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1979 South African Grand Prix qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 3 of 15 Saturday, March 3, 1979 at Kyalami Circuit, Kyalami, South Africa 78 laps on a 4.104 kilometer road course (320.112 kilometers) Time of race: 1:41:49.96 Average speed: 188.637 kph Pole time: 71.8 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 3.42 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 15 1:11.800   205.772   2   Jody Scheckter 11 1:12.040   205.086   3   Gilles Villeneuve 12 1:12.070   205.001   4   Niki Lauda 5 1:12.120   204.859   5   Patrick Depailler 25 1:12.150   204.773   6   Jacques Laffite 26 1:12.260   204.462   7   Didier Pironi 3 1:12.330   204.264   8   Mario Andretti 1 1:12.360   204.179   9   Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 1:12.550   203.644   10   Rene Arnoux 16 1:12.690   203.252   11   Carlos Reutemann 2 1:12.750   203.085   12   Nelson Piquet 6 1:13.070   202.195   13   James Hunt 20 1:14.210   199.089   14   John Watson 7 1:14.440   198.474   15   Elio de Angelis 18 1:14.440   198.474   16   Riccardo Patrese 29 1:14.540   198.208   17   Patrick Tambay 8 1:14.580   198.101   18   Emerson Fittipaldi 14 1:14.610   198.022   19   Alan Jones 27 1:14.640   197.942   20   Jochen Mass 30 1:15.000   196.992   21   Jan Lammers 17 1:15.350   196.077   22   Clay Regazzoni 28 1:15.680   195.222   23   Hector Rebaque 31 1:16.150   194.017   24   Hans-Joachim Stuck 9 1:16.310   193.610   25   Derek Daly 22 1:16.640   192.777   26   Arturo Merzario 24 1:18.140   189.076   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Derek Daly (#22), Arturo Merzario (#24)