Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sunday, 21 January 1979

1st

Jacques Laffite

2nd

Carlos Reutemann

3rd

Fastest Lap

Jacques Laffite

1:46.910Lap 42 · 200.962 km/h

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time	Pts
P1	JL Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1	53	1:36:03.210 1:46.910	9
P2	CR Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	31	53	1:36:18.150	6
P3	JW John Watson	McLaren	63	53	1:37:32.020	4
P4	PD Patrick Depailler	Ligier	22	53	1:37:44.930	3
P5	MA Mario Andretti	Lotus	72	52	Finished	2
P6	EF Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	115	52	Finished	1
P7	ED Elio De Angelis	Shadow	169	52	Finished	0
P8	JM Jochen Mass	Arrows	146	51	Finished	0
P9	AJ Alan Jones	Williams	156	51	Finished	0
P10	CR Clay Regazzoni	Williams	177	51	Finished	0
P11	DD Derek Daly	Ensign	2413	51	Finished	0
P12	GV Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	102	48	Engine	0
DNF	HR Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	19	46	Suspension	0
DNF	JL Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	42	Transmission	0
DNF	JH James Hunt	Wolf	18	41	Electrical	0
DNF	JJ Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	4	15	Engine	0
DNF	JJ Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	12	15	Engine	0
DNF	NL Niki Lauda	Brabham	23	8	Fuel system	0
DNF	RA René Arnoux	Renault	25	6	Engine	0
DNF	JS Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	5	0	Collision	0
DNF	DP Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	8	0	Collision	0
DNF	PT Patrick Tambay	McLaren	9	0	Collision	0
DNF	NP Nelson Piquet	Brabham	20	0	Collision	0
DNF	AM Arturo Merzario	Merzario	22	0	Collision	0
DNS	RP Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	13		Accident	0
DNS	HS Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS			Car not ready	0