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1979 South Africa Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Kyalami circuit. Full information

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1979 South Africa Grand Prix

1979 South Africa Grand Prix is 316th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Kyalami circuit. Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the pole position, Gilles Villeneuve won this race. This was his 2nd victory. Jody Scheckter and Jean-Pierre Jarier also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 78 laps (320 km).

Previous race: 1979 Brazil Grand Prix
Next race: 1979 USA West Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 South Africa Grand Prix

75th victory for the Ferrari team
2nd victory for the Gilles Villeneuve
3rd podium for the Gilles Villeneuve
28th podium for the Jody Scheckter
2nd podium for the Jean-Pierre Jarier

Gilles Villeneuve - Winner of the 1979 South Africa Grand Prix

1979 South Africa Grand Prix

Ferrari 312T4 - 1979 South Africa Grand Prix winner

1979 South Africa Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Gilles Villeneuve	9.00	1h 41m 49.96s ( 188.611 km/h )	78	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Jody Scheckter	6.00	1h 41m 53.38s ( +03.42s )	78	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4.00	1h 42m 12.07s ( +22.11s )	78	Team Tyrrell
4	Mario Andretti	3.00	1h 42m 17.84s ( +27.88s )	78	Martini Racing Team Lotus
5	Carlos Reutemann	2.00	1h 42m 56.93s ( +1m 06.97s )	78	Martini Racing Team Lotus
6	Niki Lauda	1.00		77	Parmalat Racing Team
7	Nelson Piquet	0		77	Parmalat Racing Team
8	James Hunt	0		77	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing
9	Clay Regazzoni	0		76	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
10	Patrick Tambay	0		75	Marlboro Team McLaren
11	Riccardo Patrese	0		75	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
12	Jochen Mass	0		74	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	0		74	Fittipaldi Automotive
14	Hector Rebaque	0	Engine	71	Team Rebaque
ab	René Arnoux	0	Puncture	67	Equipe Renault Elf
ab	Alan Jones	0	Spin	63	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
ab	John Watson	0	Ignition	61	Marlboro Team McLaren
ab	Hans Joachim Stuck	0	Accident	57	ATS Wheels
ab	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0	Valve	47	Equipe Renault Elf
ab	Jacques Laffite	0	Accident	45	Ligier Gitanes
ab	Didier Pironi	0	Throttle	25	Team Tyrrell
ab	Elio De Angelis	0	Collision	16	Interscope Shadow Racing Team
ab	Patrick Depailler	0	Accident	4	Ligier Gitanes
ab	Jan Lammers	0	Collision	2	Samson Shadow Racing Team
nq	Derek Daly	0			Team Ensign
nq	Arturo Merzario	0			Team Merzario

Qualifying Results for the 1979 South Africa Grand Prix on the Kyalami circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1'11''80	Equipe Renault Elf
2	Jody Scheckter	1'12''04	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
3	Gilles Villeneuve	1'12''07	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
4	Niki Lauda	1'12''12	Parmalat Racing Team
5	Patrick Depailler	1'12''15	Ligier Gitanes
6	Jacques Laffite	1'12''26	Ligier Gitanes
7	Didier Pironi	1'12''33	Team Tyrrell
8	Mario Andretti	1'12''36	Martini Racing Team Lotus
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1'12''55	Team Tyrrell
10	René Arnoux	1'12''69	Equipe Renault Elf
11	Carlos Reutemann	1'12''75	Martini Racing Team Lotus
12	Nelson Piquet	1'13''07	Parmalat Racing Team
13	James Hunt	1'14''21	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing
14	John Watson	1'14''44	Marlboro Team McLaren
15	Elio De Angelis	1'14''44	Interscope Shadow Racing Team
16	Riccardo Patrese	1'14''54	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
17	Patrick Tambay	1'14''58	Marlboro Team McLaren
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	1'14''61	Fittipaldi Automotive
19	Alan Jones	1'14''64	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
20	Jochen Mass	1'15''00	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
21	Jan Lammers	1'15''35	Samson Shadow Racing Team
22	Clay Regazzoni	1'15''68	Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
23	Hector Rebaque	1'16''15	Team Rebaque
24	Hans Joachim Stuck	1'16''31	ATS Wheels
25	Derek Daly	1'16''64	Team Ensign
26	Arturo Merzario	1'18''14	Team Merzario