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1979 Argentine Grand Prix
1979-01-21 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 53 | 9 |
| 2nd | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | 53 | 6 |
| 3rd | John Watson | McLaren | 6 | 53 | 4 |
| 4th | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 53 | 3 |
| 5th | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 7 | 52 | 2 |
| 6th | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 11 | 52 | 1 |
| 7th | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 16 | 52 | |
| 8th | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 14 | 51 | |
| 9th | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | 51 | |
| 10th | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | 51 | |
| 11th | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 51 | |
| 12th | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 10 | 48 | |
| 13th | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 19 | 46 | |
| 14th | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 42 | |
| 15th | James Hunt | Wolf | 18 | 41 | |
| 16th | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 15 | |
| 17th | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | 15 | |
| 18th | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 | 8 | |
| 19th | René Arnoux | Renault | 25 | 6 | |
| 20th | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 0 | |
| 21st | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | 0 | |
| 22nd | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 0 | |
| 23rd | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 20 | 0 | |
| 24th | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 0 | |
| 25th | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | 0 | |
| 26th | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | — | 0 |