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 | 1:41'49.96 | 3 | 1'12.07 | 1 | 1'14.412 | (23) | |
| 2 | 6 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 78 | 1:41'53.38 | +3.42 | 2 | 1'12.04 | 4 | 1'14.730 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'12.07 | +22.11 | 9 | 1'12.55 | 5 | 1'14.900 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'17.84 | +27.88 | 8 | 1'12.36 | 3 | 1'14.670 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'56.93 | +1'06.97 | 11 | 1'12.75 | 8 | 1'15.450 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 4 | 1'12.12 | 9 | 1'15.950 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 12 | 1'13.07 | 10 | 1'16.010 | |||
| 8 | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 13 | 1'14.21 | 11 | 1'16.180 | |||
| 9 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 22 | 1'15.68 | 18 | 1'17.350 | |||
| 10 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | +3 laps | 17 | 1'14.58 | 13 | 1'16.540 | |||
| 11 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | +3 laps | 16 | 1'14.54 | 17 | 1'17.320 | |||
| 12 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +4 laps | 20 | 1'15.00 | 21 | 1'17.930 | |||
| 13 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +4 laps | 18 | 1'14.61 | 16 | 1'16.980 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 71 | 23 | 1'16.15 | 22 | 1'18.260 | ||||
| tyre | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 67 | 10 | 1'12.69 | 7 | 1'15.310 | ||||
| suspension | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 63 | 19 | 1'14.64 | 14 | 1'16.840 | ||||
| ignition | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 61 | 14 | 1'14.44 | 15 | 1'16.920 | ||||
| accident | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 57 | 24 | 1'16.31 | 20 | 1'17.500 | ||||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 47 | 1 | 1'11.80 | 6 | 1'15.150 | ||||
| accident | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 6 | 1'12.26 | 2 | 1'14.470 | ||||
| throttle | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 7 | 1'12.33 | 12 | 1'16.230 | ||||
| accident | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 15 | 1'14.44 | 19 | 1'17.460 | ||||
| accident | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 5 | 1'12.15 | 23 | 1'22.500 | ||||
| accident | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2 | 21 | 1'15.35 | 24 | 1'25.280 | ||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'16.64 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'18.14 | ||||||||
