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Seasons · 1979 · Round 3

South African Grand Prix.

Kyalami, Midrand, South Africa. 3 March 1979.

Classification

Pos Driver Team Grid Laps Time / Gap Status Pts
1 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 78 - Finished 9
2 SCH Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2 78 - Finished 6
3 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 9 78 - Finished 4
4 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 8 78 - Finished 3
5 REU Carlos Reutemann Lotus 11 78 - Finished 2
6 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 4 77 - +1 Lap 1
7 PIQ Nelson Piquet Brabham 12 77 - +1 Lap
8 HUN James Hunt Walter Wolf 13 77 - +1 Lap
9 REG Clay Regazzoni Williams 22 76 - +2 Laps
10 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 17 75 - +3 Laps
11 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 75 - +3 Laps
12 MAS Jochen Mass Arrows 20 74 - +4 Laps
13 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 74 - +4 Laps
14 REB Hector Rebaque Lotus 23 71 - DNF
15 ARN René Arnoux Renault 10 67 - DNF
16 JON Alan Jones Williams 19 63 - DNF
17 WAT John Watson McLaren 14 61 - DNF
18 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 57 - DNF
19 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 47 - DNF
20 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 45 - DNF
21 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 25 - DNF
22 DEA Elio de Angelis Shadow 15 16 - DNF
23 DEP Patrick Depailler Ligier 5 4 - DNF
24 LAM Jan Lammers Shadow 21 2 - DNF

After round 3

Drivers

PosDriverTeamPtsGap
1 LAF Jacques Laffite 18 -
2 REU Carlos Reutemann 12 −6
3 VIL Gilles Villeneuve 11 −7
4 DEP Patrick Depailler 9 −9
5 SCH Jody Scheckter 7 −11
6 AND Mario Andretti 5 −13
7 WAT John Watson 4 −14
8 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 −14
9 PIR Didier Pironi 3 −15
10 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi 1 −17
11 LAU Niki Lauda 1 −17
12 DEA Elio de Angelis 0 −18
13 MAS Jochen Mass 0 −18
14 JON Alan Jones 0 −18
15 REG Clay Regazzoni 0 −18
16 DAL Derek Daly 0 −18
17 REB Hector Rebaque 0 −18
18 LAM Jan Lammers 0 −18
19 HUN James Hunt 0 −18
20 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille 0 −18
21 ARN René Arnoux 0 −18
22 TAM Patrick Tambay 0 −18
23 PIQ Nelson Piquet 0 −18
24 MER Arturo Merzario 0 −18
25 PAT Riccardo Patrese 0 −18
26 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck 0 −18

Constructors

PosTeamPtsGap
1 Ligier 27 -
2 Ferrari 18 −9
3 Lotus 17 −10
4 Tyrrell 7 −20
5 McLaren 4 −23
6 Fittipaldi 1 −26
7 Brabham 1 −26
8 Shadow 0 −27
9 Arrows 0 −27
10 Williams 0 −27
11 Ensign 0 −27
12 Walter Wolf 0 −27
13 Renault 0 −27
14 Merzario 0 −27
15 ATS 0 −27