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Podiums

Podiums South African F1 Grand Prix

Year	Circuit	Date	Driver	Team	Laps
1993	Kyalami	March 14	1th Alain Prost 2th Ayrton Senna 3th Mark Blundell	Williams McLaren Ligier	72 72 71
1992	Kyalami	March 1	1th Nigel Mansell 2th Riccardo Patrese 3th Ayrton Senna	Williams Williams McLaren	72 72 72
1985	Kyalami	October 19	1th Nigel Mansell 2th Keke Rosberg 3th Alain Prost	Williams Williams McLaren	75 75 74
1984	Kyalami	April 7	1th Niki Lauda 2th Alain Prost 3th Derek Warwick	McLaren McLaren Renault	75 75 74
1983	Kyalami	October 15	1th Riccardo Patrese 2th Andrea de Cesaris 3th Nelson Piquet	Brabham Alfa Romeo Brabham	77 77 77
1982	Kyalami	January 23	1th Alain Prost 2th Carlos Reutemann 3th René Arnoux	Renault Williams Renault	77 77 77
1980	Kyalami	March 1	1th René Arnoux 2th Jacques Laffite 3th Didier Pironi	Renault Ligier Ligier	78 78 78
1979	Kyalami	March 3	1th Gilles Villeneuve 2th Jody Scheckter 3th Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ferrari Ferrari Tyrrell	78 78 78
1978	Kyalami	March 4	1th Ronnie Peterson 2th Patrick Depailler 3th John Watson	Team Lotus Tyrrell Brabham	78 78 78
1977	Kyalami	March 5	1th Niki Lauda 2th Jody Scheckter 3th Patrick Depailler	Ferrari Wolf Tyrrell	78 78 78
1976	Kyalami	March 6	1th Niki Lauda 2th James Hunt 3th Jochen Mass	Ferrari McLaren McLaren	78 78 78
1975	Kyalami	March 1	1th Jody Scheckter 2th Carlos Reutemann 3th Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Brabham Tyrrell	78 78 78
1974	Kyalami	March 30	1th Carlos Reutemann 2th Jean-Pierre Beltoise 3th Mike Hailwood	Brabham BRM McLaren	78 78 78
1973	Kyalami	March 3	1th Jackie Stewart 2th Peter Revson 3th Emerson Fittipaldi	Tyrrell McLaren Team Lotus	79 79 79
1972	Kyalami	March 4	1th Denny Hulme 2th Emerson Fittipaldi 3th Peter Revson	McLaren Team Lotus McLaren	79 79 79
1971	Kyalami	March 6	1th Mario Andretti 2th Jackie Stewart 3th Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari Tyrrell Ferrari	79 79 79
1970	Kyalami	March 7	1th Jack Brabham 2th Denny Hulme 3th Jackie Stewart	Brabham McLaren March	80 80 80
1969	Kyalami	March 1	1th Jackie Stewart 2th Graham Hill 3th Denny Hulme	Matra Team Lotus McLaren	80 80 80
1968	Kyalami	January 1	1th Jim Clark 2th Graham Hill 3th Jochen Rindt	Team Lotus Team Lotus Brabham	80 80 80
1967	Kyalami	January 2	1th Pedro Rodríguez 2th John Love 3th John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati Cooper-Climax Honda	80 80 79
1965	Prince George Circuit	January 1	1th Jim Clark 2th John Surtees 3th Graham Hill	Team Lotus Ferrari BRM	85 85 85
1963	Prince George Circuit	December 28	1th Jim Clark 2th Dan Gurney 3th Graham Hill	Team Lotus Brabham BRM	85 85 84
1962	Prince George Circuit	December 29	1th Graham Hill 2th Bruce McLaren 3th Tony Maggs	BRM Cooper-Climax Cooper-Climax	82 82 82

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking South African F1 GP

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Niki Lauda	12	3	0	0	3	2	1	7.3	8.3	33
2	Jim Clark	5	3	0	0	3	4	3	1.4	6.2	27
3	Alain Prost	5	2	1	1	4	1	2	5.0	5.0	29
4	Jackie Stewart	8	2	1	1	4	3	1	5.8	8.4	29
5	Nigel Mansell	5	2	0	0	2	2	1	6.0	11.8	19
6	Graham Hill	10	1	2	2	5	0	0	10.7	6.1	31
7	Carlos Reutemann	10	1	2	0	3	0	1	8.2	9.4	25
8	Jody Scheckter	8	1	2	0	3	0	0	5.9	7.6	24
9	Denny Hulme	8	1	1	1	3	1	1	5.3	4.4	27
10	Riccardo Patrese	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	9.1	11.6	18
11	René Arnoux	5	1	0	1	2	1	1	6.4	12.2	13
12	Mario Andretti	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	7.7	10.4	16
13	Jack Brabham	7	1	0	0	1	2	0	2.6	9.1	13
14	Ronnie Peterson	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	10.3	13.8	11
15	Gilles Villeneuve	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	6.0	15.0	9
16	Pedro Rodríguez	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	11.0	11.4	9
17	Patrick Depailler	7	0	1	2	3	0	0	7.6	8.9	17
18	Ayrton Senna	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	5.3	5.8	11
19	Peter Revson	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	9.0	2.5	10
20	John Surtees	8	0	1	1	2	0	1	6.8	10.9	10
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	10	0	1	1	2	0	1	10.8	11.7	10
22	Bruce McLaren	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.6	6.8	13
23	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	10.0	11
24	Keke Rosberg	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	10.8	11.7	10
25	James Hunt	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	7.3	14.0	9
26	Andrea de Cesaris	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	14.4	13.2	8
27	Jacques Laffite	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.9	16.0	8
28	Dan Gurney	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	8.8	11.0	6
29	John Love	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	16.0	12.0	6
30	Jochen Mass	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.6	11.0	8
31	John Watson	9	0	0	1	1	0	1	11.8	12.8	8
32	Derek Warwick	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	14.5	8.5	7
33	Nelson Piquet	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	3.7	12.2	7
34	Didier Pironi	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.0	12.0	5
35	Mark Blundell	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.0	3.0	4
36	Tony Maggs	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.7	7.0	4
37	Mike Hailwood	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	7.0	18.5	4
38	Jochen Rindt	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.4	11.4	4
39	Jean-Pierre Jarier	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	16.5	13.8	4
40	Clay Regazzoni	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.2	13.2	4
41	Gerhard Berger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	5.3	5
42	Chris Amon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	12.3	5
43	Arturo Merzario	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	13.8	4
44	Reine Wisell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	4.0	3
45	Stefan Johansson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	4.0	3
46	Michael Schumacher	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	8.0	3
47	Christian Fittipaldi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	11.5	3
48	Mike Spence	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	12.7	3
49	Alan Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.0	3
50	Carlos Pace	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	8.7	13.0	3
51	Jo Siffert	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	10.0	3
52	Innes Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5.0	2
53	John Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	5.0	2
54	Bob Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	10.5	2
55	Jyrki Järvilehto	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	11.5	2
56	Lorenzo Bandini	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	10.0	2
57	Hans Joachim Stuck	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	13.0	2
58	George Follmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	6.0	1
59	Johnny Herbert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	9.5	1
60	Neville Lederle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	14.0	1
61	Thierry Boutsen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	10.5	1
62	Jo Bonnier	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.4	15.0	1
63	Eddie Cheever	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	20.3	1
64	Frank Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	12.0	0
65	Philippe Streiff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
66	Mark Donohue	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	8.0	0
67	Chico Serra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	17.0	0
68	Gabriele Tarquini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	23.0	0
69	Gary Hocking	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18.0	0
70	Harald Ertl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	15.0	0
71	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	17.0	0
72	Luca Badoer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	20.0	0
73	Brausch Niemann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	14.0	0
74	Stefan Bellof	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	15.0	0
75	Jonathan Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	24.0	0
76	Mike Beuttler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	16.0	0
77	Ray Reed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	29.0	0
78	Eliseo Salazar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9.0	0
79	Gianni Morbidelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	17.0	0
80	Danny Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	7.0	0
81	Alex Caffi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	31.0	0
82	Larry Perkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	15.0	0
83	Michael Andretti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	23.0	0
84	Geoff Lees	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	13.0	0
85	Mika Häkkinen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	9.0	0
86	Paddy Driver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	25.0	0
87	Rubens Barrichello	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	15.0	0
88	Renzo Zorzi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	22.0	0
89	François Hesnault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	10.0	0
90	Alex Soler-Roig	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	25.0	0
91	Huub Rothengatter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	18.0	0
92	François Migault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	15.0	0
93	Luki Botha	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	8.0	0
94	Eric van de Poele	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	13.0	0
95	Ludovico Scarfiotti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	23.0	0
96	Syd van der Vyver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	19.0	0
97	Kenny Acheson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	12.0	0
98	David Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	10.0	0
99	Damon Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	21.0	0
100	Johnny Cecotto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	22.0	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking South African F1 GP

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Team Lotus	23	4	3	1	7	4	5	10.9	12.0	79
2	Ferrari	21	4	2	1	5	2	3	6.9	12.1	69
3	Williams	10	3	3	0	4	3	3	8.9	10.2	56
4	Brabham	22	3	2	3	7	5	6	9.9	11.8	69
5	McLaren	19	2	5	6	10	3	1	9.2	9.3	91
6	Tyrrell	16	2	2	3	6	2	0	13.6	11.8	49
7	Renault	6	2	0	2	3	3	3	5.3	10.6	27
8	BRM	13	1	1	2	4	0	0	13.7	14.0	24
9	Matra	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	9.6	7.3	16
10	Cooper-Maserati	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	13.8	13.1	9
11	Cooper-Climax	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	9.6	11.4	22
12	Ligier	10	0	1	2	2	0	0	11.9	12.1	18
13	Alfa Romeo	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	14.4	14.6	9
14	Wolf	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.7	8.0	6
15	March	10	0	0	1	1	1	0	16.3	14.9	8
16	Honda	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.0	5.5	4
17	Toleman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.6	14.3	4
18	Arrows	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	10.2	4
19	Benetton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	13.3	3
20	Minardi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.2	13.4	3
21	Sauber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	9.5	2
22	Penske	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	6.5	2
23	Iso Marlboro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	15.3	1
24	Parnelli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	11.5	1
25	Shadow	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.7	16.9	1
26	De Tomaso	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	19.0	0
27	Emeryson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	20.0	0
28	Dallara	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.5	17.0	0
29	Andrea Moda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	31.5	0
30	Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	7.0	0
31	Spirit	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	8.0	0
32	Fondmetal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	23.0	0
33	RE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	29.0	0
34	Wolf-Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	14.5	0
35	Jordan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	16.7	0
36	RAM	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	19.7	0
37	Merzario	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	21.0	0
38	Theodore	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	18.5	0
39	Porsche	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	10.5	0
40	Footwork	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	11.0	0
41	Larrousse	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	16.0	0
42	Eagle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	11.0	0
43	Hesketh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	21.0	0
44	Osella	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	23.2	0
45	LDS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	13.5	0
46	Lola	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	15.7	0
47	Ensign	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	10.7	0
48	ATS	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.4	15.1	0
49	Fittipaldi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.6	15.1	0
50	Surtees	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	14.6	15.7	0

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