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1979 Brazilian GP
1978 South African GP

1979 South African GP

1979 Belgian Cup
1979 US West GP
1980 South African GP
March 3, Kyalami

Event OverviewSessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Fastest Laps

PosCar NoDriverCar / EngineLapTimeDiffPercentageSpeed (km/h)
1
12
 Gilles Villeneuve  Ferrari / Ferrari
23
1'14.412 - 100.0% 198.549
2
26
 Jacques Laffite  Ligier / Ford
-
1'14.47 0.058 100.1% 198.394
3
1
 Mario Andretti  Lotus / Ford
-
1'14.67 0.258 100.3% 197.863
4
11
 Jody Scheckter  Ferrari / Ferrari
-
1'14.73 0.318 100.4% 197.704
5
4
 Jean-Pierre Jarier  Tyrrell / Ford
-
1'14.90 0.488 100.7% 197.255
6
15
 Jean-Pierre Jabouille  Renault / Renault
-
1'15.15 0.738 101.0% 196.599
7
16
 René Arnoux  Renault / Renault
-
1'15.31 0.898 101.2% 196.181
8
2
 Carlos Reutemann  Lotus / Ford
-
1'15.45 1.038 101.4% 195.817
9
5
 Niki Lauda  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
-
1'15.95 1.538 102.1% 194.528
10
6
 Nélson Piquet  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
-
1'16.01 1.598 102.1% 194.374
11
20
 James Hunt  Wolf / Ford
-
1'16.18 1.768 102.4% 193.941
12
3
 Didier Pironi  Tyrrell / Ford
-
1'16.23 1.818 102.4% 193.813
13
8
 Patrick Tambay  McLaren / Ford
-
1'16.54 2.128 102.9% 193.028
14
27
 Alan Jones  Williams / Ford
-
1'16.84 2.428 103.3% 192.275
15
7
 John Watson  McLaren / Ford
-
1'16.92 2.508 103.4% 192.075
16
14
 Emerson Fittipaldi  Fittipaldi / Ford
-
1'16.98 2.568 103.5% 191.925
17
29
 Riccardo Patrese  Arrows / Ford
-
1'17.32 2.908 103.9% 191.081
18
28
 Clay Regazzoni  Williams / Ford
-
1'17.35 2.938 103.9% 191.007
19
18
 Elio de Angelis  Shadow / Ford
-
1'17.46 3.048 104.1% 190.736
20
9
 Hans-Joachim Stuck  ATS / Ford
-
1'17.50 3.088 104.1% 190.637
21
30
 Jochen Mass  Arrows / Ford
-
1'17.93 3.518 104.7% 189.586
22
31
 Hector Rebaque  Lotus / Ford
-
1'18.26 3.848 105.2% 188.786
23
25
 Patrick Depailler  Ligier / Ford
-
1'22.50 8.088 110.9% 179.084
24
17
 Jan Lammers  Shadow / Ford
-
1'25.28 10.868 114.6% 173.246