The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 3

South African Grand Prix

1977  ·  Kyalami  ·  5 March 1977  ·  78 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda Ferrari · 01:42:21.6
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Wolf · +5.2
  3. 3rd Patrick Depailler Tyrrell · +5.7

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 43

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

03 Lap 55

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement March  —  Engine

04 Lap 66

Alex Ribeiro

Retirement March  —  Engine

05 On the Charge

Brett Lunger

March  —  P23 → P14

06 Victory

Niki Lauda

Ferrari  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 78 01:42:21.6 9
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 78 +5.2 6
3 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4 78 +5.7 4
4 James Hunt McLaren 1 78 +9.5 3
5 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 78 +19.9 2
6 John Watson Brabham 11 78 +20.2 1
7 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 14 78 +23.6
8 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 78 +26.7
9 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 16 78 +46.2
10 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 78 +1:11.700
11 Hans Binder Surtees 19 77 +1 Lap
12 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 10 77 +1 Lap
13 Carlos Pace Brabham 2 76 +2 Laps
14 Brett Lunger March 23 76 +2 Laps
15 Larry Perkins BRM 22 73 +5 Laps
16 Alex Ribeiro March 17 66 Engine
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 55 Engine
18 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 43 Accident
19 Boy Lunger March 21 33 Gearbox
20 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 22 Accident
21 Tom Pryce Shadow 15 22 Accident
22 Renzo Zorzi Shadow 20 21 Fuel leak
23 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 7 5 Fuel system

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