1979 Argentine Grand Prix

Grand Prix

Position Driver Number Driver Constructor Laps Time Grid Points
1 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford G 53 1:36:03.21 1
2 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford G 53 +14.94 secs 3
3 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford G 53 +1:28.81 6
4 25 France Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford G 53 +1:41.72 2
5 1 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 52 +1 Lap 7
6 14 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 52 +1 Lap 11
7 18 Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford G 52 +1 Lap 16
8 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 14
9 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 15
10 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 17
11 22 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 24

Qualifying

Position Driver Number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:44.20 1 undefined undefined
2 25 France Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 1:45.24 2 undefined undefined
3 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 1:45.34 3 undefined undefined
4 4 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:45.36 4 undefined undefined
5 11 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:45.58 5 undefined undefined
6 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:45.76 6 undefined undefined
7 1 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:45.96 7 undefined undefined
8 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:46,43 8 undefined undefined
9 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:46.56 9 undefined undefined
10 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:46.88 10 undefined undefined
11 14 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:47.15 11 undefined undefined
12 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:47.46 12 undefined undefined
13 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:48.33 DNS undefined undefined
14 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:48.34 13 undefined undefined
15 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:48.44 14 undefined undefined
16 17 Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 1:48.51 15 undefined undefined
17 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 1:48.64 16 undefined undefined
18 20 United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf-Ford 1:48.77 17 undefined undefined
19 31 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:49.36 18 undefined undefined
20 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:49.49 19 undefined undefined
21 18 Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 1:49.51 20 undefined undefined
22 24 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:50.26 21 undefined undefined
23 5 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:50.29 22 undefined undefined
24 22 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 1:51.05 23 undefined undefined
25 9 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 1:51.28 DNS undefined undefined
26 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:51.52 24 undefined undefined