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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
Overview
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Sessions
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Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
• Classification •
Fastest Laps
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Laps Led
Classification
Pos
Car No
Driver
Car / Engine
Laps
Time
Difference / Retirement
Speed (km/h)
1
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
78
1:41'49.96
-
188.611
2
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
78
1:41'53.38
3.42
188.505
3
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
/
Ford
78
1:42'12.07
22.11
187.931
4
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus
/
Ford
78
1:42'17.84
27.88
187.754
5
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus
/
Ford
78
1:42'56.93
1'06.97
186.566
6
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
77
-
1 Lap
-
7
6
Nélson Piquet
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
77
-
1 Lap
-
8
20
James Hunt
Wolf
/
Ford
77
-
1 Lap
-
9
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
/
Ford
76
-
2 Laps
-
10
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
/
Ford
75
-
3 Laps
-
11
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
/
Ford
75
-
3 Laps
-
12
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows
/
Ford
74
-
4 Laps
-
13
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
74
-
4 Laps
-
ret
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus
/
Ford
71
-
Engine
-
ret
16
René Arnoux
Renault
/
Renault
67
-
Tyre
-
ret
27
Alan Jones
Williams
/
Ford
63
-
Suspension
-
ret
7
John Watson
McLaren
/
Ford
61
-
Ignition
-
ret
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
/
Ford
57
-
Accident
-
ret
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
/
Renault
47
-
Engine
-
ret
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
/
Ford
45
-
Accident
-
ret
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
/
Ford
25
-
Throttle
-
ret
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
/
Ford
16
-
Accident
-
ret
25
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
/
Ford
4
-
Accident
-
ret
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow
/
Ford
2
-
Accident
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