Who won the South African Grand Prix 1979?

Gilles Villeneuve won the South African Grand Prix 1979, driving for Ferrari.

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Round 3 · 1979

South African Grand Prix

Kyalami · 1979-03-03

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari

Jody Scheckter

Ferrari

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Tyrrell

Gilles Villeneuve won the South African Grand Prix 1979 at Kyalami on 3 March 1979, starting from P3 on the grid. Jody Scheckter finished second for Ferrari, with Jean-Pierre Jarier completing the podium for Tyrrell.

Race Results

Pos	Grid	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	3	Gilles VilleneuveVIL	Ferrari	78	1:41:49.96	9
2	2	Jody ScheckterSCH	Ferrari	78	+3.42	6
3	9	Jean-Pierre JarierJAR	Tyrrell	78	+22.11	4
4	8	Mario AndrettiAND	Team Lotus	78	+27.88	3
5	11	Carlos ReutemannREU	Team Lotus	78	+1:06.97	2
6	4	Niki LaudaLAU	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	77	+1 Lap	1
7	12	Nelson PiquetPIQ	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	77	+1 Lap	0
8	13	James HuntHUN	Wolf	77	+1 Lap	0
9	22	Clay RegazzoniREG	Williams	76	+2 Laps	0
10	17	Patrick TambayTAM	McLaren	75	+3 Laps	0
11	16	Riccardo PatresePAT	Arrows	75	+3 Laps	0
12	20	Jochen MassMAS	Arrows	74	+4 Laps	0
13	18	Emerson FittipaldiFIT	Fittipaldi	74	+4 Laps	0
R	23	Hector RebaqueREB	Team Lotus	71	Engine	0
R	10	René ArnouxARN	Renault	67	Tyre	0
R	19	Alan JonesJON	Williams	63	Suspension	0
R	14	John WatsonWAT	McLaren	61	Ignition	0
R	24	Hans-Joachim StuckSTU	ATS	57	Accident	0
R	1	Jean-Pierre JabouilleJAB	Renault	47	Engine	0
R	6	Jacques LaffiteLAF	Ligier	45	Accident	0
R	7	Didier PironiPIR	Tyrrell	25	Throttle	0
R	15	Elio de AngelisDEA	Shadow	16	Accident	0
R	5	Patrick DepaillerDEP	Ligier	4	Accident	0
R	21	Jan LammersLAM	Shadow	2	Accident	0
F	0	Derek DalyDAL	Ensign	0	Did not qualify	0
F	0	Arturo MerzarioMER	Merzario	0	Did not qualify	0

Key links:

Winner Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Kyalami
Winning team Ferrari

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