1979 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
1979 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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Race 7 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 27 May 1979 | ||
Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
Course | Street circuit | ||
Course length | 3.312 km (2.057 miles) | ||
Distance | 76 laps, 251.712 km (156.406 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:26.45 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | |
Time | 1:28.82 on lap 69 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Williams-Ford | ||
Third | Lotus-Ford |
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.[1] Patrick Depailler set the fastest lap of the race in a Ligier-Ford.
In a race of attrition, only six cars were classified at the end, with John Watson fourth in his McLaren-Ford, Depailler fifth despite an engine failure on the last lap, and Jochen Mass sixth in his Arrows-Ford, despite being seven laps down on Scheckter.
This was the last Formula One race for 1976 World Champion James Hunt.[2] Hunt qualified tenth in his Wolf-Ford before retiring after four laps with a transmission problem.
Classification
Lap leaders
Jody Scheckter 76 laps (1–76).
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
- ^ "1979 Monaco Grand Prix". ESPN. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "James Hunt - Obituary". Motor Sport. July 1993. p. 8.
- ^ "1979 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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