1980 / ROUND 3

South African Grand Prix

WinnerRené ArnouxPublished race classification

Official poleJean-Pierre JabouilleSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance320.112 km78 laps

Race entries28Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	René Arnoux	Renault	2	2	78	1:36:52.540	9
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	4	4	78	1:37:26.610	6
3	Didier Pironi	Ligier	5	5	78	1:37:45.030	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	3	3	78	1:37:53.560	3
5	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	6	6	77	+1 lap	2
6	Jochen Mass	Arrows	19	19	77	+1 lap	1
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	13	13	77	+1 lap	0
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	18	77	+1 lap	0
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	20	20	77	+1 lap	0
10	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	17	17	77	+1 lap	0
11	John Watson	McLaren	21	21	76	+2 laps	0
12	Mario Andretti	Lotus	15	15	76	+2 laps	0
13	Geoff Lees	Shadow	25	24	70	Suspension	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	12	12	69	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	1	61	Puncture	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	16	16	61	Puncture	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	24	23	58	Accident	0
NC	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	7	7	53	+25 laps	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	8	8	34	Gearbox	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	10	10	31	Transmission	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	9	9	14	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	11	11	10	Spun off	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Osella	23	22	8	Spun off	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	14	14	1	Spun off	0
DNS	Alain Prost	McLaren	22	—	—	Accident	0
DNS	Marc Surer	ATS	26	—	—	Accident	0
DNQ	David Kennedy	Shadow	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	ATS	28	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:10.000
2	René Arnoux	1:10.210
3	Nelson Piquet	1:11.870
4	Jacques Laffite	1:11.880
5	Didier Pironi	1:12.110
6	Carlos Reutemann	1:12.150
7	Patrick Depailler	1:12.160
8	Alan Jones	1:12.230
9	Jody Scheckter	1:12.320
10	Gilles Villeneuve	1:12.380
11	Riccardo Patrese	1:12.500
12	Bruno Giacomelli	1:12.510
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:12.700
14	Elio de Angelis	1:12.740
15	Mario Andretti	1:12.930
16	Derek Daly	1:13.040
17	Ricardo Zunino	1:13.050
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:13.230
19	Jochen Mass	1:13.250
20	Clay Regazzoni	1:13.250
21	John Watson	1:13.610
22	Alain Prost	1:13.760
23	Eddie Cheever	1:13.830
24	Keke Rosberg	1:13.840
25	Geoff Lees	1:14.460
26	Marc Surer	1:14.540
27	David Kennedy	1:15.230
28	Jan Lammers	1:15.290

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.