1979 United States Grand Prix West
- Round
- 4 of 1979
- Circuit
- Long Beach
- Location
- Long Beach, California, United States of America
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Constructor
- Ferrari
- Entrant
- Ferrari
- Pole position
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Fastest lap
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1 | 80 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | 80 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | 80 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | 80 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 4 | 80 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 7 | 79 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | 78 | — | — |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 12 | 78 | — | — |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | 78 | — | — |
| DNS | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | — | — | — | Injury in practice |
| DNS | Rene Arnoux | Renault | — | — | — | Withdrew |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 21 | — | Transmission |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 8 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | James Hunt | Walter Wolf Racing | 8 | 0 | — | Transmission |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | 40 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 11 | 0 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 14 | 47 | — | Suspension |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 15 | 48 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 19 | — | Transmission |
| DSQ | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | 72 | — | Push start |
| DNF | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | 62 | — | Injection |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DSQ | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 49 | — | Push start |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 13 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 71 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 69 | — | Accident |