The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 7

Monaco Grand Prix

1979  ·  Circuit de Monaco  ·  27 May 1979  ·  76 laps

  1. 1st Jody Scheckter Ferrari · 01:55:22.48
  2. 2nd Clay Regazzoni Williams · +0.44
  3. 3rd Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus · +8.57

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jody Scheckter

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 21

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Accident

03 Lap 34

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Suspension

04 Lap 54

Gilles Villeneuve

Retirement Ferrari  —  Transmission

05 Lap 55

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Gearbox

06 Lap 68

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Transmission

07 Lap 68

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Retirement Renault  —  +8 Laps

08 On the Charge

Clay Regazzoni

Williams  —  P16 → P2

09 Victory

Jody Scheckter

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1 76 01:55:22.48 9
2 Clay Regazzoni Williams 16 76 +0.44 6
3 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 76 +8.57 4
4 John Watson McLaren 14 76 +41.31 3
5 Patrick Depailler Ligier 3 75 Engine 2
6 Jochen Mass Arrows 8 69 +7 Laps 1
7 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18 68 Transmission
8 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 68 +8 Laps
9 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 55 Gearbox
10 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 54 Transmission
11 Alan Jones Williams 9 43 Steering
12 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 6 34 Suspension
13 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 12 30 Wheel
14 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 21 Accident
15 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 21 Accident
16 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 13 21 Suspension
17 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 17 Engine
18 René Arnoux Renault 19 8 Accident
19 James Hunt Wolf 10 4 Transmission
20 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 15 4 Suspension

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