Resultado da Corrida do GP dos Estados Unidos de F1 1979
07/10/1979
Tabela de resultado
| Pos. | Grid | Piloto | Equipe | Nº | Tempo/Dif. | Voltas | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 1:52:17.734 | 59 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | 7 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | +48.787 | 59 | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | +53.199 | 59 | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | 20 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 18 | +1:30.512 | 59 | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 9 | +1:41.259 | 59 | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | 13 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 58 | 1 | +1 volta | |
| 7 | 23 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 54 | 0 | +5 voltas | |
| R | 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 6 | 53 | 0 | Transmission | |
| R | 15 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 33 | 52 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 16 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 48 | 0 | Tyre | |
| R | 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 44 | 0 | Suspension | |
| R | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 36 | 0 | Wheel | |
| R | 21 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 22 | 32 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 28 | 29 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 9 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 5 | 25 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 8 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 24 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 12 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 20 | 20 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 22 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 20 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 18 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 17 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 16 | 0 | Gearbox | |
| R | 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 6 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 3 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 24 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 25 | 2 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 18 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 35 | 0 | Spun off |