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Home / Seasons / 1977 F1 World Championship Season / 1977 South African Grand Prix

1977 South African Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 5 March 1977
Winner
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo
CircuitKyalami, 78 laps
Round3 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 South African Grand Prix was the

  • 283rd World Championship race
  • 14th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Kyalami
More 1977 season
More South African Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari781hr 42m 21.600s9
2+3South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth78+5.200s6
3+1France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+5.700s4
4-3United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+9.500s3
5+8Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+19.900s2
6+5United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo78+20.200s1
7+7Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth78+23.600s 
8 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari78+26.700s 
9+7Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth78+46.200s 
10-1Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth78+1m 11.700s 
11+8Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
12-2Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
13-11Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo76+2 laps 
14+9USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)76+2 laps 
15+7Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBRM73+5 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Boy HayjeMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)33DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra22DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth5DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:15.960

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
3Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
4France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
6USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
7Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari
9Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
10Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
11United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
12France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
13Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
16Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
17Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
18Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
19Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth
21Netherlands flag lazyload Boy HayjeMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBRM
23USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter15
2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann13
=Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda13
4United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt9
5Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
6Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi6
7France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler4
8USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti2
=Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson2
=Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass2
11Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni1
=Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari22
2Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth15
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth9
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo7
5Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth6
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth1

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

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