1979 South African Grand Prix

Race

P	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	78	1:41:49.96	188.611	3	9
2	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	78	+ 3.42 secs	188.505	2	6
3	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	78	+ 22.11 secs	187.931	9	4
4	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	78	+ 27.88 secs	187.754	8	3
5	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	78	+ 1m 6.97 secs	186.566	11	2
6	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	77	+ 1 Lap		4	1
7	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	77	+ 1 Lap		12
8	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	77	+ 1 Lap		13
9	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	76	+ 2 Laps		22
10	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	75	+ 3 Laps		17
11	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	75	+ 3 Laps		16
12	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	74	+ 4 Laps		20
13	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	74	+ 4 Laps		18
Ret	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	71	Engine		23
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	67	Tyre		10
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	63	Rear suspension		19
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	61	Ignition		14
Ret	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	57	Accident		24
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	47	Engine		1
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	45	Accident		6
Ret	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	25	Throttle		7
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	16	Accident		15
Ret	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	4	Accident		5
Ret	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	2	Accident		21

DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth

Fastest lap: 1:14.41 - Gilles Villeneuve (Lap 23)

Notes:		Race interrupted after lap 2 because of rain. Restarted for remaining 76 laps, with result being on aggregate

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