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South African Grand Prix 1977

Round 3 of 17  · 5 March 1977  · Kyalami  · 78 laps

Fastest Lap John Watson 1:17.630 (lap 7)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 LAU Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 1:42:21.600 9
2 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 +5.200 6
3 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4 +5.700 4
4 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1 +9.500 3
5 MAS Jochen Mass McLaren 13 +19.900 2
6 WAT John Watson FL Brabham 11 +20.200 1
7 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 14 +23.600
8 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 +26.700
9 REG Clay Regazzoni Ensign 16 +46.200
10 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 +1:11.700
11 BIN Hans Binder Surtees 19 +1 lap
12 NIL Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 10 +1 lap
13 PAC Carlos Pace Brabham 2 +2 laps
14 LUN Brett Lunger March 23 +2 laps
15 PER Larry Perkins BRM 22 +5 laps
DNF RIB Alex Ribeiro March 17 Engine
DNF STU Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 Engine
DNF AND Mario Andretti Lotus 6 Accident
DNF HAY Boy Hayje March 21 Gearbox
DNF PRY Tom Pryce Shadow 15 Fatal accident
DNF LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 Accident
DNF ZOR Renzo Zorzi Shadow 20 Fuel leak
DNF PET Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 7 Fuel system

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:15.960
2 PAC Carlos Pace Brabham 1:16.010
3 LAU Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:16.290
4 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:16.330
5 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 1:16.350
6 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:16.380
7 PET Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 1:16.440
8 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:16.540
9 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:16.640
10 NIL Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 1:16.650
11 WAT John Watson Brabham 1:16.710
12 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:16.740
13 MAS Jochen Mass McLaren 1:16.990
14 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1:17.080
15 PRY Tom Pryce Shadow 1:17.110
16 REG Clay Regazzoni Ensign 1:17.210
17 RIB Alex Ribeiro March 1:17.440
18 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck March 1:17.490
19 BIN Hans Binder Surtees 1:18.070
20 ZOR Renzo Zorzi Shadow 1:18.420
21 HAY Boy Hayje March 1:19.590
22 PER Larry Perkins BRM 1:21.770
23 LUN Brett Lunger March 1:24.350