Italian Grand Prix 1979

Monza
9 September 1979
50 laps
290 km
5.800 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionJean-Pierre JabouilleRenault · 1:34.580
Fastest lapClay Regazzoni1:35.600 · lap 46
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jody Scheckter	11	Ferrari	3	50	1:22:00.220	9
2	Gilles Villeneuve	12	Ferrari	5	50	+0.460	6
3	Clay Regazzonifastest lap	28	Williams · Ford	6	50	+4.780	4
4	Niki Lauda	5	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	9	50	+54.400	3
5	Mario Andretti	1	Lotus · Ford	10	50	+59.700	2
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4	Tyrrell · Ford	16	50	+1:01.550	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	2	Lotus · Ford	13	50	+1:24.140
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	Fittipaldi · Ford	20	49	+1 lap
9	Alan Jones	27	Williams · Ford	4	49	+1 lap
10	Didier Pironi	3	Tyrrell · Ford	12	49	+1 lap
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	9	ATS · Ford	15	49	+1 lap
12	Vittorio Brambilla	36	Alfa Romeo	22	49	+1 lap
13	Riccardo Patrese	29	Arrows · Ford	17	47	+3 laps
14	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	Renault	1	45	Engine
DNF	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Ford	7	41	Engine
DNF	Keke Rosberg	20	Wolf · Ford	23	41	Engine
DNF	Jacky Ickx	25	Ligier · Ford	11	40	Engine
DNF	Elio de Angelis	18	Shadow · Ford	24	33	Clutch
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	35	Alfa Romeo	18	28	Spun off
DNF	John Watson	7	McLaren · Ford	19	13	Accident
DNF	René Arnoux	16	Renault	2	13	Engine
DNF	Patrick Tambay	8	McLaren · Ford	14	3	Engine
DNF	Jochen Mass	30	Arrows · Ford	21	3	Suspension
DNF	Nelson Piquet	6	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	8	1	Accident
DNQ	Jan Lammers	17	Shadow · Ford	–
DNQ	Marc Surer	22	Ensign · Ford	–
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	24	Merzario · Ford	–
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	31	Rebaque · Ford	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:34.580
2	René Arnoux	Renault	1:34.704	+0.124
3	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:34.830	+0.250
4	Alan Jones	Williams	1:34.914	+0.334
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:34.989	+0.409
6	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	1:35.333	+0.753
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:35.443	+0.863
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:35.587	+1.007
9	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:36.219	+1.639
10	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:36.655	+2.075
11	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	1:37.114	+2.534
12	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:37.181	+2.601
13	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	1:37.202	+2.622
14	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:37.231	+2.651
15	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	1:37.297	+2.717
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:37.581	+3.001
17	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:37.674	+3.094
18	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:38.053	+3.473
19	John Watson	McLaren	1:38.093	+3.513
20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:38.136	+3.556
21	Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:38.163	+3.583
22	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	1:38.601	+4.021
23	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	1:38.854	+4.274
24	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	1:39.149	+4.569
25	Jan Lammers	Shadow	1:39.313	+4.733
26	Marc Surer	Ensign	1:40.821	+6.241
27	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:42.002	+7.422
28	Héctor Rebaque	Rebaque	1:42.769	+8.189

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Clay Regazzoni	46	1:35.600

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 13. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 13
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jody Scheckter	51
2	Gilles Villeneuve	38	▲2
3	Jacques Laffite	36	▼1
4	Alan Jones	34	▼1
5	Clay Regazzoni	27
6	Patrick Depailler	20
7	Carlos Reutemann	20
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	14
9	Mario Andretti	14	▲1
10	John Watson	13	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 13
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Ferrari	95
2	Williams	62	▲1
3	Ligier	61	▼1
4	Lotus	39
5	Tyrrell	22
6	Renault	20
7	McLaren	13
8	Brabham	7	▲1
9	Arrows	5	▼1
10	Fittipaldi	1