Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Sun 27th May 1979 (UTC)
Sun 27th May 1979 (Local)

Timestamp
1979-05-27T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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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	1:55:22.48
02	Clay Regazzoni	+0:00.44
03	Carlos Reutemann	+0:08.57
04	John Watson	+0:41.31
05	Patrick Depailler	DNF
06	Jochen Mass	+7 Laps
07	Nelson Piquet	DNF
08	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+8 Laps
09	Jacques Laffite	DNF
10	Gilles Villeneuve	DNF
11	Alan Jones	DNF
12	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
13	Hans Stuck	DNF
14	Niki Lauda	DNF
15	Didier Pironi	DNF
16	Mario Andretti	DNF
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	DNF
18	René Arnoux	DNF
20	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
21	Elio de Angelis	Did not qualify
22	Patrick Tambay	Did not qualify
23	Jan Lammers	Did not qualify
24	Derek Daly	Did not qualify
25	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Did not prequalify