South African Grand Prix

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South African Grand Prix

Race Info

Race Date
March 3, 1979
Round
3

Race Results

Position Car Number Driver Name Constructor Laps Total Time Points
1 12 CanadianGilles Villeneuve ItalianFerrari 78 1:41:49.96 9.0
2 11 South AfricanJody Scheckter ItalianFerrari 78 +3.42 6.0
3 4 FrenchJean-Pierre Jarier BritishTyrrell 78 +22.11 4.0
4 1 AmericanMario Andretti BritishTeam Lotus 78 +27.88 3.0
5 2 ArgentineCarlos Reutemann BritishTeam Lotus 78 +1:06.97 2.0
6 5 AustrianNiki Lauda BritishBrabham-Alfa Romeo 77 None 1.0
7 6 BrazilianNelson Piquet BritishBrabham-Alfa Romeo 77 None 0.0
8 20 BritishJames Hunt CanadianWolf 77 None 0.0
9 28 SwissClay Regazzoni BritishWilliams 76 None 0.0
10 8 FrenchPatrick Tambay BritishMcLaren 75 None 0.0
11 29 ItalianRiccardo Patrese BritishArrows 75 None 0.0
12 30 GermanJochen Mass BritishArrows 74 None 0.0
13 14 BrazilianEmerson Fittipaldi BrazilianFittipaldi 74 None 0.0
None 31 MexicanHector Rebaque BritishTeam Lotus 71 None 0.0
None 16 FrenchRené Arnoux FrenchRenault 67 None 0.0
None 27 AustralianAlan Jones BritishWilliams 63 None 0.0
None 7 BritishJohn Watson BritishMcLaren 61 None 0.0
None 9 GermanHans-Joachim Stuck ItalianATS 57 None 0.0
None 15 FrenchJean-Pierre Jabouille FrenchRenault 47 None 0.0
None 26 FrenchJacques Laffite FrenchLigier 45 None 0.0
None 3 FrenchDidier Pironi BritishTyrrell 25 None 0.0
None 18 ItalianElio de Angelis BritishShadow 16 None 0.0
None 25 FrenchPatrick Depailler FrenchLigier 4 None 0.0
None 17 DutchJan Lammers BritishShadow 2 None 0.0
None 22 IrishDerek Daly BritishEnsign 0 None 0.0
None 24 ItalianArturo Merzario ItalianMerzario 0 None 0.0