1979 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1979 Monaco Grand Prix
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	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
Time	1:26.45
Fastest lap
Driver	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford
Time	1:28.82 on lap 69
Podium
First	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
Second	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford
Third	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

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, 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.^[2] Hunt qualified tenth in his Wolf-Ford before retiring after four laps with a transmission problem.