Three-time F1 world champion Jack Brabham picked up his fourteenth and final Grand Prix triumph on this day in 1970, the Aussie winning the South African GP at Kyalami. 

'Black Jack', as he was nicknamed back in the day, beat to the flag McLaren's Denny Hulme and the March of Jackie Stewart. 

Brabham was at the wheel of the eponymous new Ron Tauranac-designed Brabham-Cosworth BT33 which featured an aluminum monocoque, a first for Brabham at the time.

Mario Andretti's first Formula One Victory was at Kyalami in 1971 for the Ferrari team , but would not win another Formula One race until 1976

It was expected the 12-cylinder cars would be dominant over the V8 Ford-Cosworths as Ferrari had won four out of the last five Grands Prix in 1970, and they had a strong line-up consisting of Mario Andretti, Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx.

 Andretti took his first career victory, driving a Ferrari; his teammate Regazzoni finished in third place behind Stewart.

The 79-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after he started from fifth position. 

Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for the Lotus team and McLaren driver Peter Revson came in third.

Hulme won in a time of 1hr 45.49.1mins., averaging a speed of 114.898 mph, and was over 14 seconds ahead of Fititpaldi. Revson was a further 12.7 seconds behind. 

The race was won by Jackie Stewart driving a Tyrrell. Denny Hulme's pole position was the only one of his Formula One World Championship career.

This race marked Scuderia Ferrari's 200th start in a World Championship event as a team.

Mike Hailwood was recognised for bravery when he went to pull Clay Regazzoni from his burning car after the two collided on the third lap of the race. Hailwood's driving suit caught fire, but after being extinguished by a fire marshal he returned to help rescue Regazzoni, an act for which he was awarded the George Medal.

 This was Carlos Reutemann's first win, the first for an Argentinian driver since Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 German Grand Prix

It was also Brabham's first since the 1970 South African Grand Prix.

While driving his Shadow-Ford in a test session before the race, Revson suffered a front suspension failure on the outside of Barbecue Bend and crashed heavily into the Armco barrier, the car bursting into flames and he died instantly.

Jody Scheckter became the first South African driver to win the race. 

Driving a Tyrrell 007, he took over the lead of the race from Carlos Pace on lap three. 

Sheckter took a three-second win over the Brabham BT44B of Carlos Reutemann.

The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda in a Ferrari 312T. The win was Lauda's third win in succession.

He finished 1.3 seconds ahead of British driver and Lauda's season long rival James Hunt in a McLaren M23

Hunt's McLaren teammate, West German driver Jochen Mass, finished third.

The race was won by Niki Lauda of Austria but was marred by two deaths during the event.

The race is principally remembered for the accident that resulted in the deaths of race marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren and driver Tom Pryce.