Round 4 · 8 April 1979
United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach · California, USA
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
26 drivers
After Round 3
1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
18
pts
2
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
12
pts
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
11
pts
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
9
pts
5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
7
pts
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
5
pts
7
John Watson
McLaren
4
pts
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
4
pts
9
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
3
pts
10
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
11
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1
pts
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
0
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
0
pts
-
Alan Jones
Williams
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Renault
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
26 drivers
After Round 4
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
↑2
20
+9
2
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↓1
18
+0
3
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
↑2
13
+6
4
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
↓2
12
+0
5
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
↓1
11
+2
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
8
+3
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
↑1
5
+1
8
John Watson
McLaren
↓1
4
+0
9
Alan Jones
Williams
↑990
4
+4
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓1
3
+0
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓1
1
+0
12
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
↓1
1
+0
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
—
0
+0
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1 | 1:50:25.400 | 9 |
| 2 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | +29.380 | 6 |
| 3 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | +59.690 | 4 |
| 4 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | +1:04.330 | 3 |
| 5 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 4 | +1:23.520 | 2 |
| 6 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 7 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | DE Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 8 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | 2L | 0 |
| D | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | DAL Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 18 | — | 0 |
| D | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | Wolf | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | — | 0 |
| W | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | Pit | — | 0 |
| W | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Pit | — | 0 |