1979 South African Grand Prix
🇿🇦 South Africa Kyalami, Midrand, South Africa Round 3 of 15
Podium
P1
P2
P3
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 3 | 78 | 1:41:49.96 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 2 | 78 | +3.420s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 9 | 78 | +22.110s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 8 | 78 | +27.880s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 11 | 78 | +1:06.970 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | 4 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 12 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | James Hunt | Wolf | 20 | 13 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 28 | 22 | 76 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 17 | 75 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 16 | 75 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 30 | 20 | 74 | +4 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 18 | 74 | +4 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 31 | 23 | 71 | +7 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 10 | 67 | +11 Laps | Tyre | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 19 | 63 | +15 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 14 | 61 | +17 Laps | Ignition | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 9 | 24 | 57 | +21 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 1 | 47 | +31 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 6 | 45 | +33 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 7 | 25 | +53 Laps | Throttle | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 18 | 15 | 16 | +62 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 25 | 5 | 4 | +74 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 17 | 21 | 2 | +76 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.