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Event: Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix			Date: 8.4.1979
Track: Long Beach (United States), unknown length		Organiser: unknown
GP United States West
Formula 1 World Championship (round 4)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps
1^st	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 312 T4	Ferrari	80
2^nd	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari 312 T4	Ferrari	80
3^rd	27	Alan Jones	Williams FW06 Ford	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team	80
4^th	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	80
5^th	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11 Ford	Ligier Gitanes	80
6^th	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009 Ford	Team Tyrrell	79
7^th	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9B Ford	Shadow Racing	78
8^th	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT48 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	78
9^th	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows A1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	78

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009 Ford	Team Tyrrell	75	Push start
9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2 Ford	ATS/ATS Wheels	49	Push start

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79 Ford	Rebaque F1 Team	68	Accident
22	Derek Daly	Ensign N179 Ford	Team Ensign	68	Accident
7	John Watson	McLaren M28 Ford	Löwenbräu Team McLaren	62	Fuel metering unit
28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW06 Ford	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team	48	Engine
17	Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9B Ford	Samson Shadow Racing	47	Accident
29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	40	Overheating, brakes
2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	21	Drive shaft
14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	19	Drive shaft
24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1B Ford	Team Merzario	13	Engine
26T	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11 Ford	Ligier Gitanes	8	Overheating, brakes
20	James Hunt	Wolf WR8 Ford	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	0	Collision
5	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT48 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	0	Collision
8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28 Ford	Löwenbräu Team McLaren	0	Collision

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Renault Elf	Accident in practice
16	René Arnoux	Renault RS01 Turbo	Renault Elf	Drive shaft

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
	3T	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009 Ford	Team Tyrrell		Spare car
	5T	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT48 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing		Spare car
	9T	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2 Ford	ATS/ATS Wheels
	11T	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari 312 T4	Ferrari		Spare car
	14T	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F6 Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive		Spare car
	15T	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Renault Elf		Spare car
	18T	Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9B Ford	Interscope Shadow Racing		Spare car
	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11 Ford	Ligier Gitanes		Original race chassis

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
1T		Lotus 79 Ford	Martini Racing Team Lotus	Spare car
7T		McLaren M26 Ford	Löwenbräu Team McLaren	Spare car
20T		Wolf WR7 Ford	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	Spare car
24T		Merzario A2 Ford	Team Merzario	Spare car
27T		Williams FW07 Ford	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team	Spare car
29T	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Spare car

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