1979 South African Grand Prix

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	78	1:41:49.96	9
2	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	2	78	+3.42	6
3	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	9	78	+22.11	4
4	1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	8	78	+27.88	3
5	2	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	11	78	+1:06.97	2
6	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	4	77	+1 Lap	1
7	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	77	+1 Lap	0
8	20	James Hunt	Wolf	13	77	+1 Lap	0
9	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	22	76	+2 Laps	0
10	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	17	75	+3 Laps	0
11	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	75	+3 Laps	0
12	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows	20	74	+4 Laps	0
13	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	74	+4 Laps	0
R	31	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	23	71	Engine	0
R	16	René Arnoux	Renault	10	67	Tyre	0
R	27	Alan Jones	Williams	19	63	Suspension	0
R	7	John Watson	McLaren	14	61	Ignition	0
R	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24	57	Accident	0
R	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	47	Engine	0
R	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	6	45	Accident	0
R	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	7	25	Throttle	0
R	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	15	16	Accident	0
R	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	5	4	Accident	0
R	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	2	Accident	0
F	22	Derek Daly	Ensign	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	PL	0	Did not qualify	0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	18
2	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	0	12
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	11
4	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	0	9
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	0	7
6	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	0	5
7	John Watson	McLaren	0	4
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	0	4
9	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	0	3
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	1

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Ligier	2	27
2	Ferrari	1	18
3	Team Lotus	0	17
4	Tyrrell	0	7
5	McLaren	0	4
6	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	1
7	Fittipaldi	0	1
8	Arrows	0	0
9	Shadow	0	0
10	Wolf	0	0