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1979
FIA Formula One World Championship United States Grand Prix
Event Info
Classification
Session Facts
Standings
Qualifying
Race
Race
Pos
No
Driver
Nat
Team
Laps
Time
Gap
Interval
Kph
Best
Lap
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Canada
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
59
1:52:17.734
171.332
1:42.029
38
2
16
Rene Arnoux
France
Equipe Renault Elf
59
1:53:06.521
+ 48.787
+ 48.787
170.100
1:41.322
48
3
3
Didier Pironi
France
Candy Tyrrell Team
59
1:53:10.933
+ 53.199
+ 4.412
169.990
1:42.108
56
4
18
Elio de Angelis
Italy
Interscope Shadow Racing Team
59
1:53:48.246
+ 1:30.512
+ 37.313
169.061
1:42.147
41
5
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Germany
ATS Wheels
59
1:53:58.993
+ 1:41.259
+ 10.747
168.795
1:43.400
44
6
7
John Watson
Great Britain
Marlboro Team McLaren
58
1 Lap
1 Lap
1:40.264
52
7
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil
Fittipaldi Automotive
54
5 Laps
4 Laps
1:53.048
48
DNF
6
Nelson Piquet
Brazil
Parmalat Racing Team
53
1:40.054
51
DNF
33
Derek Daly
Ireland
Candy Tyrrell Team
52
1:42.887
49
DNF
11
Jody Scheckter
South Africa
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
48
1:43.574
45
DNF
29
Riccardo Patrese
Italy
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
44
1:46.278
4
DNF
27
Alan Jones
Australia
Albilad-Williams Racing Team
36
1:47.622
3
DNF
22
Marc Surer
Switzerland
Team Ensign
32
1:57.377
30
DNF
28
Clay Regazzoni
Switzerland
Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
29
1:48.378
29
DNF
5
Ricardo Zunino
Argentina
Parmalat Racing Team
25
2:02.393
25
DNF
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
France
Equipe Renault Elf
24
1:59.042
17
DNF
20
Keke Rosberg
Finland
Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing
20
2:01.546
17
DNF
8
Patrick Tambay
France
Marlboro Team McLaren
20
2:03.637
15
DNF
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
France
Candy Tyrrell Team
18
2:00.685
17
DNF
1
Mario Andretti
USA
Martini Racing Team Lotus
16
2:04.813
14
DNF
2
Carlos Reutemann
Argentina
Martini Racing Team Lotus
6
2:01.981
5
DNF
26
Jacques Laffite
France
Ligier Gitanes
3
2:08.018
3
DNF
25
Jacky Ickx
Belgium
Ligier Gitanes
2
2:10.062
1
DNF
35
Bruno Giacomelli
Italy
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