«1979-15»USA East Grand Prix - XXII United States Grand Prix
1979-10-07 Watkins Glen - Watkins Glen International - 59 laps × 5.435 km : 320.665 km
EntrantsQualyGridRaceLap-by-LapFastest Laps•Driver StandingsConstructor Standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Jody Scheckter • Ferrari-(1)66(3)99-(2)3369(3)-51(60)
2 Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-299---6--6-6(6)947(53)
3 Alan Jones • Williams---4---(3)-999-9-40(43)
4 Jacques Laffite • Ligier99---6---444---36
5 Clay Regazzoni • Williams------6(1)96(2)-44-29(32)
6 Patrick Depailler • Ligier36-29-(2)20(22)
7 Carlos Reutemann • Lotus64(2)-6(3)4--------20(25)
8 René Arnoux • Renault-------46-1---617
9 John Watson • McLaren4----13-32---1115
10 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-3--14-------2414
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier • Tyrrell--412--24-1--14
12 Mario Andretti • Lotus2-334-------2--14
13 Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault-------9-------9
14 Niki Lauda • Brabham--1---------3-4
15 Nelson Piquet • Brabham-----------3---3
16 Elio de Angelis • Shadow--------------33
17 Jacky Ickx • Ligier-1--2---3
18 Jochen Mass • Arrows------1--1-1---3
19 Riccardo Patrese • Arrows-----2---------2
20 Hans Joachim Stuck • ATS--------------22
21 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar1--------------1
- Patrick Tambay • McLaren----------------
- Jan Lammers • Shadow----------------
- Hector Rebaque • Rebaque----------------
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario---------------
- Derek Daly • Tyrrell-----------
- James Hunt • Wolf--------
- Gianfranco Brancatelli • Merzario----
- Bruno Giacomelli • Alfa Romeo------
- Keke Rosberg • Wolf---------
- Patrick Gaillard • Ensign------
- Geoff Lees • Tyrrell--
- Vittorio Brambilla • Alfa Romeo----
- Marc Surer • Ensign----
- Alex Ribeiro • Copersucar---
- Ricardo Zunino • Brabham---

Points System

9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top 6 places.
Best 8 results (4 from first 7 and 4 from last 8) count toward Drivers' championship.
All results counted towards Constructors' championship.
Half points are awarded for races stopped before three-quarter-distance was completed.