Pit Lane F1
1979 Season - Round 13 - 1979-09-09
Jody Scheckter won the 1979 Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) second and Clay Regazzoni (Williams) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P20 on the grid to P8 at the flag — a 12-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 11 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1979 Italian Grand Prix, completing round 13 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 6 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Niki Lauda |
| Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 9 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 10 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 16 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 13 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 12 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 15 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 22 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 17 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| 16 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 23 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 11 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | Clutch | 0 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | Spun off | 0 |
| 20 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | John Watson | McLaren | 19 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 21 | Suspension | 0 |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | Accident | 0 |
