1977 South African Grand Prix
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Circuit | Kyalami, 78 laps |
Round | 3 of 17 |
Race numbers | The 1977 South African Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +2 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 78 | 1hr 42m 21.600s | 9 |
2 | +3 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +5.200s | 6 |
3 | +1 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +5.700s | 4 |
4 | -3 | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +9.500s | 3 |
5 | +8 | (DEU) Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +19.900s | 2 |
6 | +5 | (GBR) John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 78 | +20.200s | 1 |
7 | +7 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +23.600s | |
8 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 78 | +26.700s | ||
9 | +7 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +46.200s | |
10 | -1 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +1m 11.700s | |
11 | +8 | (AUT) Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +1 lap | |
12 | -2 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +1 lap | |
13 | -11 | (BRA) Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 76 | +2 laps | |
14 | +9 | (USA) Brett Lunger | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 76 | +2 laps | |
15 | +7 | (AUS) Larry Perkins | BRM | 73 | +5 laps | |
R | (BRA) Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth | 66 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | March-Ford Cosworth | 55 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 43 | DNF | ||
R | (NLD) Boy Hayje | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 33 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Renzo Zorzi | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 21 | DNF | ||
R | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 5 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:15.960
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
2 | (BRA) Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
3 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
4 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
5 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth |
6 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
7 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
8 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
9 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
10 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
11 | (GBR) John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
12 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
13 | (DEU) Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
14 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
15 | (GBR) Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
16 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
17 | (BRA) Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth |
18 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | March-Ford Cosworth |
19 | (AUT) Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
20 | (ITA) Renzo Zorzi | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
21 | (NLD) Boy Hayje | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
22 | (AUS) Larry Perkins | BRM |
23 | (USA) Brett Lunger | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | 15 |
2 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 13 |
= | (AUT) Niki Lauda | 13 |
4 | (GBR) James Hunt | 9 |
5 | (BRA) Carlos Pace | 6 |
6 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | 6 |
7 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | 4 |
8 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 2 |
= | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | 2 |
= | (DEU) Jochen Mass | 2 |
11 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | 1 |
= | (ITA) Renzo Zorzi | 1 |
= | (GBR) John Watson | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Last start
- Carlos Pace
- Tom Pryce
- BRM
- Milestone race start
- 50th for Patrick Depailler (35th driver to start 50 races, 6th French driver)
- Wins
- 13th for Niki Lauda
- 66th for Ferrari
- Podiums
- 24th for Niki Lauda
- 16th for Jody Scheckter
- 10th for Patrick Depailler (30th driver to score ten podiums, 3rd French driver)
- 223rd for Ferrari
- 57th for Tyrrell
- 2nd for Wolf
- Poles
- 11th for James Hunt
- 15th for McLaren
- Fastest laps
- 1st for John Watson (64th different fastest lap setter, 13th British driver)
- 21st for Brabham
- Front row starts
- 16th for James Hunt
- 7th and last for Carlos Pace (first since 1975)