South African Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sat 3rd March 1979 12:00am Local
Sat 3rd March 1979 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1979

Round
3

Status

Location
Kyalami

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Description

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	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:41:49.96
02	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:03.42
03	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Tyrrell Racing	+0:22.11
04	Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	+0:27.88
05	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus F1	+1:06.97
06	Niki Lauda	Brabham	+1 Lap
07	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1 Lap
09	Clay Regazzoni	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+3 Laps
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
12	Jochen Mass	Arrows Grand Prix International	+4 Laps
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	+4 Laps
14	Hector Rebaque	Lotus F1	DNF
15	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
16	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
17	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
18	Hans Stuck	ATS	DNF
19	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	DNF
20	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
21	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
22	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	DNF
23	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	DNF
24	Jan Lammers	Shadow	DNF
25	Derek Daly	Ensign Racing	Did not qualify
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	Did not qualify