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08 Apr 1979

1979 USA West Grand Prix

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	80	1:50'25.40	1	9
2	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	80	+ 29.38	3	6
3	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	80	+ 59.69	10	4
4	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	80	+ 1'04.33	6	3
5	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	80	+ 1'23.52	4	2
6	4	Jean Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	7	1
7	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	78	+ 2 Laps	20
8	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	+ 2 Laps	12
9	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	78	+ 2 Laps	13
DSQ	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	72	Disqualified	17
Ret	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	71	Accident	23
Ret	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	69	Accident	24
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	62	Injection	18
DSQ	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	49	Disqualified	21
Ret	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	48	Engine	15
Ret	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	47	suspension	14
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	40	Brakes	9
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	21	Transmission	2
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	19	Transmission	16
Ret	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	13	Engine	22
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	8	Brakes	5
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	0	Transmission	8
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	accident	11
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	0	collision	19

Fastest Lap: Gilles Villeneuve 1'21.200

The start and finish lines were at a different position on the circuit. The fraction of a lap is credited to the first lap leader