← 1979 Season
Round 3 · GP · 1979
South African Grand Prix
03 Mar 1979KyalamiSouth Africafinished
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Gap / Status | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 78 | Finished | 9 | — |
| P2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 2 | 78 | Finished | 6 | — |
| P3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 9 | 78 | Finished | 4 | — |
| P4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 8 | 78 | Finished | 3 | — |
| P5 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | 78 | Finished | 2 | — |
| P6 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | 77 | +1 Lap | 1 | — |
| P7 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 12 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P8 | James Hunt | Wolf | 13 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P9 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 22 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P10 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | 75 | +3 Laps | 0 | — |
| P11 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 75 | +3 Laps | 0 | — |
| P12 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 20 | 74 | +4 Laps | 0 | — |
| P13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 18 | 74 | +4 Laps | 0 | — |
| P14 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 71 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P15 | René Arnoux | Renault | 10 | 67 | Tyre | 0 | — |
| P16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 19 | 63 | Suspension | 0 | — |
| P17 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | 61 | Ignition | 0 | — |
| P18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 24 | 57 | Accident | 0 | — |
| P19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | 47 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 6 | 45 | Accident | 0 | — |
| P21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 7 | 25 | Throttle | 0 | — |
| P22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 15 | 16 | Accident | 0 | — |
| P23 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 5 | 4 | Accident | 0 | — |
| P24 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 2 | Accident | 0 | — |
Qualifying Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | — | — | — |
| P2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | — | — | — |
| P5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | — | — | — |
| P6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | — | — | — |
| P7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| P8 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| P10 | René Arnoux | Renault | — | — | — |
| P11 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | — | — | — |
| P13 | James Hunt | Wolf | — | — | — |
| P14 | John Watson | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P15 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | — | — | — |
| P16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P17 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | — | — | — |
| P19 | Alan Jones | Williams | — | — | — |
| P20 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P21 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | — | — | — |
| P22 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | — | — | — |
| P23 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | — | — | — |