FIA Formula One World Championship 1979 United States Grand Prix Statistics

Statistics

Sessions:

Race

Fastest Laps

POS	№	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	LAP	GAP
1	6	Nelson Piquet	Parmalat Racing Team	1:40.054	51
2	7	John Watson	Marlboro Team McLaren	1:40.264	52	+ 0.210
3	16	Rene Arnoux	Equipe Renault Elf	1:41.322	48	+ 1.268
4	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1:42.029	38	+ 1.975
5	3	Didier Pironi	Candy Tyrrell Team	1:42.108	56	+ 2.054
6	18	Elio de Angelis	Interscope Shadow Racing Team	1:42.147	41	+ 2.093
7	33	Derek Daly	Candy Tyrrell Team	1:42.887	49	+ 2.833
8	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS Wheels	1:43.400	44	+ 3.346
9	11	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1:43.574	45	+ 3.520
10	29	Riccardo Patrese	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	1:46.278	4	+ 6.224
11	27	Alan Jones	Albilad-Williams Racing Team	1:47.622	3	+ 7.568
12	28	Clay Regazzoni	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team	1:48.378	29	+ 8.324
13	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	1:53.048	48	+ 12.994
14	22	Marc Surer	Team Ensign	1:57.377	30	+ 17.323
15	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Equipe Renault Elf	1:59.042	17	+ 18.988
16	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Candy Tyrrell Team	2:00.685	17	+ 20.631
17	20	Keke Rosberg	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	2:01.546	17	+ 21.492
18	2	Carlos Reutemann	Martini Racing Team Lotus	2:01.981	5	+ 21.927
19	5	Ricardo Zunino	Parmalat Racing Team	2:02.393	25	+ 22.339
20	8	Patrick Tambay	Marlboro Team McLaren	2:03.637	15	+ 23.583
21	1	Mario Andretti	Martini Racing Team Lotus	2:04.813	14	+ 24.759
22	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Gitanes	2:08.018	3	+ 27.964
23	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier Gitanes	2:10.062	1	+ 30.008