Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus |
| 6 | Alan Jones | Williams |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 10 | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 12 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow |
| 16 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow |
| 18 | Derek Daly | Ensign |
| 19 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren |
| 20 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren |
| 21 | Brett Lunger | McLaren |
| 22 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario |
| 23 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren |