South Africa Grand Prix 1977: results

Round 3 of the 1977 season, 5 March 1977, at Kyalami Racing Circuit. Niki Lauda won for Ferrari from P3 on the grid. James Hunt took pole position. Fastest lap: John Watson, 1:17.630 (lap 7).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1:42:21.600	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	+5.200	6
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	+5.700	4
4	James Hunt	McLaren	+9.500	3
5	Jochen Mass	McLaren	+19.900	2
6	John Watson	Brabham	+20.200	1
7	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	+23.600	0
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	+26.700	0
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	+46.200	0
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+1:11.700	0
11	Hans Binder	Surtees	+1 lap	0
12	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus	+1 lap	0
13	Carlos Pace	Brabham	+2 laps	0
14	Brett Lunger	March	+2 laps	0
15	Larry Perkins	BRM	+5 laps	0
DNF	Alex Ribeiro	March	Engine	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	Engine	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	Accident	0
DNF	Boy Hayje	March	Gearbox	0
DNF	Tom Pryce	Shadow	Fatal accident	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Accident	0
DNF	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow	Fuel leak	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	Fuel system	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	James Hunt	McLaren
2	Carlos Pace	Brabham
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
5	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
6	Mario Andretti	Lotus
7	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus
11	John Watson	Brabham
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
13	Jochen Mass	McLaren
14	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees
15	Tom Pryce	Shadow
16	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign
17	Alex Ribeiro	March
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March
19	Hans Binder	Surtees
20	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow
21	Boy Hayje	March
22	Larry Perkins	BRM
23	Brett Lunger	March