1979 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

Motor car race

The 1979 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor 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 76-lap race was won from pole position by Jody Scheckter, driving a Ferrari. Clay Regazzoni finished second in a Williams-Ford, with Carlos Reutemann third in a Lotus-Ford.^[1] Patrick Depailler set the fastest lap of the race in a Ligier-Ford.

In a race of attrition, John Watson was fourth in his McLaren-Ford, Depailler fifth despite an engine failure on the last lap, and Jochen Mass sixth in his Arrows A1. Mass had run as high as third in the race and seemed to be closing in on the leaders before brake issues dropped him down the field.

This was the final Formula One race for 1976 World Champion James Hunt.^[2] Hunt qualified tenth in his Wolf-Ford before retiring after four laps with a transmission problem.

René Arnoux's Renault RS10 parked in the pits.

The Wolf Racing pit crew.

Classification

Carlos Reutemann finished third in a Lotus 79.

Hans-Joachim Stuck in the ATS-Ford at the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix

Qualifying

Race

Notes

• This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian driver Gianfranco Brancatelli.
• This was the 5th fastest lap set by a Ligier.
• This race marked the 250th podium finish for Ferrari and a Ferrari-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

• 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.

References

1. "1979 Monaco Grand Prix". ESPN. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
2. "James Hunt - Obituary". Motor Sport. July 1993. p. 8.
3. "1979 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
4. "1979 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 27 May 1979. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
5. "Monaco 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

External links

• Results at ESPN
• Race report at Grandprix.com