Argentine Grand Prix
Round 1 · 21 January 1979 ·Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Reutemann
Team Lotus
2
Laffite
Ligier
1
Watson
McLaren
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite |  French | Ligier | 53 | 1:36:03.21 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann |  Argentine | Team Lotus | 53 | +14.94 | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson |  British | McLaren | 53 | +1:28.81 | 4 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | French | Ligier | 53 | +1:41.72 | 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti |  American | Team Lotus | 52 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi |  Brazilian | Fittipaldi | 52 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis |  Italian | Shadow | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass |  German | Arrows | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones |  Australian | Williams | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni |  Swiss | Williams | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Derek Daly |  Irish | Ensign | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| R | Gilles Villeneuve |  Canadian | Ferrari | 48 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Hector Rebaque |  Mexican | Team Lotus | 46 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Jan Lammers |  Dutch | Shadow | 42 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | James Hunt | British | Wolf | 41 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jarier | French | Tyrrell | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | French | Renault | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Niki Lauda |  Austrian | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | Fuel system | 0 |
| R | René Arnoux | French | Renault | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jody Scheckter |  South African | Ferrari | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Didier Pironi | French | Tyrrell | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Patrick Tambay | French | McLaren | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Arturo Merzario | Italian | Merzario | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| W | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Arrows | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| W | Hans-Joachim Stuck | German | ATS | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- W
- Withdrew