1977 South African Grand Prix

Name: 1977 South African Grand Prix
Start: 05/03/1977
Location: Kyalami

Saturday, March 5, 1977
Citizen South African Grand Prix
F1 World Championship

Race Winner

Niki Lauda , Scuderia Ferrari

Country

South Africa

Circuit

Kyalami

Round

Laps

Pole

James Hunt , Marlboro Team McLaren

Fastest Lap

Watson, 1m 17.63s

1977 Season

Past Results

1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1963, 1962, 1962, 1960, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1934

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 2	Niki Lauda	11	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312T2 (Goodyear)	1h 42m 21.6s	9
2 3	Jody Scheckter	20	Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf WR1-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 42m 26.8s	6
3 1	Patrick Depailler	4	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell P34-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 42m 27.3s	4
4 3	James Hunt	1	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M23-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 42m 31.1s	3
5 8	Jochen Mass	2	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M23-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 42m 41.5s	2
6 5	John Watson	7	Martini Racing (Brabham)	Brabham BT45-Alfa Romeo (Goodyear)	1h 42m 41.8s	1
7 7	Vittorio Brambilla	19	Team Surtees	Surtees TS19-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 42m 45.2s	0
8	Carlos Reutemann	12	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312T2 (Goodyear)	1h 42m 48.3s	0
9 7	Clay Regazzoni	22	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	Ensign N177-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 43m 7.8s	0
10 1	Emerson Fittipaldi	28	Copersucar-Fittipaldi Automotive	Fittipaldi FD04-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 43m 33.3s	0
11 8	Hans Binder	18	Team Surtees	Surtees TS19-Ford (Goodyear)	77 laps	0
12 2	Gunnar Nilsson	6	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 78-Ford (Goodyear)	77 laps	0
13 11	Carlos Pace	8	Martini Racing (Brabham)	Brabham BT45B-Alfa Romeo (Goodyear)	76 laps	0
14 9	Brett Lunger	30	Chesterfield Racing	March 761-Ford (Goodyear)	76 laps	0
15 7	Larry Perkins	14	Rotary Watches Stanley BRM	Stanley BRM P201B (Goodyear)	73 laps	0
R	Tom Pryce	16	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8A-Ford (Goodyear)	22 laps Fatal accident	0
R	Renzo Zorzi	17	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8A-Ford (Goodyear)	21 laps Engine	0
R	Hans-Joachim Stuck	10	March Engineering	March 761B-Ford (Goodyear)	55 laps Engine	0
R	Boy Hayje	33	RAM Racing	March 761-Ford (Goodyear)	33 laps Gearbox	0
R	Mario Andretti	5	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 78-Ford (Goodyear)	43 laps Suspension	0
R	Ronnie Peterson	3	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell P34-Ford (Goodyear)	5 laps Fuel pressure	0
R	Jacques Laffite	26	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS7-Matra (Goodyear)	22 laps Accident	0
R	Alex Ribeiro	9	March Engineering	March 761B-Ford (Goodyear)	66 laps Engine	0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	James Hunt	Marlboro Team McLaren	1m 15.96s
2	Carlos Pace	Martini Racing (Brabham)	1m 16.01s
3	Niki Lauda	Scuderia Ferrari	1m 16.29s
4	Patrick Depailler	Elf Team Tyrrell	1m 16.33s
5	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	1m 16.35s
6	Mario Andretti	John Player Team Lotus	1m 16.38s
7	Ronnie Peterson	Elf Team Tyrrell	1m 16.44s
8	Carlos Reutemann	Scuderia Ferrari	1m 16.54s
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Fittipaldi Automotive	1m 16.64s
10	Gunnar Nilsson	John Player Team Lotus	1m 16.65s
11	John Watson	Martini Racing (Brabham)	1m 16.71s
12	Jacques Laffite	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	1m 16.74s
13	Jochen Mass	Marlboro Team McLaren	1m 16.99s
14	Vittorio Brambilla	Team Surtees	1m 17.08s
15	Tom Pryce	Shadow Racing Team	1m 17.11s
16	Clay Regazzoni	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	1m 17.21s
17	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering	1m 17.44s
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March Engineering	1m 17.49s
19	Hans Binder	Team Surtees	1m 18.07s
20	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow Racing Team	1m 18.42s
21	Boy Hayje	RAM Racing	1m 19.59s
22	Larry Perkins	Rotary Watches Stanley BRM	1m 21.77s
23	Brett Lunger	Chesterfield Racing	1m 24.35s