The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 3

South African Grand Prix

1979  ·  Kyalami  ·  3 March 1979  ·  78 laps

  1. 1st Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · 01:41:49.96
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Ferrari · +3.42
  3. 3rd Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell · +22.11

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Renault  —  Pole position

02 Lap 45

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Accident

03 Lap 47

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Retirement Renault  —  Engine

04 Lap 61

John Watson

Retirement McLaren  —  Ignition

05 Lap 63

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Suspension

06 Lap 67

René Arnoux

Retirement Renault  —  Tyre

07 Lap 71

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Clay Regazzoni

Williams  —  P22 → P9

09 Victory

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 78 01:41:49.96 9
2 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2 78 +3.42 6
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 9 78 +22.11 4
4 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 8 78 +27.88 3
5 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 78 +1:06.970 2
6 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 77 +1 Lap 1
7 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 77 +1 Lap
8 James Hunt Wolf 13 77 +1 Lap
9 Clay Regazzoni Williams 22 76 +2 Laps
10 Patrick Tambay McLaren 17 75 +3 Laps
11 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 75 +3 Laps
12 Jochen Mass Arrows 20 74 +4 Laps
13 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 74 +4 Laps
14 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 71 Engine
15 René Arnoux Renault 10 67 Tyre
16 Alan Jones Williams 19 63 Suspension
17 John Watson McLaren 14 61 Ignition
18 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 57 Accident
19 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 47 Engine
20 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 45 Accident
21 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 25 Throttle
22 Elio de Angelis Shadow 15 16 Accident
23 Patrick Depailler Ligier 5 4 Accident
24 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 2 Accident

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