Round 7 · 27 May 1979
Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco · Monte Carlo, Monaco
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
27 drivers
After Round 6
1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
24
pts
2
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
24
pts
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
20
pts
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
20
pts
5
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
19
pts
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
12
pts
7
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
8
pts
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
7
pts
9
John Watson
McLaren
5
pts
10
Alan Jones
Williams
4
pts
11
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
2
pts
12
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
13
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
0
pts
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Renault
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
27 drivers
After Round 7
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
↑1
30
+6
2
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↓1
24
+0
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
20
+0
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
—
20
+0
5
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
—
20
+1
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
12
+0
7
John Watson
McLaren
↑2
8
+3
8
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓1
8
+0
9
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
↓1
7
+0
10
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
↑989
6
+6
11
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
4
+0
12
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
↓1
2
+0
13
Jochen Mass
Arrows
↑986
1
+1
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓2
1
+0
15
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
↓2
1
+0
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
20 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1 | 1:55:22.480 | 9 |
| 2 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 16 | +0.440 | 6 |
| 3 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | +8.570 | 4 |
| 4 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 14 | +41.310 | 3 |
| 5 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 3 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 8 | 7L | 1 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 20 | 8L | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | Wolf | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 15 | — | 0 |