Circuit de Monaco · 27 May 1979
Jody Scheckter won the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari from 1st on the grid, 0.44s ahead of Clay Regazzoni. Clay Regazzoni gained the most places, from 16th on the grid to 2nd.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Scheckter 9 + Villeneuve 0 | Scheckter 9 + Villeneuve 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Williams Regazzoni 6 + Jones 0 | Regazzoni 6 + Jones 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Reutemann 4 + Andretti 0 | Reutemann 4 + Andretti 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | McLaren Watson 3 | Watson 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ligier Depailler 2 + Laffite 0 | Depailler 2 + Laffite 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Arrows Mass 1 + Patrese 0 | Mass 1 + Patrese 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Renault Jabouille 0 + Arnoux 0 | Jabouille 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tyrrell Jarier 0 + Pironi 0 | Jarier 0 + Pironi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | ATS Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Wolf Hunt 0 | Hunt 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:55:22.480 | 76 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | +0.440s | 76 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +8.570s | 76 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +41.310s | 76 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 75 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +7 Laps | 69 | — | 1 | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Transmission | 68 | — | — | |
| NC | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | NC | 68 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Gearbox | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Transmission | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Steering | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | DNF Wheel | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Suspension | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Engine | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Accident | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt Wolf | Wolf | DNF Transmission | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Suspension | 4 | — | — |