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| 64th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 12 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 47th |
| Date: | from Saturday 20-Jan-1979 to Friday 26-Jan-1979 |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 255 | |
| Starters: | 233 | |
| Finishers: | 84 | (36.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 30 | |
| Shortest: | 6.00 | km | (SS11 Circuit de glace Serre-Chevalier) |
| Longest: | 38.00 | km | (SS15 St Jean en Royans) |
| Slowest: | 58.65 | km/h | (SS29 Villars 2) |
| Fastest: | 178.51 | km/h | (SS11 Circuit de glace Serre-Chevalier) |
| Planned stage distance: | 619.00 | km | (24.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 600.00 | km | (23.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,954.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 2,554.00 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 5th win and 8th podium for Bernard Darniche. |
| Second place was 15th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. |
| Third place was 17th podium for Markku Alen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 14th win and 28th podium for Lancia. |
| | Second place was 32nd podium for Ford. |
| | Third place was 40th podium for Fiat. |
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In a surprise move, Ford ran not only big Group 4 Escorts in Monte Carlo, they also had smaller 1600cc Fiesta for Vatanen-Richards.
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Related links
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RAC Rally 1978
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Swedish Rally 1979
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