March 3, 1979 Kyalami | Lap distance 4.104 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (18) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 78 | 9.000000.960 | 3 | 2.000000.070 | 1 | 4.000000.412 | (23) | |
| 2 | 6 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 78 | 3.000000.380 | +3.000000.420 | 2 | 2.000000.040 | 4 | 4.000000.730 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 2.000000.070 | +2.000000.110 | 9 | 2.000000.550 | 5 | 4.000000.900 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 7.000000.840 | +7.000000.880 | 8 | 2.000000.360 | 3 | 4.000000.670 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 6.000000.930 | +6.000000.970 | 11 | 2.000000.750 | 8 | 5.000000.450 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 4 | 2.000000.120 | 9 | 5.000000.950 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 12 | 3.000000.070 | 10 | 6.000000.010 | |||
| 8 | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 13 | 4.000000.210 | 11 | 6.000000.180 | |||
| 9 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 22 | 5.000000.680 | 18 | 7.000000.350 | |||
| 10 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | +3 laps | 17 | 4.000000.580 | 13 | 6.000000.540 | |||
| 11 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | +3 laps | 16 | 4.000000.540 | 17 | 7.000000.320 | |||
| 12 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +4 laps | 20 | 5.000000.000 | 21 | 7.000000.930 | |||
| 13 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +4 laps | 18 | 4.000000.610 | 16 | 6.000000.980 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 71 | 23 | 6.000000.150 | 22 | 8.000000.260 | ||||
| tyre | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 67 | 10 | 2.000000.690 | 7 | 5.000000.310 | ||||
| suspension | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 63 | 19 | 4.000000.640 | 14 | 6.000000.840 | ||||
| ignition | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 61 | 14 | 4.000000.440 | 15 | 6.000000.920 | ||||
| accident | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 57 | 24 | 6.000000.310 | 20 | 7.000000.500 | ||||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 47 | 1 | 1.000000.800 | 6 | 5.000000.150 | ||||
| accident | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 6 | 2.000000.260 | 2 | 4.000000.470 | ||||
| throttle | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 7 | 2.000000.330 | 12 | 6.000000.230 | ||||
| accident | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 15 | 4.000000.440 | 19 | 7.000000.460 | ||||
| accident | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 5 | 2.000000.150 | 23 | 2.000000.500 | ||||
| accident | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2 | 21 | 5.000000.350 | 24 | 5.000000.280 | ||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 6.000000.640 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8.000000.140 | ||||||||
