South Africa Grand Prix 1979: results

Round 3 of the 1979 season, 3 March 1979, at Kyalami Racing Circuit. Gilles Villeneuve won for Ferrari from P3 on the grid. Jean-Pierre Jabouille took pole position. Fastest lap: Gilles Villeneuve, 1:14.412 (lap 23).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:41:49.960	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	+3.420	6
3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	+22.110	4
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus	+27.880	3
5	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	+1:06.970	2
6	Niki Lauda	Brabham	+1 lap	1
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1 lap	0
8	James Hunt	Wolf	+1 lap	0
9	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	+2 laps	0
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	+3 laps	0
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+3 laps	0
12	Jochen Mass	Arrows	+4 laps	0
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+4 laps	0
14	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	Engine	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Renault	Tyre	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	Suspension	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	Ignition	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	Accident	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Accident	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	Throttle	0
DNF	Elio De Angelis	Shadow	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	Accident	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	Shadow	Accident	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	Ensign	—	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham
5	Patrick Depailler	Ligier
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
7	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
8	Mario Andretti	Lotus
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell
10	René Arnoux	Renault
11	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
13	James Hunt	Wolf
14	John Watson	McLaren
15	Elio De Angelis	Shadow
16	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
17	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
19	Alan Jones	Williams
20	Jochen Mass	Arrows
21	Jan Lammers	Shadow
22	Clay Regazzoni	Williams
23	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS
25	Derek Daly	Ensign
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario