The 1979 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 7 October 1979 at Watkins Glen.
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The final race of the 1979 season began under wet conditions. It rained all morning of the race and while it had stopped the wet track meant the field would be starting on grooved tyres. Villeneuve made an excellent start from the second row to take an early lead. He would lead until his pit stop to change tyres. His rival for second place in the championship, Alan Jones, took over the lead. However, there would be no duel for the championship place as just after Jones took on slicks, a wheel came off being not properly secured in the pits. Villeneuve would lead the rest of the way with a commanding win to give Ferrari a one-two finish in the driver's championship.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	59	1:52:17.734	3	9
2	16	René Arnoux	Renault	59	+48.787 secs	7	6
3	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	59	+53.199 secs	10	4
4	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	59	+1:30.512	20	3
5	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	59	+1:41.259	14	2
6	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	58	+1 Lap	13	1
7	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	54	+5 Laps	23
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	53	Transmission	2
Ret	33	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	52	Spun Off	15
Ret	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	48	Tyre	16
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	44	Suspension	19
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	36	Wheel	1
Ret	22	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford	32	Engine	21
Ret	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	29	Accident	5
Ret	5	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	25	Spun Off	9
Ret	15	Jean Pierre Jabouille	Renault	24	Engine	8
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	20	Accident	12
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	20	Engine	22
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	18	Accident	11
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	16	Gearbox	17
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	6	Spun Off	6
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	3	Spun Off	4
Ret	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford	2	Spun Off	24
Ret	35	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	Spun Off	18
DNQ	36	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo
DNQ	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	31	Hector Rebaque	Rebaque-Ford
DNQ	19	Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford

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Notes

• Pole position: Alan Jones - 1:35.615
• Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet - 1:40.054
• Lap Leaders: Gilles Villeneuve 54 laps (1-31, 37-59); Alan Jones 5 laps (32-36).

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