The 1979 Italian Grand Prix was won by Jody Scheckter of Ferrari. Gilles Villeneuve was a very close second.Despite being on pole position in Italy, Jean-Pierre Jabouille could not convert this into a win. Jabouille was forced to retire in lap 45 due to: Engine.
The race in Italy was round 13 of 15 of the 1979 season.
The 1979 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 9 September 1979 at Monza. It was the thirteenth race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
The 50-lap race was won by South African Jody Scheckter, driving a Ferrari, with Canadian team-mate Gilles Villeneuve second and Swiss Clay Regazzoni third in a Williams-Ford. Scheckter claimed the Drivers' Championship in the process, while Ferrari clinched the Constructors' Championship.
This race marked Scuderia Ferrari's 300th start in a World Championship event as a team.
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