Monaco Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 27th May 1979 12:00am Local
Sun 27th May 1979 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1979

Round
7

Status

Location
Circuit de Monaco

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Description

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. Patrick Depailler set the fastest lap of the race in a Ligier-Ford.
This was the final Formula One race for 1976 World Champion James Hunt. Hunt qualified tenth in his Wolf-Ford before retiring after four laps with a transmission problem.

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Result List

01	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:55:22.48
02	Clay Regazzoni	Williams Racing	+0:00.44
03	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus F1	+0:08.57
04	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:41.31
05	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	DNF
06	Jochen Mass	Arrows Grand Prix International	+7 Laps
07	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
08	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	+8 Laps
09	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
10	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
11	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
12	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
13	Hans Stuck	ATS	DNF
14	Niki Lauda	Brabham	DNF
15	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
16	Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	DNF
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
18	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
20	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
21	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	Did not qualify
22	Patrick Tambay	McLaren Formula 1 Team	Did not qualify
23	Jan Lammers	Shadow	Did not qualify
24	Derek Daly	Ensign Racing	Did not qualify
25	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Merzario	Did not prequalify