1977 South African Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Saturday, 5 March 1977
Winner:	Niki Lauda Ferrari
Pole position:	James Hunt McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:	John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Circuit:	Kyalami, 78 laps
Round:	3 of 17

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

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 (P)	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 (P)	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

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:15.960
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 (P)
22	Larry Perkins	BRM
23	Brett Lunger	March-Ford Cosworth (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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

Driver: Carlos Pace, Tom Pryce

Constructor: BRM

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Patrick Depailler

Wins

Driver: 13th for Niki Lauda

Constructor: 66th for Ferrari

Podiums

Driver: 24th for Niki Lauda, 16th for Jody Scheckter, 10th for Patrick Depailler

Constructor: 223rd for Ferrari, 57th for Tyrrell, 2nd for Wolf

Poles

Driver: 11th for James Hunt

Constructor: 15th for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 1st for John Watson (64th different fastest lap setter, 13th British driver)

Constructor: 21st for Brabham

Front row starts

Driver: 16th for James Hunt, 7th and last for Carlos Pace

See also

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