1979 Italian Grand Prix

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The 1979 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 9 September 1979 at Monza.

As expected the Renault turbos were quick in practice and took the front row of the grid. Equally as expected they were slow off the start line allowing Scheckter to take the lead from third qualifying position. He would only stay in front for a lap as Arnoux was able to go in front on the second lap. Scheckter would take the lead for good when the Renault engine gave way on lap 13. A one-two Ferrari finish clinched the drivers title for Scheckter.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	50	1:22:00.22	3	9
2	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	50	+0.46 secs	5	6
3	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	50	+4.78 secs	6	4
4	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	50	+54.40 secs	9	3
5	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	50	+59.70 secs	10	2
6	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	50	+1:01.55	16	1
7	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	50	+1:24.14	13
8	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	49	+1 Lap	20
9	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	49	+1 Lap	4
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	49	+1 Lap	12
11	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	49	+1 Lap	15
12	36	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	49	+1 Lap	22
13	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	47	+3 Laps	17
14	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	45	Engine	1
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	41	Engine	7
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	41	Engine	23
Ret	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford	40	Engine	11
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	33	Clutch	24
Ret	35	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	28	Spun Off	18
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	13	Engine	2
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	13	Accident	19
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	3	Engine	14
Ret	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	3	Suspension	21
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	Accident	8
DNQ	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	22	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNQ	31	Hector Rebaque	Rebaque-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 1:34.58
• Fastest Lap: Clay Regazzoni - 1:35.60
• Lap Leaders: Jody Scheckter 39 laps (1, 13-50); René Arnoux 11 laps (2-12).

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