Season 1977 · Round 3

South African Grand Prix

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1977-03-05 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 78Lap · 320.112km
11 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:42:21.600
Team win 9pt P1 · P8
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +5.200
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +5.700
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Alex Ribeiro L66 Hans-Joachim Stuck L55 Mario Andretti L43 Boy Lunger L33 Jacques Laffite L22 Tom Pryce L22 Renzo Zorzi L21 Ronnie Peterson L5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
78Lap 320.112km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P6 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Ronnie Peterson 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Lauda · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Scheckter · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Depailler · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Depailler DEP 3 Depailler DEP Hunt · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Hunt HUN 4 Hunt HUN Mass · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Mass MAS 5 Mass MAS Watson · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Brambilla · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Brambilla BRA 7 Brambilla BRA Reutemann · P8 → P8 8 Reutemann REU 8 Reutemann REU Regazzoni · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Regazzoni REG 9 Regazzoni REG Fittipaldi · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Fittipaldi FIT 10 Fittipaldi FIT Binder · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Binder BIN 11 Binder BIN Nilsson · P10 → P12 · -2 10 Nilsson NIL 12 Nilsson NIL Pace · P2 → P13 · -11 2 Pace PAC 13 Pace PAC Lunger · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Lunger LUN 14 Lunger LUN Perkins · P22 → P15 · +7 22 Perkins PER 15 Perkins PER Ribeiro · P17 → retired L66 Ribeiro · retired L66 17 Ribeiro RIB R Ribeiro RIB Stuck · P18 → retired L55 Stuck · retired L55 18 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Andretti · P6 → retired L43 Andretti · retired L43 6 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Lunger · P21 → retired L33 Lunger · retired L33 21 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Laffite · P12 → retired L22 Laffite · retired L22 12 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Pryce · P15 → retired L22 Pryce · retired L22 15 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Zorzi · P20 → retired L21 Zorzi · retired L21 20 Zorzi ZOR R Zorzi ZOR Peterson · P7 → retired L5 Peterson · retired L5 7 Peterson PET R Peterson PET
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 78 1:42:21.600 9
2 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 78 +5.200 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4 78 +5.700 4
4 1 James Hunt McLaren 1 78 +9.500 3
5 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 78 +19.900 2
6 7 John Watson Brabham 11 78 +20.200 1
7 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 14 78 +23.600
8 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 78 +26.700
9 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 16 78 +46.200
10 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 78 +1:11.700
11 18 Hans Binder Surtees 19 77 +1 Lap
12 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 10 77 +1 Lap
13 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 2 76 +2 Laps
14 30 Brett Lunger March 23 76 +2 Laps
15 18 Larry Perkins BRM 22 73 +5 Laps
R 9 Alex Ribeiro March 17 66 Engine
R 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 55 Engine
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 43 Accident
R 33 Boy Lunger March 21 33 Gearbox
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 22 Accident
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 15 22 Accident
R 16 Renzo Zorzi Shadow 20 21 Fuel leak
R 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 7 5 Fuel system
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 James Hunt
2
8 Carlos Pace
3
11 Niki Lauda
4
4 Patrick Depailler
5
20 Jody Scheckter
6
5 Mario Andretti
7
3 Ronnie Peterson
8
12 Carlos Reutemann
9
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
10
6 Gunnar Nilsson
11
7 John Watson
12
2 Jochen Mass
12
26 Jacques Laffite
14
19 Vittorio Brambilla
15
16 Tom Pryce
16
22 Clay Regazzoni
17
9 Alex Ribeiro
18
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
19
18 Hans Binder
20
16 Renzo Zorzi
21
33 Boy Lunger
22
18 Larry Perkins
23
30 Brett Lunger
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15