1979 United States Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 7 October 1979
Winner	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Pole position	Alan Jones Williams-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap	Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Circuit	Watkins Glen, 59 laps
Round	15 of 15
Race numbers	The 1979 United States Grand Prix was the: 328th World Championship race 21st World Championship United States Grand Prix 19th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	59	1hr 52m 17.734s	9
2	+5	(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Renault	59	+48.787s	6
3	+7	(FRA) Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	59	+53.199s	4
4	+16	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	59	+1m 30.512s	3
5	+9	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	59	+1m 41.259s	2
6	+7	(GBR) John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	58	+1 lap	1
7	+16	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	54	+5 laps
R		(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	53	DNF
R		(IRL) Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	52	DNF
R		(ZAF) Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	48	DNF
R		(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	44	DNF
R		(AUS) Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		(CHE) Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	29	DNF
R		(ARG) Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	25	DNF
R		(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	24	DNF
R		(FRA) Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	20	DNF
R		(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	20	DNF
R		(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	18	DNF
R		(USA) Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	6	DNF
R		(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	3	DNF
R		(BEL) Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF
R		(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	DNF

Notes

Alan Jones ended lap 36 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pole time: 1:35.615

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Marc Surer
Last start: Jacky Ickx (last Belgian driver to start a race until 1983); Hans-Joachim Stuck; Wolf
Wins: 4th for Gilles Villeneuve (last win until 1981); 79th for Ferrari
Podiums: 9th for Gilles Villeneuve (last podium until 1981); 3rd for Rene Arnoux; 2nd for Didier Pironi (last for Tyrrell); 257th for Ferrari; 69th for Tyrrell (last until 1982); 4th for Renault
Poles: 3rd for Alan Jones; 3rd for Williams
Fastest laps: 1st for Nelson Piquet (69th different fastest lap setter, 3rd Brazilian driver; first Brazilian driver to set a fastest lap since 1975); 27th for Brabham
Front row starts: 6th for Alan Jones; 1st for Nelson Piquet (97th different front row starter, 3rd Brazilian driver)
Points finishes: 25th for John Watson; 12th and last for Hans-Joachim Stuck; 1st for Elio de Angelis (199th different point scorer, 27th Italian driver)