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1979 Italian Grand Prix

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crashed out after tangling with Regazzoni. Regazzoni was slow out of Curva Grande and Piquet took an outside line to keep his speed. Regazzoni moved across, possibly unaware Piquet was there, and sent the Brazilian heavily into the barriers, with the Brabham ending in two halves either side of the track. Fortunately Piquet was unhurt, and Regazzoni continued in the race.
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For the next eleven laps Arnoux, Scheckter, Villeneuve, Laffite and Jabouille ran nose-to-tail, with Regazzoni a distant sixth. Then, on lap 13, Arnoux's engine began to misfire, leading to his retirement. Scheckter thus regained the lead, with Villeneuve dutifully following him. Later in the race,
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Scheckter eventually took the chequered flag half a second ahead of Villeneuve and, with it, the Drivers' Championship. This one-two finish for Ferrari in their home race also secured them the Constructors' Championship. Regazzoni finished four seconds behind Villeneuve and 50 ahead of Lauda, with
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The Renaults were slow off the start line and so Scheckter took the lead, with Arnoux holding on to second. Jones also made a poor start and dropped to the back of the field, putting Villeneuve third and the fast-starting Laffite fourth. On lap 2, Arnoux passed Scheckter for the lead, while Piquet
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Monza was revamped for 1979, with the track re-surfaced and run-off areas added to the Curva Grande and the Lesmo curves.
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This race marked Scuderia Ferrari's 300th start in a World Championship event as a team.
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Laffite and Jabouille also suffered engine failures, promoting Regazzoni to third.
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made up the second row, while on the third were their respective teammates,
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were quick in qualifying and filled the front row of the grid, with
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This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swiss driver
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the previous month, made his first Formula One appearance as
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earlier in the season. Alfa Romeo fielded two cars: a new
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chassis ready for the first time, while Switzerland's
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The top ten was completed by 3015:Formula One Promotional Trophy 2876: 2860:. formula1.com. Archived from 2850: 2833: 2821:. The Programme Covers Project 2811: 1: 2805: 440: 409:that had claimed the life of 407:previous year's race at Monza 369: 70:Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 7: 2775: 2751: 2727: 2703: 2679: 2632: 2612: 2592: 2572: 2552: 10: 3986: 3965:1979 in Italian motorsport 338:, with Canadian team-mate 3854: 3761: 3663: 3570: 3487: 3399: 3311: 3238: 3170: 3092: 3025: 3012: 3003: 2998: 2987: 2980: 2971: 2960: 2947: 2938: 2858:"1979 Italian Grand Prix" 2780: 2637: 2461: 1042: 539:Qualifying classification 364: 290: 258: 230: 202: 195: 190: 187: 161: 154: 149: 146: 118: 111: 106: 103: 98: 95: 90: 87: 83:Permanent racing facility 82: 79: 68: 65: 60: 57: 50: 47: 42: 33: 25: 18: 2965:1979 Canadian Grand Prix 2470: 433:took him on in place of 427:Formula Two championship 61:50º Gran Premio d'Italia 3077:Formula One Grands Prix 3030:1980 Italian Grand Prix 3008:1978 British Grand Prix 2992:1980 Italian Grand Prix 2976:1978 Italian Grand Prix 508: 317:1979 Italian Grand Prix 28:1979 Formula One season 20:1979 Italian Grand Prix 3955:1979 Formula One races 2841:1950 French Grand Prix 566:Jean-Pierre Jabouille 2943:1979 Dutch Grand Prix 1765:Jean-Pierre Jabouille 455:Jean-Pierre Jabouille 413:. 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Index

1979 Formula One season

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza
Pole position
France
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
Fastest lap
Switzerland
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
Ford
Podium
South Africa
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
Canada
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
Switzerland
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
Ford
Formula One
Monza
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
Gilles Villeneuve
Clay Regazzoni

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