1979 Monaco Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 27 May 1979
Winner:	Jody Scheckter Ferrari
Pole position:	Jody Scheckter Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:	Monte Carlo, 76 laps
Round:	7 of 15

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	76	1hr 55m 22.480s	9
2	+14	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	76	+0.440s	6
3	+8	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	76	+8.570s	4
4	+10	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	76	+41.310s	3
5	-2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	74	DNF	2
6	+2	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	69	+7 laps	1
R		Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	68	DNF
NC		Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	68	+8 laps
R		Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	55	DNF
R		Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	54	DNF
R		Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	34	DNF
R		Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	30	DNF
R		Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	21	DNF
R		Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	21	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	21	DNF
R		Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	17	DNF
R		Rene Arnoux	Renault	8	DNF
R		James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:26.450
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
3	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
9	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth
10	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
11	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
12	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth
13	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
14	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
15	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
16	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
19	Rene Arnoux	Renault
20	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault

Non qualifiers

Driver	Constructor	Reason
Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Gianfranco Brancatelli	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jody Scheckter	30
2	Jacques Laffite	24
3	Gilles Villeneuve	20
4	Patrick Depailler	20
5	Carlos Reutemann	20
6	Mario Andretti	12
7	Didier Pironi	8
=	John Watson	8
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	7
10	Clay Regazzoni	6
11	Alan Jones	4
12	Riccardo Patrese	2
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	1
=	Niki Lauda	1
=	Jochen Mass	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	54
2	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	46
3	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	37
4	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	15
5	Williams-Ford Cosworth	10
6	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	8
7	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	3
8	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	1
=	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: James Hunt

Wins

Driver: 9th for Jody Scheckter

Constructor: 77th for Ferrari

Podiums

Driver: 31st for Jody Scheckter, 29th for Carlos Reutemann, 24th for Clay Regazzoni

Constructor: 250th for Ferrari, 133rd for Lotus, 4th for Williams

Poles

Driver: 3rd and last for Jody Scheckter

Constructor: 89th for Ferrari

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 34th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 4th and last for Patrick Depailler

Constructor: 5th for Ligier

Front row starts

Driver: 13th and last for Jody Scheckter, 4th for Gilles Villeneuve

Points finishes

Driver: 36th and last for Patrick Depailler

Pole & win

Driver: 2nd and last for Jody Scheckter

See also

• Monaco Grand Prix
• Monte Carlo Circuit
• 1979 World Championship season