1979 Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Villeneuve | 1 | 24 | 29.380 | 80 | 260.1 | Gilles Villeneuve |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | Ferrari | 80 | ★ | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | Ferrari | 80 | +29.380s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 10 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | Ford | 80 | +59.690s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Ford | 80 | +64.330s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | Ford | 80 | +83.520s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | Ford | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 20 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | Ford | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 8 | 12 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 9 | 13 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | Ford | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 23 | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | Ford | 71 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 24 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | Ford | 69 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 18 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | Ford | 62 | — | Injection | ||
| — | 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | Ford | 48 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | Ford | 47 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 9 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | Ford | 40 | — | Brakes | ||
| — | 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | Ford | 21 | — | Transmission | ||
| — | 16 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Ford | 19 | — | Transmission | ||
| — | 22 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Ford | 13 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Ford | 8 | — | Brakes | ||
| — | 8 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | Ford | 0 | — | Transmission | ||
| — | 11 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 0 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 19 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | Ford | 0 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 17 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Ford | 72 | — | Push start | ||
| — | 21 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | 49 | — | Push start | ||
| — | — | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Renault | — | Injury in practice | |||
| — | — | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | Renault | — | Withdrew |