1979 rFAF1 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1979 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. It was the first race of the 1979 Formula One season, and was won by Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín driving a Ligier, after Callum McAllister, Jody Scheckter, Jacques Laffite, Nelson Piquet and Gilles Villeneuve all retired while leading the race. It was the first win for Ligier, Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín, and the first win for an Irish driver in Formula One.

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	27	Callum McAllister	Williams-Ford	1:46.385	+-.--
2	25	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1:46.496	+0.111
3	11	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	1:46.593	+0.208
4	28	Jody Scheckter	Williams Ford	1:46.617	+0.232
5	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:46.629	+0.244
6	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1:46.830	+0.445
7	5	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	Ligier-Ford	1:46.877	+0.492
8	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:47.075	+0.690
9	16	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Ford	1:47.097	+0.712
10	16	Carlos Reutemann	Renault	1:40.78	+1.64

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	10
2	Hiroshi Takagi	8
3	James Hunt	6
4	Mario Andretti	5
5	Alain Prost	4

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ligier-Ford	10
2	Tyrrell-Ford	8
3	Wolf-Ford	6
4	Alfa Romeo	6
5	McLaren-Ford	5

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.