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The United States Grand Prix West 1979 was the 4th round of the 1979 F1 season, and took place at the Long Beach in California, USA, on April 8th.
Gilles Villeneuve won the race from the pole, followed by Jody Scheckter, and Alan Jones completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 17 drivers out of the original 26 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Hector Rebaque, Derek Daly, and Niki Lauda, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, John Watson, who had an problem with the injection on lap 62, Clay Regazzoni, and Arturo Merzario, both suffered an engine malfunction, Jan Lammers, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 47, Riccardo Patrese, and Jacques Laffite, both saw the breaks of the car give up, Carlos Reutemann, Emerson Fittipaldi, and James Hunt, all of whom had a transmission problem, Patrick Tambay, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 0, and René Arnoux, and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, both withdrew.
Accident
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Hector RebaqueLap 71
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Derek DalyLap 69
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Niki LaudaLap 0
Injection
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John WatsonLap 62
Engine
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Clay RegazzoniLap 48
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Arturo MerzarioLap 13
Suspension
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Jan LammersLap 47
Brakes
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Riccardo PatreseLap 40
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Jacques LaffiteLap 8
Transmission
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Carlos ReutemannLap 21
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Emerson FittipaldiLap 19
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James HuntLap 0
Collision
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Patrick TambayLap 0
Withdrew
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René ArnouxLap 0
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Jean-Pierre JabouilleLap 0
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There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify 2 drivers.
Disqualified
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Didier PironiLap 72
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Hans-Joachim StuckLap 49
Qualifying
We do not have qualifying data for this race.