Season

07 Oct 1979

1979 USA East Grand Prix

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

Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet 1'40.054

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