South African Grand Prix
Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) won the 1979 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami.
Circuit Kyalami
LocationMidrand, South Africa
Date3 March 1979
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 78 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 2 | 78 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 9 | 78 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 8 | 78 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | 78 | Finished | 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 |
| 14 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 71 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | René Arnoux | Renault | 10 | 67 | Tyre | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 19 | 63 | Suspension | 0 |
| 17 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | 61 | Ignition | 0 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 24 | 57 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | 47 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 6 | 45 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 7 | 25 | Throttle | 0 |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 15 | 16 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 5 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 2 | Accident | 0 |