# 1979 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E﻿ / ﻿43.7346500°N 7.421333°E﻿ / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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.
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. Hunt qualified tenth in his Wolf-Ford before retiring after four laps with a transmission problem.

## Classification
### Pre-qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time |
| 1 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS-Ford | 1:33.19 |
| 2 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 1:34.30 |
| DNPQ | 24 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Merzario-Ford | 1:38.15 |

### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time |
| 1 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:26.45 |
| 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:26.52 |
| 3 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | 1:27.11 |
| 4 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:27.21 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 1:27.26 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:27.42 |
| 7 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:27.42 |
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 1:27.47 |
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 1:27.67 |
| 10 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf-Ford | 1:27.96 |
| 11 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus-Ford | 1:27.99 |
| 12 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS-Ford | 1:28.22 |
| 13 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:28.23 |
| 14 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:28.23 |
| 15 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 1:28.30 |
| 16 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | 1:28.48 |
| 17 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:28.49 |
| 18 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:28.52 |
| 19 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:28.57 |
| 20 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:28.68 |
| DNQ | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Ford | 1:28.70 |
| DNQ | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 1:29.53 |
| DNQ | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow-Ford | 1:29.99 |
| DNQ | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford | 1:30.18 |

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | M | 76 | 1:55:22.48 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | G | 76 | + 0.44 | 16 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus-Ford | G | 76 | + 8.57 | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | G | 76 | + 41.31 | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | G | 75 | Engine | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | G | 69 | + 7 Laps | 8 | 1 |
| Ret | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | G | 68 | Transmission | 18 | |
| NC | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | M | 68 | + 8 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | G | 55 | Gearbox | 5 | |
| Ret | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | M | 54 | Transmission | 2 | |
| Ret | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | G | 43 | Steering | 9 | |
| Ret | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 34 | Suspension | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS-Ford | G | 30 | Wheel | 12 | |
| Ret | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | G | 21 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 21 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | G | 21 | Suspension | 13 | |
| Ret | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | G | 17 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | M | 8 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf-Ford | G | 4 | Transmission | 10 | |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | G | 4 | Suspension | 15 | |
| DNQ | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNPQ | 24 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Merzario-Ford | G | | | | |
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