South African Grand Prix 1977 Results

Round 3 · Midrand

South African Grand Prix

Kyalami · South Africa

Race results

South African Grand Prix Race results
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Pos +/-	Laps	Leader gap	Stops	Pts
01	Niki LaudaN. Lauda	Ferrari	3	2	78	Leader	—	9
02	Jody ScheckterJ. Scheckter	Wolf	5	3	78	+5.200	—	6
03	Patrick DepaillerP. Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1	78	+5.700	—	4
04	James HuntJ. Hunt	McLaren	1	3	78	+9.500	—	3
05	Jochen MassJ. Mass	McLaren	13	8	78	+19.900	—	2
06	John WatsonJ. Watson	Brabham	11	5	78	+20.200	—	1
07	Vittorio BrambillaV. Brambilla	Surtees	14	7	78	+23.600	—	0
08	Carlos ReutemannC. Reutemann	Ferrari	8	—	78	+26.700	—	0
09	Clay RegazzoniC. Regazzoni	Ensign	16	7	78	+46.200	—	0
10	Emerson FittipaldiE. Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	9	1	78	+1:11.700	—	0
11	Hans BinderH. Binder	Surtees	19	8	77	+1 lap	—	0
12	Gunnar NilssonG. Nilsson	Team Lotus	10	2	77	+1 lap	—	0
13	Carlos PaceC. Pace	Brabham	2	11	76	+2 laps	—	0
14	Brett LungerB. Lunger	March	23	9	76	+2 laps	—	0
15	Larry PerkinsL. Perkins	BRM	22	7	73	+5 laps	—	0
DNF	Alex RibeiroA. Ribeiro	March	17	1	66	Engine	—	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim StuckH. Stuck	March	18	1	55	Engine	—	0
DNF	Mario AndrettiM. Andretti	Team Lotus	6	12	43	Accident	—	0
DNF	Boy LungerB. Lunger	March	21	2	33	Gearbox	—	0
DNF	Tom PryceT. Pryce	Shadow	15	5	22	Fatal accident	—	0
DNF	Jacques LaffiteJ. Laffite	Ligier	12	9	22	Accident	—	0
DNF	Renzo ZorziR. Zorzi	Shadow	20	2	21	Fuel leak	—	0
DNF	Ronnie PetersonR. Peterson	Tyrrell	7	16	5	Fuel system	—	0

Round 3 · Midrand

Kyalami · South Africa

Race results

South African Grand Prix Race results
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Pos +/-	Laps	Leader gap	Stops	Pts
01	Niki LaudaN. Lauda	Ferrari	3	2	78	Leader	—	9
02	Jody ScheckterJ. Scheckter	Wolf	5	3	78	+5.200	—	6
03	Patrick DepaillerP. Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1	78	+5.700	—	4
04	James HuntJ. Hunt	McLaren	1	3	78	+9.500	—	3
05	Jochen MassJ. Mass	McLaren	13	8	78	+19.900	—	2
06	John WatsonJ. Watson	Brabham	11	5	78	+20.200	—	1
07	Vittorio BrambillaV. Brambilla	Surtees	14	7	78	+23.600	—	0
08	Carlos ReutemannC. Reutemann	Ferrari	8	—	78	+26.700	—	0
09	Clay RegazzoniC. Regazzoni	Ensign	16	7	78	+46.200	—	0
10	Emerson FittipaldiE. Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	9	1	78	+1:11.700	—	0
11	Hans BinderH. Binder	Surtees	19	8	77	+1 lap	—	0
12	Gunnar NilssonG. Nilsson	Team Lotus	10	2	77	+1 lap	—	0
13	Carlos PaceC. Pace	Brabham	2	11	76	+2 laps	—	0
14	Brett LungerB. Lunger	March	23	9	76	+2 laps	—	0
15	Larry PerkinsL. Perkins	BRM	22	7	73	+5 laps	—	0
DNF	Alex RibeiroA. Ribeiro	March	17	1	66	Engine	—	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim StuckH. Stuck	March	18	1	55	Engine	—	0
DNF	Mario AndrettiM. Andretti	Team Lotus	6	12	43	Accident	—	0
DNF	Boy LungerB. Lunger	March	21	2	33	Gearbox	—	0
DNF	Tom PryceT. Pryce	Shadow	15	5	22	Fatal accident	—	0
DNF	Jacques LaffiteJ. Laffite	Ligier	12	9	22	Accident	—	0
DNF	Renzo ZorziR. Zorzi	Shadow	20	2	21	Fuel leak	—	0
DNF	Ronnie PetersonR. Peterson	Tyrrell	7	16	5	Fuel system	—	0

Complete weekend analysis loaded.

Championship impact

John Watson1:17.630

Recorded on lap 7.

P2Niki Lauda4+913 pts after race

P1Jody Scheckter1+615 pts after race

P7Patrick Depailler+44 pts after race

P4James Hunt1+39 pts after race

P8Jochen Mass+22 pts after race

P1Ferrari+922 pts after race

P2Wolf+615 pts after race

P3McLaren+59 pts after race

P6Tyrrell+44 pts after race

P4Brabham1+17 pts after race