Round 15 · 7 October 1979
United States Grand Prix
Watkins Glen · New York State, USA
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
33 drivers
After Round 14
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
51
pts
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
44
pts
3
Alan Jones
Williams
40
pts
4
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
36
pts
5
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
29
pts
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6
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
20
pts
7
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
20
pts
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
14
pts
9
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
14
pts
10
John Watson
McLaren
14
pts
11
René Arnoux
Renault
11
pts
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
10
pts
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
9
pts
14
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Ford
4
pts
15
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford
3
pts
16
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
3
pts
17
Jochen Mass
Arrows
3
pts
18
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
2
pts
19
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Geoff Lees
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
34 drivers
After Round 15
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
—
51
+0
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
47
+3
3
Alan Jones
Williams
—
40
+0
4
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
36
+0
5
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
—
29
+0
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6
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
—
20
+0
7
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
—
20
+0
8
René Arnoux
Renault
↑3
17
+6
9
John Watson
McLaren
↑1
15
+1
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↑2
14
+4
11
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
↓3
14
+0
12
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
↓3
14
+0
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
9
+0
14
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Ford
—
4
+0
15
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
↑984
3
+3
16
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford
↓1
3
+0
17
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
↓1
3
+0
18
Jochen Mass
Arrows
↓1
3
+0
19
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
↑980
2
+2
20
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
↓2
2
+0
21
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓2
1
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford
—
0
+0
-
Geoff Lees
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Marc Surer
Ensign
NEW
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 1:52:17.734 | 9 |
| 2 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 7 | +48.787 | 6 |
| 3 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | +53.199 | 4 |
| 4 | DE Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | +1:30.512 | 3 |
| 5 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 14 | +1:41.259 | 2 |
| 6 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 13 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 23 | 5L | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | SUR Marc Surer | Ensign | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | — | 0 |