Pit Lane F1
1977 Season - Round 3 - 1977-03-05
Niki Lauda won the 1977 South African Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Jody Scheckter (Wolf) second and Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Brett Lunger (March) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P23 on the grid to P14 at the flag — a 9-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 8 drivers failing to finish.
23 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1977 South African Grand Prix, completing round 3 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| James Hunt |
| McLaren |
| 1 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 12 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | John Watson | Brabham | 11 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 14 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 8 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 16 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 9 | Finished | 0 |
| 11 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 10 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Carlos Pace | Brabham | 2 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Brett Lunger | March | 23 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Larry Perkins | BRM | 22 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | Boy Lunger | March | 21 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 12 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 15 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow | 20 | Fuel leak | 0 |
| 23 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 7 | Fuel system | 0 |
