| «1979-04» | USA West Grand Prix - V Grand Prix of Long Beach |
| 1979-04-08 | Long Beach - 80 laps × 3.251 km : 261.705 km (offset 1625 m) |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 01:18.825 | 148.476 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:18.886 | +00.061 (+0.077%) | +00.061 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 01:18.911 | +00.086 (+0.109%) | +00.025 |
| 4 | 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.025 | +00.200 (+0.254%) | +00.114 |
| 5 | 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.032 | +00.207 (+0.263%) | +00.007 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.454 | +00.629 (+0.798%) | +00.422 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.580 | +00.755 (+0.958%) | +00.126 |
| 8 | 8 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.643 | +00.818 (+1.038%) | +00.063 |
| 9 | 9 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.727 | +00.902 (+1.144%) | +00.084 |
| 10 | 10 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:19.910 | +01.085 (+1.376%) | +00.183 |
| 11 | 11 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 01:20.041 | +01.216 (+1.543%) | +00.131 |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 01:20.456 | +01.631 (+2.069%) | +00.415 |
| 13 | 13 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:20.608 | +01.783 (+2.262%) | +00.152 |
| 14 | 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:20.740 | +01.915 (+2.429%) | +00.132 |
| 15 | 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:20.768 | +01.943 (+2.465%) | +00.028 |
| 16 | 16 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 01:21.033 | +02.208 (+2.801%) | +00.265 |
| 17 | 17 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:21.192 | +02.367 (+3.003%) | +00.159 |
| 18 | 18 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:21.304 | +02.479 (+3.145%) | +00.112 |
| 19 | 19 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:21.411 | +02.586 (+3.281%) | +00.107 |
| 20 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 01:21.635 | +02.810 (+3.565%) | +00.224 | |
| 21 | 20 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:21.961 | +03.136 (+3.978%) | +00.326 |
| 22 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 01:22.088 | +03.263 (+4.140%) | +00.127 | |
| 23 | 21 | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 01:22.828 | +04.003 (+5.078%) | +00.740 |
| 24 | 22 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | 01:22.938 | +04.113 (+5.218%) | +00.110 |
| 25 | 23 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:22.990 | +04.165 (+5.284%) | +00.052 |
| 26 | 24 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:23.888 | +05.063 (+6.423%) | +00.898 |