1979 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1979 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 27 May 1979 at Monaco.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	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	Gianfrance Brancatelli	Merzario-Ford

Notes

• Pole position: Jody Scheckter - 1:26.45
• Fastest Lap: Patrick Depailler - 1:28.82
• Lap Leaders: Jody Scheckter 76 laps (1-76)

Monaco Grand Prix
Year of race	1979
Previous race in season	1979 Belgian Grand Prix
Next race in season	1979 French Grand Prix
Previous year's race	1978 Monaco Grand Prix
Next year's race	1980 Monaco Grand Prix