Results from the 1978 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on March 4, 1978

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	78	42:16.2	12	9
2	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	78	0.466	11	6
3	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	4.442	10	4
4	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	78	30.986	18	3
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	78	+ 1:09.218	13	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	14	1
7	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	2
8	10	Jean Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	17
9	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	22
10	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	21
11	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	20
12	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford		+ 2 Laps
Ret	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford		Engine
Ret	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford		Spun Off
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford		Accident
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari		Oil Leak
Ret	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari		Spun Off
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo		Engine
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford		Engine
Ret	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford		engine
Ret	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford		Suspension
Ret	15	Jean Pierre Jabouille	Renault		engine
Ret	32	Keke Rosberg	Theodore-Ford		clutch
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford		Transmission
Ret	24	Eddie Cheever	Hesketh-Ford		Oil Leak
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford		Engine
DNQ	31	Rene Arnoux	Martini-Ford
DNQ	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford

Notes

• Fastest Lap: Mario Andretti 1'17.090

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