1979 South African Grand Prix Results

Explore results, starting grids, drivers and constructor data from the 1979 South African Grand Prix.

Race classification
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Change	Laps	Status / time	Points	Fastest lap
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	+2	78	1:41:49.960Finished	9	—
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	2	0	78	+3.420Finished	6	—
3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	9	+6	78	+22.110Finished	4	—
4	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	8	+4	78	+27.880Finished	3	—
5	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	11	+6	78	+1:06.970Finished	2	—
6	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	4	-2	77	+1 Lap	1	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	+5	77	+1 Lap	0	—
8	James Hunt	Wolf	13	+5	77	+1 Lap	0	—
9	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	22	+13	76	+2 Laps	0	—
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	17	+7	75	+3 Laps	0	—
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	+5	75	+3 Laps	0	—
12	Jochen Mass	Arrows	20	+8	74	+4 Laps	0	—
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	+5	74	+4 Laps	0	—
R	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	23	+9	71	Engine	0	—
R	René Arnoux	Renault	10	-5	67	Tyre	0	—
R	Alan Jones	Williams	19	+3	63	Suspension	0	—
R	John Watson	McLaren	14	-3	61	Ignition	0	—
R	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24	+6	57	Accident	0	—
R	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	-18	47	Engine	0	—
R	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	6	-14	45	Accident	0	—
R	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	7	-14	25	Throttle	0	—
R	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	15	-7	16	Accident	0	—
R	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	5	-18	4	Accident	0	—
R	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	-3	2	Accident	0	—

Change = grid − classified position. Pit-lane / unknown grids, non-starters and disqualifications have no position-change value.

South African Grand Prix