1977 South African Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	78	1hr 42m 21.600s	9
2	+3	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	78	+5.200s	6
3	+1	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	78	+5.700s	4
4	-3	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	78	+9.500s	3
5	+8	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	78	+19.900s	2
6	+5	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	+20.200s	1
7	+7	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	78	+23.600s
8		Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	78	+26.700s
9	+7	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	78	+46.200s
10	-1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	78	+1m 11.700s
11	+8	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	77	+1 lap
12	-2	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	77	+1 lap
13	-11	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	76	+2 laps
14	+9	Brett Lunger	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	76	+2 laps
15	+7	Larry Perkins	BRM	73	+5 laps
R		Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth	66	DNF
R		Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford Cosworth	55	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		Boy Hayje	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	33	DNF
R		Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	22	DNF
R		Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	22	DNF
R		Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	21	DNF
R		Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:15.960

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
6	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
7	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
13	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
14	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
15	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
16	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
17	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford Cosworth
19	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
20	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
21	Boy Hayje	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22	Larry Perkins	BRM
23	Brett Lunger	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1977 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jody Scheckter	15
2	Carlos Reutemann	13
=	Niki Lauda	13
4	James Hunt	9
5	Carlos Pace	6
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	6
7	Patrick Depailler	4
8	Mario Andretti	2
=	Gunnar Nilsson	2
=	Jochen Mass	2
11	Clay Regazzoni	1
=	Renzo Zorzi	1
=	John Watson	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	22
2	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	15
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	9
4	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	7
5	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	6
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	4
7	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	4
8	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1
=	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	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)

See also

• South African Grand Prix
• Kyalami circuit
• 1977 World Championship season