The Italian Grand Prix 1979 was the 13th round of the 1979 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, on September 9th.

Jody Scheckter won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Gilles Villeneuve, and Clay Regazzoni completing the podium.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 14th.

Final results

1
2
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:22:00.22
Finished
2
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+0.46
Finished
3
3
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
+4.78
Finished
4
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+54.40
Finished
5
5
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
+59.70
Finished
6
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
+1:01.55
Finished
7
6
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
+1:24.14
Finished
8
12
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
+1 Lap
9
5
Alan Jones
Williams
+1 Lap
10
2
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
+1 Lap
11
4
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
+1 Lap
12
10
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
+1 Lap
13
4
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
+3 Laps
14
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
Engine
15
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
Engine
16
7
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
Engine
17
6
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
Engine
18
6
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
Clutch
19
1
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
Spun off
20
18
René Arnoux
Renault
Engine
21
2
John Watson
McLaren
Accident
22
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
Engine
23
2
Jochen Mass
Arrows
Suspension
24
16
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Accident
25
25
Jan Lammers
Shadow
Did not qualify
26
26
Marc Surer
Ensign
Did not qualify
27
27
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
Did not qualify
28
28
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque
Did not qualify
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

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Strategy

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Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 11 drivers out of the original 28 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jacques Laffite, Keke Rosberg, Jacky Ickx, René Arnoux, and Patrick Tambay, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Elio de Angelis, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 33, Bruno Giacomelli, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 28, John Watson, and Nelson Piquet, both had to retire due to an accident, and Jochen Mass, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 3.

Engine

  • Jean-Pierre Jabouille
    Lap 45
  • Jacques Laffite
    Lap 41
  • Keke Rosberg
    Lap 41
  • Jacky Ickx
    Lap 40
  • René Arnoux
    Lap 13
  • Patrick Tambay
    Lap 3

Clutch

  • Elio de Angelis
    Lap 33

Spun off

  • Bruno Giacomelli
    Lap 28

Accident

  • John Watson
    Lap 13
  • Nelson Piquet
    Lap 1

Suspension

  • Jochen Mass
    Lap 3

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.