Race Result
| GP n. 317 - 08/04/1979 - Grand Prix of the United States Long Beach |
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| Winner: | Gilles Villeneuve / Ferrari - 1:50'25.40 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Gilles Villeneuve / Ferrari - 1:18.825 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Gilles Villeneuve / Ferrari - 1:21.20 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 80 | 1:50'25.40 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 80 | + 29.38 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 80 | + 59.69 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 80 | + 1'04.33 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 |  Patrick Depailler |
Ligier-Ford | 80 | + 1'23.52 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 79 | + 1 lap | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 |  Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 78 | + 2 laps | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 78 | + 2 laps | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | 30 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 78 | + 2 laps | 13 | 0 |
| Dsq | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 72 | disqualified | 17 | 0 |
| Dsq | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 49 | disqualified | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 71 | accident | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 69 | accident | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 62 | injection | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 48 | engine | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 47 | suspension | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 40 | brakes | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 21 | transmission | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 19 | transmission | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | 13 | engine | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 8 | brakes | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | accident | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | collision | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | James Hunt |
Wolf-Ford | 0 | transmission | 8 | 0 |