1979 Grand Prix of South Africa
3 March - Kyalami: 78 laps x 4.104 km = 320.112 km
Pole Position: J-P Jabouille Renault 1 min:11.800s
Fastest Lap: 198.549 km/h G Villeneuve Ferrari 1 min:14.412s
Results:
1 G Villeneuve Ferrari 1 h 41m 49.960s
2 J Scheckier Ferrari 1 h 41m 53.380s
3 J-P Jarier Tyrrell 1 h 42m 12.070s
4 M Andretti Lotus 1 h 42m 17.840s
5 C Reuternann Lotus 1 h 42m 56.930s
6 N Lauda Brabham 77
7 N Piquet Brabham 77
8 J Hunt Wolf 77
9 C Regazzoni Williams 76
10 P Tambay McLaren 75
11 R Patrese Arrows 75
12 J Mass Arrows 74
13 E Fittipaldi Copersucar 74
14r H Rebaque Lotus 71 engine
Did Not Finish:
R Arnoux Renault 67 puncture
A Jones Williams 63 rear suspension
J Watson McLaren 61 ignition
H-J Stuck ATS 57 accident
J-P Jabouille Renault 47 valve spring
J Laffite Ligier 45 accident
D Pironi Tyrrell 25 throttle linkage
E de Angelis Shadow 16 accident
P Depailler Ligier 4 accident
J Lammers Shadow 2 accident
Did Not qualify:
D Daly Ensign
A Merzario Merzario
Qualifying Times:
1 15 J.P.Jabouille Renault 1'11.80
2 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1'12.04
3 12 G.Villeneuve Ferrari 1'12.07
4 5 Niki Lauda Brabham/Alfa Romeo 1'12.12
5 25 P.Depailler Ligier/Ford 1'12.15
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier/Ford 1'12.26
7 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell/Ford 1'12.33
8 1 Mario Andretti Lotus/Ford 1'12.36
9 4 J.P.Jarier Tyrrell/Ford 1'12.55
10 16 Rene Arnoux Renault 1'12.69
11 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus/Ford 1'12.75
12 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham/Alfa Romeo 1'13.07
13 20 James Hunt Wolf/Ford 1'14.21
14 7 John Watson McLaren/Ford 1'14.44
15 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow/Ford 1'14.44
16 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows/Ford 1'14.54
17 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren/Ford 1'14.58
18 14 E.Fittipaldi Fittipaldi/Ford 1'14.61
19 27 Alan Jones Williams/Ford 1'14.64
20 30 Jochen Mass Arrows/Ford 1'15.00
21 17 Jan Lammers Shadow/Ford 1'15.35
22 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams/Ford 1'15.68
23 31 Hector Rebaque Lotus/Ford 1'16.15
24 9 H.J.Stuck ATS/Ford 1'16.31
Not qualified
25 22 Derek Daly Ensign/Ford 1'16.64
26 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario/Ford 1'18.14
Note:
The race was interrupted after 2 laps because of heavy rain.
Reasulting remaining 76 laps with results being on aggregate.