Who won the United States Grand Prix West 1979?

Gilles Villeneuve won the United States Grand Prix West 1979, driving for Ferrari.

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Round 4 · 1979

United States Grand Prix West

Long Beach · 1979-04-08

Ferrari

Ferrari

Gilles Villeneuve won the United States Grand Prix West 1979 at Long Beach on 8 April 1979, starting from pole position. Jody Scheckter finished second for Ferrari, with Alan Jones completing the podium for Williams.

Race Results

Pos	Grid	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	1	Gilles VilleneuveVIL	Ferrari	80	1:50:25.40	9
2	3	Jody ScheckterSCH	Ferrari	80	+29.38	6
3	10	Alan JonesJON	Williams	80	+59.69	4
4	6	Mario AndrettiAND	Team Lotus	80	+1:04.33	3
5	4	Patrick DepaillerDEP	Ligier	80	+1:23.52	2
6	7	Jean-Pierre JarierJAR	Tyrrell	79	+1 Lap	1
7	20	Elio de AngelisDEA	Shadow	78	+2 Laps	0
8	12	Nelson PiquetPIQ	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	+2 Laps	0
9	13	Jochen MassMAS	Arrows	78	+2 Laps	0
D	17	Didier PironiPIR	Tyrrell	72	Disqualified	0
R	23	Hector RebaqueREB	Team Lotus	71	Accident	0
R	24	Derek DalyDAL	Ensign	69	Accident	0
R	18	John WatsonWAT	McLaren	62	Injection	0
D	21	Hans-Joachim StuckSTU	ATS	49	Disqualified	0
R	15	Clay RegazzoniREG	Williams	48	Engine	0
R	14	Jan LammersLAM	Shadow	47	Suspension	0
R	9	Riccardo PatresePAT	Arrows	40	Brakes	0
R	2	Carlos ReutemannREU	Team Lotus	21	Transmission	0
R	16	Emerson FittipaldiFIT	Fittipaldi	19	Transmission	0
R	22	Arturo MerzarioMER	Merzario	13	Engine	0
R	5	Jacques LaffiteLAF	Ligier	8	Brakes	0
R	8	James HuntHUN	Wolf	0	Transmission	0
R	11	Niki LaudaLAU	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	Accident	0
R	19	Patrick TambayTAM	McLaren	0	Collision	0
W	0	René ArnouxARN	Renault	0	Withdrew	0
W	0	Jean-Pierre JabouilleJAB	Renault	0	Withdrew	0

Key links:

Winner Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Long Beach
Winning team Ferrari

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