United States Grand Prix West
1979-04-08 · Long Beach
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM | GRID | LAPS | TIME / STATUS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1 | 80 | 1:50:25.400 | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | 80 | +29.380 | 6 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | 80 | +59.690 | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | 80 | +1:04.330 | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 4 | 80 | +1:23.520 | 2 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 7 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| D | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | 72 | Disqualified | 0 |
| R | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 71 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 69 | Accident | 0 |
| R | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | 62 | Injection | 0 |
| D | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 49 | Disqualified | 0 |
| R | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 15 | 48 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 14 | 47 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | 40 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 21 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 19 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 8 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | James Hunt | Wolf | 8 | 0 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 11 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| W | René Arnoux | Renault | — | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| W | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | — | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |