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1979 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 76 laps
Round7 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 320th World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 26th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari761hr 55m 22.480s9
2+14(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth76+0.440s6
3+8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth76+8.570s4
4+10(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth76+41.310s3
5-2(FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth74DNF2
6+2(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth69+7 laps1
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo68DNF 
NC (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault68+8 laps 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari54DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo21DNF 
R (FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault8DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth4DNF 

Notes

  • Patrick Depailler ended lap 74 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:26.450

PosDriverConstructor
1(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari
2(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
3(FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth
4(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
9(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth
11(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth
12(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth
13(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
16(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth
17(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo
19(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
20(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructorReason
(ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(ITA) Gianfranco BrancatelliMerzario-Ford CosworthDid not pre-qualify

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter30
2(FRA) Jacques Laffite24
3(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve20
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
5(ARG) Carlos Reutemann20
6(USA) Mario Andretti12
7(FRA) Didier Pironi8
=(GBR) John Watson8
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier7
10(CHE) Clay Regazzoni6
11(AUS) Alan Jones4
12(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
13(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1
=(AUT) Niki Lauda1
=(DEU) Jochen Mass1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari54
2Ligier-Ford Cosworth46
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth37
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth15
5Williams-Ford Cosworth10
6McLaren-Ford Cosworth8
7Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
8Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1
=Brabham-Alfa Romeo1

Stats & milestones

Last start
James Hunt
Milestone race start
250th for Lotus (2nd constructor to start 250 races)
Wins
9th for Jody Scheckter
77th for Ferrari
Podiums
31st for Jody Scheckter
29th for Carlos Reutemann (first podium since 1976; last for Lotus)
24th for Clay Regazzoni (first for Williams)
250th for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 250 podiums)
133rd for Lotus
4th for Williams
Poles
3rd and last for Jody Scheckter (first since 1977; only pole for Ferrari)
89th for Ferrari
1-2 start
34th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
4th and last for Patrick Depailler (first since 1976; only fastest lap for Ligier)
5th for Ligier
Front row starts
13th and last for Jody Scheckter
4th for Gilles Villeneuve
Points finishes
36th and last for Patrick Depailler
Pole & win
2nd and last for Jody Scheckter (first since 1976; first South African driver to win from pole since 1976; only win from pole for Ferrari)