Race Result
| GP n. 320 - 27/05/1979 - Grand Prix of Monaco Circuit de Monte Carlo |
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| Winner: | Jody Scheckter / Ferrari - 1:55'22.48 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jody Scheckter / Ferrari - 1:26.45 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Patrick Depailler / Ligier-Ford - 1:28.82 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 76 | 1:55'22.48 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 76 | + 0.44 | 16 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 76 | + 8.57 | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 76 | + 41.31 | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 |  Patrick Depailler |
Ligier-Ford | 75 | engine | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 69 | + 7 laps | 8 | 1 |
| Nc | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 68 | not classified | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 68 | transmission | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 55 | gear box | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 54 | transmission | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 43 | steering | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 34 | suspension | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 30 | wheel | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 21 | accident | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 21 | suspension | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 21 | accident | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 17 | engine | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 8 | accident | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 4 | suspension | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | James Hunt |
Wolf-Ford | 4 | transmission | 10 | 0 |
| Dnq | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 | Gianfrance Brancatelli |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 18 | Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||