Argentine Grand Prix
1979 · Round 1 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Jan 21, 1979Race summary
Victory went to Laffite (from 1st on the grid), with a 14.9s margin. Daly made the biggest gain, from 24th on the grid to 11th (up 13 places). Depailler had a difficult race, dropping from 2nd to 4th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 53 | 1:36:03.210 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | 53 | +14.940 | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | McLaren | 6 | 53 | +1:28.810 | 4 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 53 | +1:41.720 | 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 7 | 52 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 11 | 52 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 16 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 14 | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 10 | 48 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 19 | 46 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 42 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | James Hunt | Wolf | 18 | 41 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 | 8 | Fuel system | 0 |
| – | René Arnoux | Renault | 25 | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 20 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | – | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |