Resultado da Corrida do GP da África do Sul de F1 1979
03/03/1979
Tabela de resultado
| Pos. | Grid | Piloto | Equipe | Nº | Tempo/Dif. | Voltas | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 1:41:49.960 | 78 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | +3.420 | 78 | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | +22.110 | 78 | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | 8 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | +27.880 | 78 | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | +1:06.970 | 78 | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | 77 | 1 | +1 volta | |
| 7 | 12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 77 | 0 | +1 volta | |
| 8 | 13 | James Hunt | Wolf | 20 | 77 | 0 | +1 volta | |
| 9 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 28 | 76 | 0 | +2 voltas | |
| 10 | 17 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 75 | 0 | +3 voltas | |
| 11 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 75 | 0 | +3 voltas | |
| 12 | 20 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 30 | 74 | 0 | +4 voltas | |
| 13 | 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 74 | 0 | +4 voltas | |
| R | 23 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 31 | 71 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 10 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 67 | 0 | Tyre | |
| R | 19 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 63 | 0 | Suspension | |
| R | 14 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 61 | 0 | Ignition | |
| R | 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 9 | 57 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 1 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 47 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 45 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 25 | 0 | Throttle | |
| R | 15 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 18 | 16 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 25 | 4 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 21 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Accident |