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1979 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonza, 50 laps
Round13 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 326th World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 30th World Championship race at Monza
  • 1979 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1979 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari501hr 22m 00.220s9
2+3(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari50+0.460s6
3+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth50+4.780s4
4+5(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo50+54.400s3
5+5(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth50+59.700s2
6+10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth50+1m 01.550s1
7+6(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth50+1m 24.140s 
8+12(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth49+1 lap 
9-5(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth49+1 lap 
10+2(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth49+1 lap 
11+4(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth49+1 lap 
12+10(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo49+1 lap 
13+4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth47+3 laps 
14-13(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault45DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo28DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault13DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1DNF 

Notes

  • Jean-Pierre Jabouille ended lap 45 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.580

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
2(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari
4(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
5(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
6(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
8(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo
9(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
10(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
11(BEL) Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
19(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
20(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
21(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo
23(FIN) Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth
(CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth
(MEX) Hector RebaqueRebaque-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter51
2(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve38
3(FRA) Jacques Laffite36
4(AUS) Alan Jones34
5(CHE) Clay Regazzoni27
6(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
7(ARG) Carlos Reutemann20
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier14
9(USA) Mario Andretti14
10(GBR) John Watson13
11(FRA) Rene Arnoux11
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille9
13(FRA) Didier Pironi8
14(AUT) Niki Lauda4
15(BRA) Nelson Piquet3
16(BEL) Jacky Ickx3
17(DEU) Jochen Mass3
18(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
19(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari95
2Williams-Ford Cosworth62
3Ligier-Ford Cosworth61
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth39
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth22
6Renault20
7McLaren-Ford Cosworth13
8Brabham-Alfa Romeo7
9Arrows-Ford Cosworth5
10Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

World Champion
1st and only title for Jody Scheckter (17th driver to win the World Championship, 1st South African champion)
6th title for Ferrari (2nd constructor to win six championships)
Wins
10th and last for Jody Scheckter (13th driver to win ten races, 1st South African driver; 6th driver to win the Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari)
78th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
34th for Ferrari
Podiums
33rd and last for Jody Scheckter
27th for Clay Regazzoni
7th for Gilles Villeneuve
254th & 255th for Ferrari
10th for Williams (16th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
4th for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
6th for Renault
1-2 start
2nd for Renault
Fastest laps
15th and last for Clay Regazzoni
4th for Williams
Front row starts
5th for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
4th for Rene Arnoux
Points finishes
50th for Niki Lauda