De 1979 Monaco Grand Prix werd gewonnnen door Jody Scheckter van Ferrari. Clay Regazzoni eindigde daar vlak achter als 2e.
De race in Monaco was ronde 7 van 15 van het 1979 seizoen.
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. 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. Hunt qualified tenth in his Wolf-Ford before retiring after four laps with a transmission problem.
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