The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

1979  ·  Long Beach  ·  8 April 1979  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · 01:50:25.4
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Ferrari · +29.38
  3. 3rd Alan Jones Williams · +59.69

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 8

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Brakes

03 Lap 21

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Transmission

04 Lap 62

John Watson

Retirement McLaren  —  Injection

05 Lap 69

Derek Daly

Retirement Ensign  —  Accident

06 Lap 71

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

07 Lap 72

Didier Pironi

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Disqualified

08 On the Charge

Elio de Angelis

Shadow  —  P20 → P7

09 Victory

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 80 01:50:25.4 9
2 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 3 80 +29.38 6
3 Alan Jones Williams 10 80 +59.69 4
4 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 80 +1:04.330 3
5 Patrick Depailler Ligier 4 80 +1:23.520 2
6 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 7 79 +1 Lap 1
7 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 78 +2 Laps
8 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 78 +2 Laps
9 Jochen Mass Arrows 13 78 +2 Laps
10 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 72 Disqualified
11 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 71 Accident
12 Derek Daly Ensign 24 69 Accident
13 John Watson McLaren 18 62 Injection
14 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 49 Disqualified
15 Clay Regazzoni Williams 15 48 Engine
16 Jan Lammers Shadow 14 47 Suspension
17 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 40 Brakes
18 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 2 21 Transmission
19 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 19 Transmission
20 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 13 Engine
21 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 8 Brakes
22 James Hunt Wolf 8 0 Transmission
23 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 0 Accident
24 Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 0 Collision
25 René Arnoux Renault 0 Withdrew
26 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 0 Withdrew

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