Season 1979 · Round 13

Italian Grand Prix

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1979-09-09 · Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy · Italian Grand Prix · 50Lap · 290.000km
11 Jody Scheckter
Ferrari 1:22:00.220
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari +0.460
28 Clay Regazzoni
Williams +4.780
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jacques Laffite L41 Keke Rosberg L41 Jacky Ickx L40 Elio de Angelis L33 Bruno Giacomelli L28 René Arnoux L13 John Watson L13 Patrick Tambay L3 Jochen Mass L3 Nelson Piquet L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Nelson Piquet active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 26/75 34.7%
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Closest finish · all-time P1
Circuit Info
50Lap 290.000km 76 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:20.901 · Lando Norris (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P11 Clay Regazzoni 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P11 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L50 Scheckter · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Scheckter SCH 1 Scheckter SCH Villeneuve · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Villeneuve VIL 2 Villeneuve VIL Regazzoni · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Regazzoni REG 3 Regazzoni REG Lauda · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Lauda LAU 4 Lauda LAU Andretti · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Andretti AND 5 Andretti AND Jarier · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Jarier JAR 6 Jarier JAR Reutemann · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Reutemann REU 7 Reutemann REU Fittipaldi · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Fittipaldi FIT 8 Fittipaldi FIT Jones · P4 → P9 · -5 4 Jones JON 9 Jones JON Pironi · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Pironi PIR 10 Pironi PIR Stuck · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Stuck STU 11 Stuck STU Brambilla · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Brambilla BRA 12 Brambilla BRA Patrese · P17 → P13 · +4 17 Patrese PAT 13 Patrese PAT Jabouille · P1 → P14 · -13 1 Jabouille JAB 14 Jabouille JAB Laffite · P7 → retired L41 Laffite · retired L41 7 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Rosberg · P23 → retired L41 Rosberg · retired L41 23 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Ickx · P11 → retired L40 Ickx · retired L40 11 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK de Angelis · P24 → retired L33 de Angelis · retired L33 24 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Giacomelli · P18 → retired L28 Giacomelli · retired L28 18 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Arnoux · P2 → retired L13 Arnoux · retired L13 2 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Watson · P19 → retired L13 Watson · retired L13 19 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Tambay · P14 → retired L3 Tambay · retired L3 14 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Mass · P21 → retired L3 Mass · retired L3 21 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Piquet · P8 → retired L1 Piquet · retired L1 8 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 3 50 1:22:00.220 9
2 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 50 +0.460 6
3 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 6 50 +4.780 4
4 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 50 +54.400 3
5 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10 50 +59.700 2
6 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 50 +1:01.550 1
7 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 13 50 +1:24.140
8 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 49 +1 Lap
9 27 Alan Jones Williams 4 49 +1 Lap
10 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 12 49 +1 Lap
11 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 15 49 +1 Lap
12 36 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 22 49 +1 Lap
13 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 17 47 +3 Laps
14 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 45 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 41 Engine
R 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf 23 41 Engine
R 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier 11 40 Engine
R 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 24 33 Clutch
R 35 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 28 Spun off
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 2 13 Engine
R 7 John Watson McLaren 19 13 Accident
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 3 Engine
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 21 3 Suspension
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 8 1 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
2
16 René Arnoux
3
11 Jody Scheckter
4
27 Alan Jones
5
12 Gilles Villeneuve
6
28 Clay Regazzoni
7
26 Jacques Laffite
8
6 Nelson Piquet
9
5 Niki Lauda
10
1 Mario Andretti
11
25 Jacky Ickx
12
3 Didier Pironi
13
2 Carlos Reutemann
14
8 Patrick Tambay
15
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
16
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
29 Riccardo Patrese
18
35 Bruno Giacomelli
19
7 John Watson
20
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
21
30 Jochen Mass
22
36 Vittorio Brambilla
23
20 Keke Rosberg
24
18 Elio de Angelis
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15