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Event

South African Grand Prix

Date
Sat 3rd March 1979 (UTC)
Sat 3rd March 1979 (Local)

Timestamp
1979-03-03T00:00:00

Time
00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1979

Round
3

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Location
Kyalami

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The 1979 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXV Simba Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 March 1979 at Kyalami. The race, contested over 78 laps, was the third race of the 1979 Formula One season and was won by Gilles Villeneuve, driving a Ferrari. Teammate and local driver Jody Scheckter finished second, while Jean-Pierre Jarier finished third in a Tyrrell-Ford.
This was the first pole position set by Renault and a Renault-powered car.


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Result List

01				Gilles Villeneuve	1:41:49.96
02				Jody Scheckter	+0:03.42
03				Jean-Christophe Boullion	+0:22.11
04				Mario Andretti	+0:27.88
05				Carlos Reutemann	+1:06.97
06				Niki Lauda	+1 Lap
07				Nelson Piquet	+1 Lap
09				Clay Regazzoni	+2 Laps
10				Patrick Tambay	+3 Laps
11				Riccardo Patrese	+3 Laps
12				Jochen Mass	+4 Laps
13				Emerson Fittipaldi	+4 Laps
14				Hector Rebaque	DNF
15				René Arnoux	DNF
16				Alan Jones	DNF
17				John Watson	DNF
18				Hans Stuck	DNF
19				Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
20				Jacques Laffite	DNF
21				Didier Pironi	DNF
22				Elio de Angelis	DNF
23				Patrick Depailler	DNF
24				Jan Lammers	DNF
25				Derek Daly	Did not qualify
26				Arturo Merzario	Did not qualify

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