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1979 Canadian GP
1978 United States GP

1979 United States GP

1979 Bradford & Bingley Trophy
1980 Argentine GP
1980 United States GP
October 7, Watkins Glen

Event OverviewSessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Qualification

PosCar NoDriverCar / EngineTimeDiffPercentageSpeed (km/h)
1
27
 Alan Jones  Williams / Ford
1'35.615
- 100.0% 204.633
2
6
 Nélson Piquet  Brabham / Ford
1'36.914
1.299 101.4% 201.890
3
12
 Gilles Villeneuve  Ferrari / Ferrari
1'36.948
1.333 101.4% 201.820
4
26
 Jacques Laffite  Ligier / Ford
1'37.066
1.451 101.5% 201.574
5
28
 Clay Regazzoni  Williams / Ford
1'37.128
1.513 101.6% 201.446
6
2
 Carlos Reutemann  Lotus / Ford
1'37.872
2.257 102.4% 199.914
7
16
 René Arnoux  Renault / Renault
1'38.195
2.580 102.7% 199.257
8
15
 Jean-Pierre Jabouille  Renault / Renault
1'38.218
2.603 102.7% 199.210
9
5
 Ricardo Zunino  Brabham / Ford
1'38.509
2.894 103.0% 198.621
10
3
 Didier Pironi  Tyrrell / Ford
1'38.823
3.208 103.4% 197.990
11
4
 Jean-Pierre Jarier  Tyrrell / Ford
1'38.945
3.330 103.5% 197.746
12
20
 Keke Rosberg  Wolf / Ford
1'39.035
3.420 103.6% 197.567
13
7
 John Watson  McLaren / Ford
1'39.233
3.618 103.8% 197.172
14
9
 Hans-Joachim Stuck  ATS / Ford
1'39.329
3.714 103.9% 196.982
15
33
 Derek Daly  Tyrrell / Ford
1'39.468
3.853 104.0% 196.706
16
11
 Jody Scheckter  Ferrari / Ferrari
1'39.576
3.961 104.1% 196.493
17
1
 Mario Andretti  Lotus / Ford
1'40.144
4.529 104.7% 195.379
18
35
 Bruno Giacomelli  Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo
1'40.277
4.662 104.9% 195.120
19
29
 Riccardo Patrese  Arrows / Ford
1'40.337
4.722 104.9% 195.003
20
18
 Elio de Angelis  Shadow / Ford
1'40.625
5.010 105.2% 194.445
21
22
 Marc Surer  Ensign / Ford
1'40.635
5.020 105.3% 194.425
22
8
 Patrick Tambay  McLaren / Ford
1'40.731
5.116 105.4% 194.240
23
14
 Emerson Fittipaldi  Fittipaldi / Ford
1'40.741
5.126 105.4% 194.221
24
25
 Jacky Ickx  Ligier / Ford
1'40.745
5.130 105.4% 194.213
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36
 Vittorio Brambilla  Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo
1'40.789
5.174 105.4% 194.128
dnq
30
 Jochen Mass  Arrows / Ford
1'40.824
5.209 105.4% 194.061
dnq
17
 Jan Lammers  Shadow / Ford
1'42.088
6.473 106.8% 191.658
dnq
31
 Hector Rebaque  Rebaque / Ford
1'43.060
7.445 107.8% 189.851
dnq
19
 Alex Ribeiro  Fittipaldi / Ford
1'45.183
9.568 110.0% 186.019
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24
 Arturo Merzario  Merzario / Ford
1'49.318
13.703 114.3% 178.982