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1979 Belgian Cup
1979 South African GP
1978 US West GP

1979 US West GP

1979 International Gold Cup
1979 Spanish GP
1980 US West GP
April 8, Long Beach

Event OverviewSessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Qualification

PosCar NoDriverCar / EngineTimeDiffPercentageSpeed (km/h)
1
12
 Gilles Villeneuve  Ferrari / Ferrari
1'18.825
- 100.0% 148.476
2
2
 Carlos Reutemann  Lotus / Ford
1'18.886
0.061 100.1% 148.361
3
11
 Jody Scheckter  Ferrari / Ferrari
1'18.911
0.086 100.1% 148.314
4
25
 Patrick Depailler  Ligier / Ford
1'19.025
0.200 100.3% 148.100
5
26
 Jacques Laffite  Ligier / Ford
1'19.032
0.207 100.3% 148.087
6
1
 Mario Andretti  Lotus / Ford
1'19.454
0.629 100.8% 147.300
7
4
 Jean-Pierre Jarier  Tyrrell / Ford
1'19.580
0.755 101.0% 147.067
8
20
 James Hunt  Wolf / Ford
1'19.643
0.818 101.0% 146.951
9
29
 Riccardo Patrese  Arrows / Ford
1'19.727
0.902 101.1% 146.796
10
27
 Alan Jones  Williams / Ford
1'19.910
1.085 101.4% 146.460
11
5
 Niki Lauda  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
1'20.041
1.216 101.5% 146.220
12
6
 Nélson Piquet  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
1'20.456
1.631 102.1% 145.466
13
30
 Jochen Mass  Arrows / Ford
1'20.608
1.783 102.3% 145.192
14
17
 Jan Lammers  Shadow / Ford
1'20.740
1.915 102.4% 144.954
15
28
 Clay Regazzoni  Williams / Ford
1'20.768
1.943 102.5% 144.904
16
14
 Emerson Fittipaldi  Fittipaldi / Ford
1'21.033
2.208 102.8% 144.430
17
3
 Didier Pironi  Tyrrell / Ford
1'21.192
2.367 103.0% 144.147
18
7
 John Watson  McLaren / Ford
1'21.304
2.479 103.1% 143.949
19
8
 Patrick Tambay  McLaren / Ford
1'21.411
2.586 103.3% 143.759
20
18
 Elio de Angelis  Shadow / Ford
1'21.961
3.136 104.0% 142.795
21
9
 Hans-Joachim Stuck  ATS / Ford
1'22.828
4.003 105.1% 141.300
22
24
 Arturo Merzario  Merzario / Ford
1'22.938
4.113 105.2% 141.113
23
31
 Hector Rebaque  Lotus / Ford
1'22.990
4.165 105.3% 141.024
24
22
 Derek Daly  Ensign / Ford
1'23.888
5.063 106.4% 139.515
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15
 Jean-Pierre Jabouille  Renault / Renault
1'21.635
2.810 103.6% 143.365
dns
16
 René Arnoux  Renault / Renault
1'22.088
3.263 104.1% 142.574