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South African Grand Prix

Simba Grand Prix of South Africa 1979

Round 3 of 15Kyalami Racing Circuit, MidrandMar 3 197978 laps

Podium

SCHFerrari

VILFerrari

JARTyrrell

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:41:49.960 from P3

PoleJAB1:11.800

Fastest lapVIL1:14.412 on lap 23

Finishers14 / 24classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	▲2	78	1:41:49.960	9	1:14.412
2	SCHJody Scheckter	Ferrari	2	–	78	+3.420s	6	–
3	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	9	▲6	78	+22.110s	4	–
4	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	8	▲4	78	+27.880s	3	–
5	REUCarlos Reutemann	Lotus	11	▲6	78	+66.970s	2	–
6	LAUNiki Lauda	Brabham	4	▼2	77	+1 lap	1	–
7	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	12	▲5	77	+1 lap		–
8	HUNJames Hunt	Wolf	13	▲5	77	+1 lap		–
9	REGClay Regazzoni	Williams	22	▲13	76	+2 laps		–
10	TAMPatrick Tambay	McLaren	17	▲7	75	+3 laps		–
11	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	▲5	75	+3 laps		–
12	MASJochen Mass	Arrows	20	▲8	74	+4 laps		–
13	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	▲5	74	+4 laps		–
14	REBHéctor Rebaque	Lotus	23	▲9	71	+7 laps		–
DNF	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	10		67	Tyre		–
DNF	JONAlan Jones	Williams	19		63	Suspension		–
DNF	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	14		61	Ignition		–
DNF	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24		57	Accident		–
DNF	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1		47	Engine		–
DNF	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	6		45	Accident		–
DNF	PIRDidier Pironi	Tyrrell	7		25	Throttle		–
DNF	DEAElio De Angelis	Shadow	15		16	Accident		–
DNF	DEPPatrick Depailler	Ligier	5		4	Accident		–
DNF	LAMJan Lammers	Shadow	21		2	Accident		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:11.800
2	SCHJody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:12.040	+0.240s
3	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:12.070	+0.270s
4	LAUNiki Lauda	Brabham	1:12.120	+0.320s
5	DEPPatrick Depailler	Ligier	1:12.150	+0.350s
6	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:12.260	+0.460s
7	PIRDidier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:12.330	+0.530s
8	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	1:12.360	+0.560s
9	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:12.550	+0.750s
10	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	1:12.690	+0.890s
11	REUCarlos Reutemann	Lotus	1:12.750	+0.950s
12	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:13.070	+1.270s
13	HUNJames Hunt	Wolf	1:14.210	+2.410s
14	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	1:14.440	+2.640s
15	DEAElio De Angelis	Shadow	1:14.440	+2.640s
16	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:14.540	+2.740s
17	TAMPatrick Tambay	McLaren	1:14.580	+2.780s
18	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:14.610	+2.810s
19	JONAlan Jones	Williams	1:14.640	+2.840s
20	MASJochen Mass	Arrows	1:15.000	+3.200s
21	LAMJan Lammers	Shadow	1:15.350	+3.550s
22	REGClay Regazzoni	Williams	1:15.680	+3.880s
23	REBHéctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:16.150	+4.350s
24	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	1:16.310	+4.510s
25	DALDerek Daly	Ensign	1:16.640	+4.840s
26	MERArturo Merzario	Merzario	1:18.140	+6.340s

Kyalami Racing Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1979. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1978	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
1977	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1975	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1972	Denny Hulme	McLaren
1971	Mario Andretti	Ferrari
1970	Jack Brabham	Brabham
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra

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