1979 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP · ROUND 03

South African Grand Prix

Midrand, South Africa · 03 Mar 1979

Race date03 Mar 1979

Start · UTCNot available

StatusClassification available

Race classification 24 ENTRIES

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	78	1:41:49.960	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	2	78	+3.420	6
3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	9	78	+22.110	4
4	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	8	78	+27.880	3
5	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	11	78	+1:06.970	2
6	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	4	77	+1 Lap	1
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	77	+1 Lap	0
8	James Hunt	Wolf	13	77	+1 Lap	0
9	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	22	76	+2 Laps	0
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	17	75	+3 Laps	0
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	75	+3 Laps	0
12	Jochen Mass	Arrows	20	74	+4 Laps	0
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	74	+4 Laps	0
RET	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	23	71	Engine	0
RET	René Arnoux	Renault	10	67	Tyre	0
RET	Alan Jones	Williams	19	63	Suspension	0
RET	John Watson	McLaren	14	61	Ignition	0
RET	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24	57	Accident	0
RET	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	47	Engine	0
RET	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	6	45	Accident	0
RET	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	7	25	Throttle	0
RET	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	15	16	Accident	0
RET	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	5	4	Accident	0
RET	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	2	Accident	0

Qualifying data is not available for this race. Historical coverage varies by season.