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1979 Belgian Cup
1979 South African GP
1978 US West GP
1979 US West GP
1979 International Gold Cup
1979 Spanish GP
1980 US West GP
April 8,
Long Beach
Event
Overview
•
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
• Classification •
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Classification
Pos
Car No
Driver
Car / Engine
Laps
Time
Difference / Retirement
Speed (km/h)
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
80
1:50'25.40
-
142.201
2
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
80
1:50'54.78
29.38
141.573
3
27
Alan Jones
Williams
/
Ford
80
1:51'25.09
59.69
140.931
4
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus
/
Ford
80
1:51'29.73
1'04.33
140.833
5
25
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
/
Ford
80
1:51'48.92
1'23.52
140.431
6
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
/
Ford
79
-
1 Lap
-
7
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
/
Ford
78
-
2 Laps
-
8
6
Nélson Piquet
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
78
1:51'02.800
2 Laps
137.890
9
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows
/
Ford
78
-
2 Laps
-
dsq
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
/
Ford
72
-
Disqualified
-
ret
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus
/
Ford
71
-
Accident
-
ret
22
Derek Daly
Ensign
/
Ford
69
-
Accident
-
ret
7
John Watson
McLaren
/
Ford
62
-
Injection
-
dsq
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
/
Ford
49
-
Disqualified
-
ret
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
/
Ford
48
-
Engine
-
ret
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow
/
Ford
47
-
Suspension
-
ret
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
/
Ford
40
-
Brakes
-
ret
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus
/
Ford
21
-
Transmission
-
ret
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
19
-
Transmission
-
ret
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
/
Ford
13
-
Engine
-
ret
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
/
Ford
8
-
Brakes
-
ret
20
James Hunt
Wolf
/
Ford
0
-
Transmission
-
ret
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
0
-
Accident
-
ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
/
Ford
0
-
Collision
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