Gran Premio de Argentina 1979: Resultados de la carrera
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Escuderia | Puntos | Tiempo | Vueltas | Parrilla | Vuelta rápida |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 9 | 1:36:03.21 | 53 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 6 | +14.94 | 53 | 3 | |
| 3 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 4 | +1:28.81 | 53 | 6 | |
| 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 3 | +1:41.72 | 53 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | +1 vuelta | 52 | 7 | |
| 6 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1 | +1 vuelta | 52 | 11 | |
| 7 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 0 | +1 vuelta | 52 | 16 | |
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 0 | +2 vueltas | 51 | 14 | |
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 0 | +2 vueltas | 51 | 15 | |
| 10 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 0 | +2 vueltas | 51 | 17 | |
| 11 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 0 | +2 vueltas | 51 | 24 | |
| 12 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 0 | Motor | 48 | 10 | |
| 13 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 0 | Suspensión | 46 | 19 | |
| 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 0 | Transmisión | 42 | 21 | |
| 15 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 0 | Eléctrico | 41 | 18 | |
| 16 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 0 | Motor | 15 | 4 | |
| 17 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | Motor | 15 | 12 | |
| 18 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | DNF | 8 | 23 | |
| 19 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 0 | Motor | 6 | 25 | |
| 20 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 0 | Choque | 0 | 5 | |
| 21 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 0 | Choque | 0 | 8 | |
| 22 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 0 | Choque | 0 | 9 | |
| 23 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | Choque | 0 | 20 | |
| 24 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | Choque | 0 | 22 | |
| 25 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 0 | +53 vueltas | 0 | 13 | |
| 26 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 0 | +53 vueltas | 0 | 0 |
