1979 South African Grand Prix

Sat, March 3rd, 1979Round 3

Track:	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Official race name:	XXV Simba South African Grand Prix
Round:	3 (of 15)
Race number:	316
Date:	Sat, March 3rd, 1979
Time:	14.00
Track length:	4.104 km
Laps:	78
Race distance:	320.112 km
Weather:	Overcast with rain

For more detailed results, visit the Results pageResults in Brief

Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Jacques Laffite	18
2	Carlos Reutemann	12	6
3	Gilles Villeneuve	11	7
4	Patrick Depailler	9	9
5	Jody Scheckter	7	11
6	Mario Andretti	5	13
7	John Watson	4	14
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4	14
9	Didier Pironi	3	15
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	17
11	Niki Lauda	1	17
12	Jochen Mass	0	18
13	Elio de Angelis	0	18
14	Nelson Piquet	0	18
15	James Hunt	0	18
16	Clay Regazzoni	0	18
17	Riccardo Patrese	0	18
18	Alan Jones	0	18
19	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0	18
20	Patrick Tambay	0	18
21	Derek Daly	0	18
22	Jan Lammers	0	18

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	27
2	Ferrari	18	9
3	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	17	10
4	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	7	20
5	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	23
6	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	26
7	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1	26
8	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	0	27
9	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	0	27
10	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	0	27
11	Williams-Ford Cosworth	0	27
12	Renault	0	27
13	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	27

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:11.80		100.0	205.772
2	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:12.04	0.24	100.3	205.086
3	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:12.07	0.27	100.4	205.001
4	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:12.12	0.32	100.4	204.859
5	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:12.15	0.35	100.5	204.773
6	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:12.26	0.46	100.6	204.462
7	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:12.33	0.53	100.7	204.264
8	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:12.36	0.56	100.8	204.179
9	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:12.55	0.75	101.0	203.644
10	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:12.69	0.89	101.2	203.252
11	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:12.75	0.95	101.3	203.085
12	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:13.07	1.27	101.8	202.195
13	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:14.21	2.41	103.4	199.089
14	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:14.44	2.64	103.7	198.474
15	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:14.44	2.64	103.7	198.474
16	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:14.54	2.74	103.8	198.208
17	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:14.58	2.78	103.9	198.101
18	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1:14.61	2.81	103.9	198.022
19	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:14.64	2.84	104.0	197.942
20	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:15.00	3.20	104.5	196.992
21	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:15.35	3.55	104.9	196.077
22	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:15.68	3.88	105.4	195.222
23	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:16.15	4.35	106.1	194.017
24	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:16.31	4.51	106.3	193.610
(25)	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:16.64	4.84	106.7	192.777
(26)	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	1:18.14	6.34	108.8	189.076
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Sat, March 3rd, 1979Round 3

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