1979 US Grand Prix West
| Racing data | ||
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| 4th of 15 races of the 1979 Automobile World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | V Grand Prix of Long Beach | |
| Date: | April 8, 1979 | |
| Place: | Long Beach | |
| Course: | Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit | |
| Length: | 261.705 km in 80 laps of 3.251 km
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| Weather: | sunny and warm | |
| Spectator: | ~ 78,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 18.825 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 21.20 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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| Second: |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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| Third: |
 Alan Jones
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 Williams
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The 1979 US Grand Prix took place in Long Beach on April 8 and was the fourth race of the 1979 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
With an unchanged driver line-up compared to the South African Grand Prix around a month earlier, Formula 1 entered the city race in Long Beach.
With the exception of Emerson Fittipaldi , who relied on the more sophisticated F5A , all teams competed with their wing cars, which were current at the time. The A3 , designed for ground effect, made its debut at Team Merzario ; however, it was only used in qualifying. After the A3 suffered a suspension damage during training, the short-term repair of which was considered too risky, team boss Arturo Merzario contested the race with the interim model A1B , which was not yet a wing car.
training
Gilles Villeneuve reached pole position with the Ferrari 312T4 alongside his former teammate Carlos Reutemann in the Lotus 79 . Jody Scheckter qualified for third place on the grid in the second Ferrari. This was followed by the two Ligier JS11 by Patrick Depailler and Jacques Laffite .
While at Brabham with starting positions 11 and 12 for Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet there was at least a slight upward trend, McLaren drivers John Watson and Patrick Tambay found themselves in starting positions 18 and 19, which are disappointing for their standards.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille had an accident with his Renault RS01 during practice and was therefore unable to compete. Since the cause of the accident was initially unknown and a technical defect as such could not be ruled out, it was decided, for safety reasons, not to let the second Renault works driver René Arnoux compete.
run
After several unsuccessful attempts to start, which came about because pole setter Villeneuve missed his starting position, Clay Regazzoni had to start from the pit lane due to an electrical fault and Laffite spun on the grid, Villeneuve took the lead after several minutes of delay in front of Depailler and Scheckter. Jan Lammers collided with Patrick Tambay further down the field . His Shadow lost contact with the ground and then collided with Niki Laudas Brabham.
On the ninth lap, Jean-Pierre Jarier took second place behind Villeneuve, having overtaken Scheckter and Depailler on the previous laps. On the following lap, Scheckter passed Depailler and caught up with Jarier, whom he finally overtook on lap 27 and thus established a Ferrari double lead. The third-placed Jarier then came under pressure from Patrick Depailler, Alan Jones and Mario Andretti , who overtook him on laps 44 to 46 one after the other.
On the 62nd lap, Jones passed Depailler. In the final phase of the race, he dropped to fifth place behind Andretti and in front of Jarier, as a transmission problem prevented him.
Didier Pironi and Hans-Joachim Stuck were disqualified for using outside help after they had let themselves be pushed as a result of turning.
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 18.825 | 148.476 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Lotus Ford
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1: 18.886 | 148.361 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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1: 18.911 | 148.314 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Patrick Depailler
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 19.025 | 148.100 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 19.032 | 148.087 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 19.454 | 147.300 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 19.580 | 147.067 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
James Hunt
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Wolf-Ford
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1: 19.643 | 146.951 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 19.727 | 146.796 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 19.910 | 146.460 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
 Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 20.041 | 146.220 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
.svg){kind=small} Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 20.456 | 145.466 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
 Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1: 20.608 | 145.192 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
 Jan Lammers
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Shadow Ford
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1: 20.740 | 144.954 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Williams-Ford
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1: 20.768 | 144.904 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 21.033 | 144.430 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 21.192 | 144.147 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 21.304 | 143.949 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 21.411 | 143.759 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 21.635 | 143.365 km / h | DNS |
| 21st |
Elio de Angelis
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Shadow Ford
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1: 21.961 | 142.795 km / h | 20th |
| 22nd |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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1: 22.088 | 142.574 km / h | DNS |
| 23 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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ATS Ford
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1: 22.828 | 141.300 km / h | 21st |
| 24 |
Arturo Merzario
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Merzario-Ford
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1: 22.938 | 141.113 km / h | 22nd |
| 25th |
 Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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1: 22.990 | 141.024 km / h | 23 |
| 26th |
 Derek Daly
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 23.888 | 139.515 km / h | 24 |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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80 | 0 | 1: 50: 25.40 | 1 | 1: 21.20 | |
| 2 |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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80 | 0 | + 29.38 | 3 | 1: 21.28 | |
| 3 |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 59.69 | 10 | 1: 21.81 | |
| 4th |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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80 | 0 | +1: 04.33 | 6th | 1: 21.71 | |
| 5 |
Patrick Depailler
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Ligier-Ford
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80 | 0 | +1: 23.52 | 4th | 1: 21.41 | |
| 6th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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79 | 1 | + 1 lap | 7th | 1: 21.96 | |
| 7th |
Elio de Angelis
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Shadow Ford
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 23.26 | |
| 8th |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 12 | 1: 22.99 | |
| 9 |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 13 | 1: 23.01 | |
| - |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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73 | 0 | DSQ | 17th | 1: 22.73 | disqualified |
| - |
Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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71 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 22.73 | collision |
| - |
Derek Daly
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Ensign-Ford
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68 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 24.93 | collision |
| - |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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63 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 23.20 | Engine failure |
| - |
Clay Regazzoni
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Williams-Ford
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49 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 23.21 | Engine failure |
| - |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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ATS Ford
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49 | 0 | DSQ | 21st | 1: 24.22 | disqualified |
| - |
Jan Lammers
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Shadow Ford
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48 | 1 | DNF | 14th | 1: 22.44 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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40 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 23.09 | Engine failure |
| - |
Carlos Reutemann
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Lotus Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 2 | 1: 21.94 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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19th | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 23.33 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Arturo Merzario
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Merzario-Ford
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13 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 24.33 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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9 | 0 | DNF | 5 | 1: 22.80 | Brake defect |
| - |
James Hunt
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Wolf-Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 8th | - | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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0 | 0 | DNF | 11 | - | collision |
| - |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 19th | - | collision |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ↑ "Race" ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ↑ “World Cup stands” ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
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