Kyalami · 1 March 1980
René Arnoux won the 1980 South African Grand Prix for Renault from 2nd on the grid, 34.07s ahead of Jacques Laffite. Jochen Mass gained the most places, from 19th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ligier Laffite 6 + Pironi 4 | Laffite 6 + Pironi 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | Renault Arnoux 9 + Jabouille 0 | Arnoux 9 + Jabouille 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Brabham Piquet 3 + Zunino 0 | Piquet 3 + Zunino 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Reutemann 2 + Jones 0 | Reutemann 2 + Jones 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Arrows Mass 1 + Patrese 0 | Mass 1 + Patrese 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Jarier 0 + Daly 0 | Jarier 0 + Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 + Rosberg 0 | Fittipaldi 0 + Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ensign Regazzoni 0 | Regazzoni 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | McLaren Watson 0 + Prost 0 | Watson 0 + Prost 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Team Lotus Andretti 0 + de Angelis 0 | Andretti 0 + de Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Shadow Lees 0 | Lees 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Alfa Romeo Giacomelli 0 + Depailler 0 | Giacomelli 0 + Depailler 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ferrari Villeneuve 0 + Scheckter 0 | Villeneuve 0 + Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Osella Cheever 0 | Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | ATS Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | 1:36:52.540 | 78 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +34.070s | 78 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Didier Pironi Ligier | Ligier | +52.490s | 78 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +1:01.020 | 78 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 77 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 77 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni Ensign | Ensign | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 10 | Ricardo Zunino Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 11 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 12 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 13 | Geoff Lees Shadow | Shadow | DNF Suspension | 70 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Engine | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Puncture | 61 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Daly Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Puncture | 61 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Accident | 58 | — | — | |
| NC | Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | NC | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Gearbox | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Transmission | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Osella | Osella | DNF Spun off | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Spun off | 1 | — | — | |
| DNS | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | DNS Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | Marc Surer ATS | ATS | DNS Accident | 0 | — | — |