Round 3 · 1 March 1980
South African Grand Prix
Kyalami · Midrand, South Africa
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
24 drivers
After Round 2
1
Alan Jones
Williams
13
pts
2
René Arnoux
Renault
9
pts
3
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
6
pts
4
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
6
pts
5
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
4
pts
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6
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
3
pts
7
Didier Pironi
Ligier
3
pts
8
Alain Prost
McLaren
3
pts
9
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
2
pts
10
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
1
pts
-
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham
0
pts
-
Marc Surer
ATS
0
pts
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
0
pts
-
John Watson
McLaren
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
0
pts
-
Patrick Depailler
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
0
pts
-
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign
0
pts
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
0
pts
-
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
0
pts
After the race
26 drivers
After Round 3
1
René Arnoux
Renault
↑1
18
+9
2
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
13
+0
3
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
—
9
+3
4
Didier Pironi
Ligier
↑3
7
+4
5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑994
6
+6
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6
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
↓2
6
+0
7
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
↓2
4
+0
8
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
↓2
3
+0
9
Alain Prost
McLaren
↓1
3
+0
10
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
↓1
2
+0
11
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
↑988
2
+2
12
Jochen Mass
Arrows
↑987
1
+1
13
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
↓3
1
+0
-
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Marc Surer
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
John Watson
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Geoff Lees
Shadow
NEW
0
+0
-
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Depailler
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Osella
NEW
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | 1:36:52.540 | 9 |
| 2 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 4 | +34.070 | 6 |
| 3 | PIR Didier Pironi | Ligier | 5 | +52.490 | 4 |
| 4 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 | +1:01.020 | 3 |
| 5 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 6 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 19 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 13 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 17 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 21 | 2L | 0 |
| 12 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 15 | 2L | 0 |
| 13 | LEE Geoff Lees | Shadow | 24 | 8L | 0 |
| R | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | DEP Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | CHE Eddie Cheever | Osella | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 14 | — | 0 |
| W | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | Pit | — | 0 |
| W | SUR Marc Surer | ATS | Pit | — | 0 |