South African Grand Prix

The South African Grand Prix was a Formula One World Championship event contested most years from the early 1960s through the early 1990s. It started as a race on a 23.4 km public roads course just west of East London in the 1930s. After World War II, the track was rebuilt as a 3.9 km semi-permanent course (still using some of the same public roads). The first Grand Prix was run here in 1962, but after the non-championship event in 1966, it was decided to move the race to a newer track at Kyalami, roughly halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Winners[edit | edit source]

Drivers[edit | edit source]

Wins	Driver	Years
4	Jim Clark	1961, 1963, 1965, 1968
3	Niki Lauda	1976, 1977, 1984
2	Jackie Stewart	1969, 1973
	Carlos Reutemann	1974, 1981
	Nigel Mansell	1985, 1992
	Alain Prost	1982, 1993
1	Graham Hill	1962
	Mike Spence	1966
	Pedro Rodríguez	1967
	Jack Brabham	1970
	Mario Andretti	1971
	Denny Hulme	1972
	Jody Scheckter	1975
	Ronnie Peterson	1978
	Gilles Villeneuve	1979
	René Arnoux	1980
	Riccardo Patrese	1983

Constructors[edit | edit source]

Wins	Constructors	Years
6	Lotus	1961, , 1963, 1965, 1966, , 1968, 1978
4	Ferrari	1971, 1976, 1977, 1979
4	Williams	1981, 1985, 1992, 1993
2	Maserati	1934, 1939
	Cooper	1960, 1967
	Brabham	1970, 1983
	Tyrrell	1973, 1975
	Renault	1980, 1982
	McLaren	1972, 1984

By year[edit | edit source]

Year	Driver	Constructor	Circuit	Report
1934	Whitney Straight	Maserati	Prince George	Report
1935	Not held
1936	Mario Massacuratti	Bugatti	Prince George	Report
1937	Pat Fairfield	ERA		Report
1938	Buller Meyer	Riley		Report
1939	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati		Report
1940 – 1959	Not held
1960^[1]	Paul Frère	Cooper-Climax	East London	Report
1960^[1]	Stirling Moss	Porsche		Report
1961	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax		Report
1962	Graham Hill	BRM	East London	Report
1963	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	East London	Report
1964	Not held
1965	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	East London	Report
1966	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	East London	Report
1967	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper-Maserati	Kyalami	Report
1968	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford		Report
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford		Report
1970	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford		Report
1971	Mario Andretti	Ferrari		Report
1972	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford		Report
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford		Report
1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford		Report
1975	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford		Report
1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari		Report
1977	Niki Lauda	Ferrari		Report
1978	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford		Report
1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari		Report
1980	René Arnoux	Renault		Report
1981	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	Kyalami	Report
1982	Alain Prost	Renault	Kyalami	Report
1983	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW		Report
1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG		Report
1985	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda		Report
1986 – 1991	Not held
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	Kyalami	Report
1993	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	Kyalami	Report

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ There were two South African Grands Prix in 1960. Reference

V T E	Grands Prix
Abu Dhabi • Anniversary • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Belgium • Brazil • Caesars Palace • Canada • ~~China~~^‡ • Dallas • Detroit • Eifel • Emilia-Romagna • Europe • France • Germany • Great Britain • Hungary • India • Indianapolis 500 • Italy • Japan • Korea • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Mexico City • Monaco • Morocco • Netherlands • Pacific • Pescara • Portugal • Russia • Sakhir • San Marino • São Paulo • Saudi Arabia • Singapore • South Africa • Spain • Styria • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Tuscany • United States • United States West • Việt Nam
Bold indicates a Grand Prix scheduled for 2021.
^‡ Indicates a Grand Prix affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

V T E	South African Grand Prix
Circuits	Prince George Circuit (1934–1963), Kyalami Circuit (1965-1993)
Championship Races	1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986–1991 • 1992 • 1993
Non-championship races	1934 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1960 • 1960 • 1961 • 1966 • 1981

[1] There were two South African Grands Prix in 1960. Reference

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