Race Result
| GP n. 314 - 21/01/1979 - Grand Prix of Argentina Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez |
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| Winner: | Jacques Laffite / Ligier-Ford - 1:36'03.21 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jacques Laffite / Ligier-Ford - 1:44.20 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Jacques Laffite / Ligier-Ford - 1:46.91 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 53 | 1:36'03.21 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 53 | + 14.94 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 53 | + 1'28.81 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler |
Ligier-Ford | 53 | + 1'41.72 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 52 | + 1 lap | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 52 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 |  Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 52 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 51 | + 2 laps | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 51 | + 2 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 51 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 51 | + 2 laps | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 48 | engine | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 46 | suspension | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 42 | transmission | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | James Hunt |
Wolf-Ford | 41 | electrical | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 15 | engine | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 15 | engine | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | fuel system | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 6 | engine | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | collision | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 0 | collision | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | collision | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | 0 | collision | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | collision | 8 | 0 |
| Dnq | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dns | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | did not start | 13 | 0 | |