Elio de Angelis

Shadow  —  P20 → P4

09 Victory

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 59 01:52:17.734 9
2 René Arnoux Renault 7 59 +48.787 6
3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 59 +53.199 4
4 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 59 +1:30.512 3
5 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 14 59 +1:41.259 2
6 John Watson McLaren 13 58 +1 Lap 1
7 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 54 +5 Laps
8 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 2 53 Transmission
9 Derek Daly Tyrrell 15 52 Spun off
10 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 16 48 Tyre
11 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 44 Suspension
12 Alan Jones Williams 1 36 Wheel
13 Marc Surer Ensign 21 32 Engine
14 Clay Regazzoni Williams 5 29 Accident
15 Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 9 25 Spun off
16 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 8 24 Engine
17 Keke Rosberg Wolf 12 20 Accident
18 Patrick Tambay McLaren 22 20 Engine
19 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 18 Accident
20 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 16 Gearbox
21 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 6 6 Spun off
22 Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 3 Spun off
23 Jacky Ickx Ligier 24 2 Spun off
24 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 0 Spun off

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