May 27, 1979 Circuit de Monaco | Lap distance 3.312 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 76 | 1:55'22.48 | 1 | 1'26.45 | 8 | 1'29.86 | (54) | |
| 2 | 6 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | 1:55'22.92 | +0.44 | 16 | 1'28.48 | 3 | 1'29.48 | (73) |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | 1:55'31.05 | +8.57 | 11 | 1'27.99 | 5 | 1'29.61 | (75) |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | 1:56'03.79 | +41.31 | 14 | 1'28.23 | 7 | 1'29.83 | (65) |
| 5 | 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | +1 lap | 3 | 1'27.11 | 1 | 1'28.82 | (69) | |
| 6 | 1 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | +7 laps | 8 | 1'27.47 | 10 | 1'30.04 | (26) | |
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 68 | 20 | 1'28.68 | 16 | 1'30.66 | (9) | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| transmission | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 68 | 18 | 1'28.52 | 6 | 1'29.66 | (65) | |||
| gearbox | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 55 | 5 | 1'27.26 | 2 | 1'29.47 | (49) | |||
| transmission | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 54 | 2 | 1'26.52 | 8 | 1'29.86 | (35) | |||
| steering | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 9 | 1'27.67 | 4 | 1'29.60 | (30) | |||
| suspension | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 34 | 6 | 1'27.42 | 10 | 1'30.04 | (17) | |||
| wheel | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 30 | 12 | 1'28.22 | 15 | 1'30.65 | (15) | |||
| accident | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 21 | 4 | 1'27.21 | 13 | 1'30.26 | (13) | |||
| accident | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 7 | 1'27.42 | 12 | 1'30.07 | (14) | |||
| suspension | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 80 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 13 | 1'28.23 | 17 | 1'30.85 | (18) | |||
| engine | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 17 | 17 | 1'28.49 | 14 | 1'30.52 | (14) | |||
| accident | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 8 | 19 | 1'28.57 | 18 | 1'31.58 | (6) | |||
| transmission | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 10 | 1'27.96 | 19 | 1'32.42 | (4) | |||
| suspension | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 15 | 1'28.30 | 20 | 1'33.46 | (3) | |||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'28.70 | ||||||||
| -- | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'29.53 | ||||||||
| -- | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'29.99 | ||||||||
| -- | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'30.18 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 24 | Gianfranco Brancatelli (ITA) | Merzario A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
