United States West Grand Prix 1979: results

Round 4 of the 1979 season, 8 April 1979, at Long Beach. Gilles Villeneuve won for Ferrari from pole position. Fastest lap: Gilles Villeneuve, 1:21.200.

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:50:25.400	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	+29.380	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	+59.690	4
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus	+1:04.330	3
5	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	+1:23.520	2
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	+1 lap	1
7	Elio De Angelis	Shadow	+2 laps	0
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+2 laps	0
9	Jochen Mass	Arrows	+2 laps	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	Accident	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Ensign	Accident	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	Injection	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	Shadow	Suspension	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	Brakes	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	Transmission	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	Transmission	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Brakes	0
DNF	James Hunt	Wolf	Transmission	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	Collision	0
DSQ	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	Push start	0
DSQ	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	Push start	0
DNS	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Injury in practice	0
DNS	René Arnoux	Renault	Withdrew	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus
3	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
4	Patrick Depailler	Ligier
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
6	Mario Andretti	Lotus
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell
8	James Hunt	Wolf
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
10	Alan Jones	Williams
11	Niki Lauda	Brabham
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
13	Jochen Mass	Arrows
14	Jan Lammers	Shadow
15	Clay Regazzoni	Williams
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
17	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
18	John Watson	McLaren
19	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
20	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
21	Elio De Angelis	Shadow
22	René Arnoux	Renault
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS
24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario
25	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus
26	Derek Daly	Ensign