1979 Argentine Grand Prix
- Round
- 1 of 1979
- Circuit
- Autodromo Oscar Galvez
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Jacques Laffite
- Constructor
- Ligier
- Entrant
- Ligier-Ford
- Pole position
- Jacques Laffite
- Fastest lap
- Jacques Laffite
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 53 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | 53 | 6 | — |
| 3 | John Watson | McLaren | 6 | 53 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 53 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 7 | 52 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 11 | 52 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 16 | 52 | — | — |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 14 | 51 | — | — |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | 51 | — | — |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | 51 | — | — |
| 11 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 51 | — | — |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 10 | 48 | — | Engine |
| DNS | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | — | — | — | Car not ready |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 15 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | 15 | — | Engine |
| DNS | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | — | — | Accident |
| DNF | James Hunt | Walter Wolf Racing | 18 | 41 | — | Electrical |
| DNF | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | 19 | 46 | — | Suspension |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 20 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 42 | — | Transmission |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 23 | 8 | — | Fuel system |
| DNF | Rene Arnoux | Renault | 25 | 6 | — | Engine |