Pit Lane F1
1979 Season - Round 3 - 1979-03-03
Gilles Villeneuve won the 1979 South African Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) second and Jean-Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Clay Regazzoni (Williams) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P22 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 13-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 11 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1979 South African Grand Prix, completing round 3 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 9 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 8 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 4 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | James Hunt | Wolf | 13 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 22 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 20 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 18 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | René Arnoux | Renault | 10 | Tyre | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 19 | Suspension | 0 |
| 17 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | Ignition | 0 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 24 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 6 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 7 | Throttle | 0 |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 15 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | Accident | 0 |
