United States Grand Prix 1979

Watkins Glen
7 October 1979
59 laps
320.7 km
5.435 km a lap

Pole positionAlan JonesWilliams · 1:35.615
Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:40.054 · lap 51
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Gilles Villeneuve	12	Ferrari	3	59	1:52:17.734	9
2	René Arnoux	16	Renault	7	59	+48.787	6
3	Didier Pironi	3	Tyrrell · Ford	10	59	+53.199	4
4	Elio de Angelis	18	Shadow · Ford	20	59	+1:30.512	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	9	ATS · Ford	14	59	+1:41.259	2
6	John Watson	7	McLaren · Ford	13	58	+1 lap	1
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	Fittipaldi · Ford	23	54	+5 laps
8	Nelson Piquetfastest lap	6	Brabham · Ford	2	53	Transmission
DNF	Derek Daly	33	Tyrrell · Ford	15	52	Spun off
DNF	Jody Scheckter	11	Ferrari	16	48	Tyre
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	29	Arrows · Ford	19	44	Suspension
DNF	Alan Jones	27	Williams · Ford	1	36	Wheel
DNF	Marc Surer	22	Ensign · Ford	21	32	Engine
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	28	Williams · Ford	5	29	Accident
DNF	Ricardo Zunino	5	Brabham · Ford	9	25	Spun off
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	Renault	8	24	Engine
DNF	Patrick Tambay	8	McLaren · Ford	22	20	Engine
DNF	Keke Rosberg	20	Wolf · Ford	12	20	Accident
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4	Tyrrell · Ford	11	18	Accident
DNF	Mario Andretti	1	Lotus · Ford	17	16	Gearbox
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	2	Lotus · Ford	6	6	Spun off
DNF	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Ford	4	3	Spun off
DNF	Jacky Ickx	25	Ligier · Ford	24	2	Spun off
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	35	Alfa Romeo	18	0	Spun off
DNQ	Vittorio Brambilla	36	Alfa Romeo	–
DNQ	Jochen Mass	30	Arrows · Ford	–
DNQ	Jan Lammers	17	Shadow · Ford	–
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	31	Rebaque · Ford	–
DNQ	Alex Ribeiro	19	Fittipaldi · Ford	–
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	24	Merzario · Ford	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alan Jones	Williams	1:35.615
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:36.914	+1.299
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:36.948	+1.333
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:37.066	+1.451
5	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	1:37.128	+1.513
6	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	1:37.872	+2.257
7	René Arnoux	Renault	1:38.195	+2.580
8	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:38.218	+2.603
9	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	1:38.509	+2.894
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:38.823	+3.208
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:38.945	+3.330
12	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	1:39.035	+3.420
13	John Watson	McLaren	1:39.233	+3.618
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	1:39.329	+3.714
15	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	1:39.468	+3.853
16	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:39.576	+3.961
17	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:40.144	+4.529
18	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:40.277	+4.662
19	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:40.337	+4.722
20	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	1:40.625	+5.010
21	Marc Surer	Ensign	1:40.635	+5.020
22	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:40.731	+5.116
23	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:40.741	+5.126
24	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	1:40.745	+5.130
25	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	1:40.789	+5.174
26	Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:40.824	+5.209
27	Jan Lammers	Shadow	1:42.088	+6.473
28	Héctor Rebaque	Rebaque	1:43.060	+7.445
29	Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi	1:45.183	+9.568
30	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:49.318	+13.703

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	51	1:40.054

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 15
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jody Scheckter	51
2	Gilles Villeneuve	47
3	Alan Jones	40
4	Jacques Laffite	36
5	Clay Regazzoni	29
6	Patrick Depailler	20
7	Carlos Reutemann	20
8	René Arnoux	17	▲3
9	John Watson	15	▲1
10	Didier Pironi	14	▲2

Constructors' championship after round 15
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	113
2	Williams	75
3	Ligier	61
4	Lotus	39
5	Tyrrell	28
6	Renault	26
7	McLaren	15
8	Brabham	7
9	Arrows	5
10	Shadow	3