Season 1979 · Round 7

Monaco Grand Prix

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1979-05-27 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 76Lap · 251.712km
11 Jody Scheckter
Ferrari 1:55:22.480
Team win 9pt P1 · P10
28 Clay Regazzoni
Williams +0.440
2 Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus +8.570
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Nelson Piquet L68 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L68 Jacques Laffite L55 Gilles Villeneuve L54 Alan Jones L43 Jean-Pierre Jarier L34 Hans-Joachim Stuck L30 Niki Lauda L21 Didier Pironi L21 Mario Andretti L21 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
76Lap 251.712km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P9 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P9 Jody Scheckter 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P18 Patrick Depailler 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P16 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P28 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L76 Scheckter · P1 → P1 1 Scheckter SCH 1 Scheckter SCH Regazzoni · P16 → P2 · +14 16 Regazzoni REG 2 Regazzoni REG Reutemann · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Watson · P14 → P4 · +10 14 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Depailler · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Depailler DEP 5 Depailler DEP Mass · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Mass MAS 6 Mass MAS Piquet · P18 → retired L68 Piquet · retired L68 18 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Jabouille · P20 → retired L68 Jabouille · retired L68 20 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Laffite · P5 → retired L55 Laffite · retired L55 5 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Villeneuve · P2 → retired L54 Villeneuve · retired L54 2 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Jones · P9 → retired L43 Jones · retired L43 9 Jones JON R Jones JON Jarier · P6 → retired L34 Jarier · retired L34 6 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Stuck · P12 → retired L30 Stuck · retired L30 12 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Lauda · P4 → retired L21 Lauda · retired L21 4 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Pironi · P7 → retired L21 Pironi · retired L21 7 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Andretti · P13 → retired L21 Andretti · retired L21 13 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Fittipaldi · P17 → retired L17 Fittipaldi · retired L17 17 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Arnoux · P19 → retired L8 Arnoux · retired L8 19 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Hunt · P10 → retired L4 Hunt · retired L4 10 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Patrese · P15 → retired L4 Patrese · retired L4 15 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1 76 1:55:22.480 9
2 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 16 76 +0.440 6
3 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 76 +8.570 4
4 7 John Watson McLaren 14 76 +41.310 3
5 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier 3 75 Engine 2
6 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 8 69 +7 Laps 1
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18 68 Transmission
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 68 +8 Laps
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 55 Gearbox
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 54 Transmission
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 9 43 Steering
R 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 6 34 Suspension
R 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 12 30 Wheel
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 21 Accident
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 21 Accident
R 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 13 21 Suspension
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 17 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 19 8 Accident
R 20 James Hunt Wolf 10 4 Transmission
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 15 4 Suspension
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 Jody Scheckter
2
12 Gilles Villeneuve
3
25 Patrick Depailler
4
5 Niki Lauda
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
7
3 Didier Pironi
8
30 Jochen Mass
9
27 Alan Jones
10
20 James Hunt
11
2 Carlos Reutemann
12
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
13
1 Mario Andretti
14
7 John Watson
15
29 Riccardo Patrese
16
28 Clay Regazzoni
17
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
18
6 Nelson Piquet
19
16 René Arnoux
20
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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