1979 South African Grand Prix

Round

3/15

Date

Mar 3, 1979 at 00:00 CET

Location

Midrand, South Africa

Circuit

Kyalami Racing Circuit

Circuit length

4.104 m (9 turns)

Race distance

320.112 km (78 laps)

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Villeneuve

Winner

1:41:49.960

Winning time

Jabouille

Pole position

Villeneuve

Fastest lap

1:14.412

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#12 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:41:49.960	3rd	78	9
2	#11 Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	+3.420	2nd	78	6
3	#4 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	+22.110	9th	78	4
4	#1 Mario Andretti	Lotus	+27.880	8th	78	3
5	#2 Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	+1:06.970	11th	78	2
6	#5 Niki Lauda	Brabham	+1 lap	4th	77	1
7	#6 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1 lap	12th	77
8	#20 James Hunt	Wolf	+1 lap	13th	77
9	#28 Clay Regazzoni	Williams	+2 laps	22nd	76
10	#8 Patrick Tambay	McLaren	+3 laps	17th	75
11	#29 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+3 laps	16th	75
12	#30 Jochen Mass	Arrows	+4 laps	20th	74
13	#14 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+4 laps	18th	74
14	#31 Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	Engine	23rd	71
DNF	#16 René Arnoux	Renault	Tyre	10th	67
DNF	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	Suspension	19th	63
DNF	#7 John Watson	McLaren	Ignition	14th	61
DNF	#9 Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	Accident	24th	57
DNF	#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Engine	1st	47
DNF	#26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Accident	6th	45
DNF	#3 Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	Throttle	7th	25
DNF	#18 Elio de Angelis	Shadow	Accident	15th	16
DNF	#25 Patrick Depailler	Ligier	Accident	5th	4
DNF	#17 Jan Lammers	Shadow	Accident	21st	2
DNQ	#22 Derek Daly	Ensign
DNQ	#24 Arturo Merzario	Merzario

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:11.800
2	#11 Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:12.040	+0.240
3	#12 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:12.070	+0.270
4	#5 Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:12.120	+0.320
5	#25 Patrick Depailler	Ligier	1:12.150	+0.350
6	#26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:12.260	+0.460
7	#3 Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:12.330	+0.530
8	#1 Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:12.360	+0.560
9	#4 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:12.550	+0.750
10	#16 René Arnoux	Renault	1:12.690	+0.890
11	#2 Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	1:12.750	+0.950
12	#6 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:13.070	+1.270
13	#20 James Hunt	Wolf	1:14.210	+2.410
14	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:14.440	+2.640
15	#18 Elio de Angelis	Shadow	1:14.440	+2.640
16	#29 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:14.540	+2.740
17	#8 Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:14.580	+2.780
18	#14 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:14.610	+2.810
19	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	1:14.640	+2.840
20	#30 Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:15.000	+3.200
21	#17 Jan Lammers	Shadow	1:15.350	+3.550
22	#28 Clay Regazzoni	Williams	1:15.680	+3.880
23	#31 Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:16.150	+4.350
24	#9 Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	1:16.310	+4.510
25	#22 Derek Daly	Ensign	1:16.640	+4.840
26	#24 Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:18.140	+6.340

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#12 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:14.412		23

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	2	18
2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	0	2	12	-6
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	1	11	-7
4	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	0	1	9	-9
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	0	1	7	-11
6	Mario Andretti	Lotus	0	0	5	-13
7	John Watson	McLaren	0	1	4	-14
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	0	1	4	-14
9	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	0	0	3	-15
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	0	1	-17
11	Niki Lauda	Brabham	0	0	1	-17

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Ligier	Ford	2	3	27
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	1	2	18	-9
3	Lotus	Ford	0	2	17	-10
4	Tyrrell	Ford	0	1	7	-20
5	McLaren	Ford	0	1	4	-23
6	Fittipaldi	Ford	0	0	1	-26
7	Brabham	Alfa Romeo	0	0	1	-26

More South African GP

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
1993	#2 Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Mark Blundell	1:19.492 - Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1992	#5 Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese	Ayrton Senna	1:17.578 - Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1985	#5 Nigel Mansell	Keke Rosberg	Alain Prost	1:08.149 - Keke Rosberg	Nigel Mansell
1984	#8 Niki Lauda	Alain Prost	Derek Warwick	1:08.877 - Patrick Tambay	Nelson Piquet
1983	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Andrea de Cesaris	Nelson Piquet	1:09.948 - Nelson Piquet	Patrick Tambay
1982	#15 Alain Prost	Carlos Reutemann	René Arnoux	1:08.278 - Alain Prost	René Arnoux
1980	#16 René Arnoux	Jacques Laffite	Didier Pironi	1:13.150 - René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1978	#6 Ronnie Peterson	Patrick Depailler	John Watson	1:17.090 - Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda
1977	#11 Niki Lauda	Jody Scheckter	Patrick Depailler	1:17.630 - John Watson	James Hunt
1976	#1 Niki Lauda	James Hunt	Jochen Mass	1:17.970 - Niki Lauda	James Hunt
1975	#3 Jody Scheckter	Carlos Reutemann	Patrick Depailler	1:17.200 - Carlos Pace	Carlos Pace
1974	#7 Carlos Reutemann	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Mike Hailwood	1:18.160 - Carlos Reutemann	Niki Lauda
1973	#3 Jackie Stewart	Peter Revson	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:17.100 - Emerson Fittipaldi	Denny Hulme
1972	#12 Denny Hulme	Emerson Fittipaldi	Peter Revson	1:18.900 - Mike Hailwood	Jackie Stewart
1971	#6 Mario Andretti	Jackie Stewart	Clay Regazzoni	1:20.300 - Mario Andretti	Jackie Stewart
1970	#12 Jack Brabham	Denny Hulme	Jackie Stewart	1:20.800 - John Surtees	Jackie Stewart
1969	#7 Jackie Stewart	Graham Hill	Denny Hulme	1:21.600 - Jackie Stewart	Jack Brabham
1968	#4 Jim Clark	Graham Hill	Jochen Rindt	1:23.700 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark
1967	#4 Pedro Rodríguez	John Love	John Surtees	1:29.900 - Denny Hulme	Jack Brabham
1965	#5 Jim Clark	John Surtees	Graham Hill	1:27.600 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark
1963	#1 Jim Clark	Dan Gurney	Graham Hill	1:29.100 - Dan Gurney	Jim Clark
1962	#3 Graham Hill	Bruce McLaren	Tony Maggs	1:31.000 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark

The 1979 South African Grand Prix started Mar 3, 1979 on Kyalami Racing Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. Jean-Pierre Jabouille started from pole position with Jody Scheckter next to him. Gilles Villeneuve started from third place.

In 1 hour, 41 minutes and 49 seconds Gilles Villeneuve finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Jody Scheckter in second and Jean-Pierre Jarier in third place.

After the 1979 South African Grand Prix, Jacques Laffite is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 18 points. Laffite is 6 points ahead of Carlos Reutemann.