1979 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Date	May 27, 1979
Location	Circuit de Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.34 km (2.08 mi)
Distance	76 laps, 253.84 km (158.08 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
Time	1:26.45
Fastest lap
Driver	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford
Time	1:28.82 on lap 69
Podium
First	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
Second	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford
Third	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford

The 1979 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 27 May 1979 at Monaco. It was the 37th Monaco Grand Prix and the seventh round of the 1979 Formula One season.

The race was won by polesitter Jody Scheckter in a Ferrari 312T4 ahead of Clay Regazzoni (Williams FW07) and Carlos Reutemann (Lotus 79). Patrick Depailler set the fastest lap of the race in a Ligier JS11.

It was the last race of 1976 World Champion James Hunt's Formula One career.

A Renault RS10 parked in the pits

The Wolf Racing pit crew

Classification [edit]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	76	1:55:22.48	1	9
2	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	76	+0.44 secs	16	6
3	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	76	+8.57 secs	11	4
4	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	76	+41.31 secs	14	3
5	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	75	Engine	3	2
6	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	69	+7 Laps	8	1
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	68	Transmission	18
NC	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	68	+8 Laps	20
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	55	Gearbox	5
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	54	Transmission	2
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	43	Steering	9
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	34	Suspension	6
Ret	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	30	Wheel	12
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	21	Accident	4
Ret	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	21	Accident	7
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	21	Suspension	13
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	17	Engine	17
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	8	Accident	19
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	4	Transmission	10
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	4	Suspension	15
DNQ	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford
DNQ	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford
DNPQ	24	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Merzario-Ford

Notes [edit]

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• Lap Leaders: Jody Scheckter 76 laps (1-76).

Standings after the race [edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jody Scheckter 30 (34) 2 Jacques Laffite 24 3 Gilles Villeneuve 20 4 Patrick Depailler 20 (22) 5 Carlos Reutemann 20 (25)

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 54 2 Ligier-Ford 46 3 Lotus-Ford 37 4 Tyrrell-Ford 15 5 Williams-Ford 10

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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