| 1979 Italian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 9 September 1979 | ||
| Official name | 50º Gran Premio d'Italia[1] | ||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.800 km (3.60 miles) | ||
| Distance | 50 laps, 290.000 km (180.20 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:34.580 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | |
| Time | 1:35.60 on lap 46 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Williams-Ford | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1979 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 9 September 1979 at Monza. It was the thirteenth race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
The 50-lap race was won by South African Jody Scheckter, driving a Ferrari, with Canadian team-mate Gilles Villeneuve second and Swiss Clay Regazzoni third in a Williams-Ford. Scheckter claimed the Drivers' Championship in the process, while Ferrari clinched the Constructors' Championship. The race also marked Scheckter's final race win and podium; he retired after the following season. As of 2024, this is the last Grand Prix to be won by a driver from the continent of Africa.
This race marked Scuderia Ferrari's 300th start in a World Championship event as a team.[2]
- ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1979". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ Scuderia Ferrari did not participate in the 1950 French Grand Prix; Peter Whitehead's privateer entry in this race does not count towards the team's participation tally.