United States Grand Prix

Round 15 · 7 October 1979 ·Watkins Glen, New York State, United States

Arnoux

Renault

Villeneuve

Ferrari

Pironi

Tyrrell

Race classification

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Time	Pts.
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	59	1:52:17.734	9
2	René Arnoux	French	Renault	59	+48.787	6
3	Didier Pironi	French	Tyrrell	59	+53.199	4
4	Elio de Angelis	Italian	Shadow	59	+1:30.512	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	ATS	59	+1:41.259	2
6	John Watson	British	McLaren	58	+1 Lap	1
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	54	+5 Laps	0
R	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	Brabham-Ford	53	Transmission	0
R	Derek Daly	Irish	Tyrrell	52	Spun off	0
R	Jody Scheckter	South African	Ferrari	48	Tyre	0
R	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Arrows	44	Suspension	0
R	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	36	Wheel	0
R	Marc Surer	Swiss	Ensign	32	Engine	0
R	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Williams	29	Accident	0
R	Ricardo Zunino	Argentine	Brabham-Ford	25	Spun off	0
R	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	French	Renault	24	Engine	0
R	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	Wolf	20	Accident	0
R	Patrick Tambay	French	McLaren	20	Engine	0
R	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	Tyrrell	18	Accident	0
R	Mario Andretti	American	Team Lotus	16	Gearbox	0
R	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Team Lotus	6	Spun off	0
R	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	3	Spun off	0
R	Jacky Ickx	Belgian	Ligier	2	Spun off	0
R	Bruno Giacomelli	Italian	Alfa Romeo	0	Spun off	0
F	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	Alfa Romeo	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Jochen Mass	German	Arrows	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Jan Lammers	Dutch	Shadow	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Rebaque	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Alex Ribeiro	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Merzario	0	Did not qualify	0