South Africa Grand Prix

This article is about the South African Motor Racing Grand Prix ; for the Grand Prix races for the motorcycle world championship see Grand Prix of South Africa (motorcycle) .

South Africa Grand Prix

Kyalami
Route data
Main sponsor:	Panasonic
in the racing calendar:	1962, 1963, 1965, 1967–1980, 1982–1985, 1992, 1993
Route length:	4.261 km
Race length:	306.792 km in 72 laps
Records
Lap record:	1: 17,578 ( 1992 , Nigel Mansell , Williams - Renault )
Lap record qualification:	1: 15,486 (1992, Nigel Mansell , Williams - Renault )
Most wins:	Jim Clark (4)
Most Poles:	Jim Clark (5)

The South African Grand Prix is an automobile race that has been held 33 times to date.

The first race took place in 1934 on the Prince George Circuit in East London . From 1962, the race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship 23 times . From 1967 the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit was the venue. Record winner is Jim Clark with four wins.

Until 1966, the 12 races ran under the name International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa . Since 1967 the name of the event has been the Grand Prix of South Africa . The numbering also started over with the renaming.

Route variants

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  Prince George Circuit 1934 (24,461 km)

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  Prince George Circuit 1936-1939 (18.619 km)

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  Prince George Circuit 1960-1966 (3.920 km)

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  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit 1968–1985 (4.104 km)

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  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit 1992-1993 (4.261 km)

Results

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
I.	1934	East London	GP	Whitney Straight ( Maserati )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1935	no South African Grand Prix
II	1936	East London	GP	Mario Massacuratti ( Bugatti )	Jean-Pierre Wimille ( Bugatti )	Pat Fairfield ( ERA )	unknown	unknown
III	1937	East London	GP	Pat Fairfield ( ERA )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
VI	1938	East London	GP	Buller Meyer ( Riley )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
V	1939	East London	GP	Luigi Villoresi ( Maserati )	Franco Cortese ( Maserati )	Mario Massacuratti ( Maserati )	Luigi Villoresi ( Maserati )	Mario Massacuratti ( Maserati )
	1940 to 1959	no South African Grand Prix
VI	1960	East London		Paul Frère ( Cooper )	Stirling Moss ( Cooper-Borgward )	Syd van der Vyver ( Cooper-Alfa Romeo )	unknown	Stirling Moss ( Cooper-Borgward )
VII	1960	East London		Stirling Moss ( Porsche )	Jo Bonnier ( Porsche )	Jack Brabham ( Cooper-Climax )	Stirling Moss ( Porsche )	Jo Bonnier ( Porsche )
VIII	1961	East London		Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	Stirling Moss ( Lotus - Climax )	Jo Bonnier ( Porsche )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )
IX	1962	East London	F1	Graham Hill ( BRM )	Bruce McLaren ( Cooper - Climax )	Tony Maggs ( Cooper - Climax )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )
X	1963	East London	F1	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	Dan Gurney ( Brabham - Climax )	Graham Hill ( BRM )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	Dan Gurney ( Brabham - Climax )
	1964	no South African Grand Prix
XI	1965	East London	F1	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	John Surtees ( Ferrari )	Graham Hill ( BRM )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Climax )
XII	1966	East London	F1	Mike Spence ( Lotus - Climax )	Jo Siffert ( Brabham - BRM )	Peter Arundell ( Lotus - Climax )	Jack Brabham ( Brabham - Repco )	Jack Brabham ( Brabham - Repco )
I.	1967	Kyalami	F1	Pedro Rodríguez ( Cooper - Maserati )	John Love ( Cooper - Climax )	John Surtees ( Honda )	Jack Brabham ( Brabham - Repco )	Denis Hulme ( Brabham - Repco )
II	1968	Kyalami	F1	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Ford )	Graham Hill ( Lotus - Ford )	Jochen Rindt ( Brabham - Repco )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Ford )	Jim Clark ( Lotus - Ford )
III	1969	Kyalami	F1	Jackie Stewart ( Matra - Ford )	Graham Hill ( Lotus - Ford )	Denis Hulme ( McLaren - Ford )	Jack Brabham ( Brabham - Ford )	Jackie Stewart ( Matra - Ford )
IV	1970	Kyalami	F1	Jack Brabham ( Brabham - Ford )	Denis Hulme ( McLaren - Ford )	Jackie Stewart ( March - Ford )	Jackie Stewart ( March - Ford )	John Surtees ( McLaren - Ford )
V	1971	Kyalami	F1	Mario Andretti ( Ferrari )	Jackie Stewart ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )	Jackie Stewart ( March - Ford )	Mario Andretti ( Ferrari )
VI	1972	Kyalami	F1	Denis Hulme ( McLaren - Ford )	Emerson Fittipaldi ( Lotus - Ford )	Peter Revson ( McLaren - Ford )	Jackie Stewart ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Mike Hailwood ( Surtees - Ford )
VII	1973	Kyalami	F1	Jackie Stewart ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Peter Revson ( McLaren - Ford )	Emerson Fittipaldi ( Lotus - Ford )	Denis Hulme ( McLaren - Ford )	Emerson Fittipaldi ( Lotus - Ford )
VIII	1974	Kyalami	F1	Carlos Reutemann ( Brabham - Ford )	Jean-Pierre Beltoise ( BRM )	Mike Hailwood ( McLaren - Ford )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Carlos Reutemann ( Brabham - Ford )
IX	1975	Kyalami	F1	Jody Scheckter ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Carlos Reutemann ( Brabham - Ford )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Carlos Pace ( Brabham - Ford )	Carlos Pace ( Brabham - Ford )
X	1976	Kyalami	F1	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	James Hunt ( McLaren - Ford )	Jochen Mass ( McLaren - Ford )	James Hunt ( McLaren - Ford )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )
XI	1977	Kyalami	F1	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Jody Scheckter ( Wolf - Ford )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	James Hunt ( McLaren - Ford )	John Watson ( Brabham - Alfa Romeo )
XII	1978	Kyalami	F1	Ronnie Peterson ( Lotus - Ford )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	John Watson ( Brabham - Alfa Romeo )	Niki Lauda ( Brabham - Alfa Romeo )	Mario Andretti ( Lotus - Ford )
XIII	1979	Kyalami	F1	Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )	Jody Scheckter ( Ferrari )	Jean-Pierre Jarier ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Renault )	Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )
XIV	1980	Kyalami	F1	René Arnoux ( Renault )	Jacques Laffite ( Ligier - Ford )	Didier Pironi ( Ligier - Ford )	Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Renault )	René Arnoux ( Renault )
XV	1981	Kyalami	FL	Carlos Reutemann ( Williams - Ford )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Elio de Angelis ( Lotus - Ford )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Carlos Reutemann ( Williams - Ford )
XVI	1982	Kyalami	F1	Alain Prost ( Renault )	Carlos Reutemann ( Williams - Ford )	René Arnoux ( Renault )	René Arnoux ( Renault )	Alain Prost ( Renault )
XVII	1983	Kyalami	F1	Riccardo Patrese ( Brabham - BMW )	Andrea de Cesaris ( Alfa Romeo )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - BMW )	Patrick Tambay ( Ferrari )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - BMW )
XVIII	1984	Kyalami	F1	Niki Lauda ( McLaren - TAG Porsche )	Alain Prost ( McLaren - TAG Porsche )	Derek Warwick ( Renault )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - BMW )	Patrick Tambay ( Renault )
XIX	1985	Kyalami	F1	Nigel Mansell ( Williams - Honda )	Keke Rosberg ( Williams - Honda )	Alain Prost ( McLaren - TAG Porsche )	Nigel Mansell ( Williams - Honda )	Keke Rosberg ( Williams - Honda )
	1986 to 1991	no South African Grand Prix
XX	1992	Kyalami	F1	Nigel Mansell ( Williams - Renault )	Riccardo Patrese ( Williams - Renault )	Ayrton Senna ( McLaren - Honda )	Nigel Mansell ( Williams - Renault )	Nigel Mansell ( Williams - Renault )
XXI	1993	Kyalami	F1	Alain Prost ( Williams - Renault )	Ayrton Senna ( McLaren - Ford )	Mark Blundell ( Ligier - Renault )	Alain Prost ( Williams - Renault )	Alain Prost ( Williams - Renault )
	since 1994	no South African Grand Prix

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

Deadly accidents

In 1936 a bystander was hit by Roy Evans' car and fatally injured. Peter Revson was killed in a Shadow in 1974 during test drives for the upcoming Grand Prix . Also for Shadow drove Tom Pryce , of the race in 1977 to marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren ran over at full speed and hit with a fire extinguisher at the head was that of the marshals was bringing. Both were dead on the spot.

Web links

Commons : South African Grand Prix  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Picture of the poster from 1993
2. ↑ statsf1.com: Grand Prix of South Africa
3. ↑ motorsportmemorial.org: unknown