Season 1980 · Round 3

South African Grand Prix

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1980-03-01 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 78Lap · 320.112km
16 René Arnoux
Renault 1:36:52.540
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +34.070
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
25 Didier Pironi
Ligier +52.490
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Bruno Giacomelli L69 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L61 Derek Daly L61 Keke Rosberg L58 Patrick Depailler L53 Alan Jones L34 Gilles Villeneuve L31 Jody Scheckter L14 Riccardo Patrese L10 Eddie Cheever L8 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
78Lap 320.112km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P3 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Carlos Reutemann 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Arnoux · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Arnoux ARN 1 Arnoux ARN Laffite · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Laffite LAF 2 Laffite LAF Pironi · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Pironi PIR 3 Pironi PIR Piquet · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Reutemann · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Reutemann REU 5 Reutemann REU Mass · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Mass MAS 6 Mass MAS Jarier · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Jarier JAR 7 Jarier JAR Fittipaldi · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Fittipaldi FIT 8 Fittipaldi FIT Regazzoni · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Regazzoni REG 9 Regazzoni REG Zunino · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Zunino ZUN 10 Zunino ZUN Watson · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Watson WAT 11 Watson WAT Andretti · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Andretti AND 12 Andretti AND Lees · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Lees LEE 13 Lees LEE Giacomelli · P12 → retired L69 Giacomelli · retired L69 12 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Jabouille · P1 → retired L61 Jabouille · retired L61 1 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Daly · P16 → retired L61 Daly · retired L61 16 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Rosberg · P23 → retired L58 Rosberg · retired L58 23 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Depailler · P7 → retired L53 Depailler · retired L53 7 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Jones · P8 → retired L34 Jones · retired L34 8 Jones JON R Jones JON Villeneuve · P10 → retired L31 Villeneuve · retired L31 10 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Scheckter · P9 → retired L14 Scheckter · retired L14 9 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Patrese · P11 → retired L10 Patrese · retired L10 11 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Cheever · P22 → retired L8 Cheever · retired L8 22 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE de Angelis · P14 → retired L1 de Angelis · retired L1 14 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Prost · pit lane → P25 · +2 — Prost PRO 25 Prost PRO Surer · pit lane → P26 · +2 — Surer SUR 26 Surer SUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 16 René Arnoux Renault 2 78 1:36:52.540 9
2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 78 +34.070 6
3 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 5 78 +52.490 4
4 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 78 +1:01.020 3
5 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 6 77 +1 Lap 2
6 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 19 77 +1 Lap 1
7 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 13 77 +1 Lap
8 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 77 +1 Lap
9 14 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 20 77 +1 Lap
10 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 17 77 +1 Lap
11 7 John Watson McLaren 21 76 +2 Laps
12 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 15 76 +2 Laps
13 41 Geoff Lees Shadow 24 70 Suspension
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 12 69 Engine
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 61 Puncture
R 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 16 61 Puncture
R 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 23 58 Accident
R 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 7 53 Not classified
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 8 34 Gearbox
R 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 31 Transmission
R 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 9 14 Engine
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 11 10 Spun off
R 31 Eddie Cheever Osella 22 8 Spun off
R 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 1 Spun off
W 8 Alain Prost McLaren 0 0 Accident
W 9 Marc Surer ATS 0 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
2
16 René Arnoux
3
5 Nelson Piquet
4
26 Jacques Laffite
5
25 Didier Pironi
6
28 Carlos Reutemann
7
22 Patrick Depailler
8
27 Alan Jones
9
1 Jody Scheckter
10
2 Gilles Villeneuve
11
29 Riccardo Patrese
12
23 Bruno Giacomelli
13
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
14
12 Elio de Angelis
15
11 Mario Andretti
16
4 Derek Daly
17
6 Ricardo Zunino
18
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
19
30 Jochen Mass
20
14 Clay Regazzoni
21
7 John Watson
22
31 Eddie Cheever
23
21 Keke Rosberg
24
41 Geoff Lees
PIT
8 Alain Prost pit lane start
PIT
9 Marc Surer pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15