1979 South African Grand Prix

1979 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season

Date	2 March 1979
Location	Kyalami Gauteng, South Africa
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.104 km (2.550 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
Time	1:11.80
Fastest lap
Driver	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
Time	1:14.412 on lap 23
Podium
First	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
Second	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
Third	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford

The 1979 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 March 1979 at Kyalami.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	78	1:41:49.96	3	9
2	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	78	+3.42 secs	2	6
3	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+22.11 secs	9	4
4	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	78	+27.88 secs	8	3
5	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	78	+1:06.97	11	2
6	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	77	+1 Lap	4	1
7	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	77	+1 Lap	12
8	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	77	+1 Lap	13
9	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	76	+2 Laps	22
10	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	75	+3 Laps	17
11	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	75	+3 Laps	16
12	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	74	+4 Laps	20
13	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	74	+4 Laps	18
Ret	31	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	71	Engine	23
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	67	Tyre	10
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	63	Suspension	19
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	61	Ignition	14
Ret	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	57	Accident	24
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	47	Engine	1
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	45	Accident	6
Ret	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	25	Throttle	7
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	16	Accident	15
Ret	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	4	Accident	5
Ret	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	2	Accident	21
DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
Source:^[1]

Lap Leaders: Jean-Pierre Jabouille 1 lap (1); Gilles Villeneuve 39 laps (2-14, 53-78); Jody Scheckter 38 laps (15-52).

Last race James Hunt would finish.

↑ "1979 South African Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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