The 1977 South African Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1977 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Kyalami in South Africa on Sunday, 5 March 1977. James Hunt started on pole position in the McLaren Ford and Niki Lauda was the race winner for Ferrari.
1977 South African Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42:21.600 | 1:42:21.600 | - | - | 1:17.680 | 21 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +5.200 | 1:42:26.800 | +5.200 | +5.200 | 1:17.860 | 21 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +5.700 | 1:42:27.300 | +5.700 | +0.500 | 1:17.980 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +9.500 | 1:42:31.100 | +9.500 | +3.800 | 1:17.850 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +19.900 | 1:42:41.500 | +19.900 | +10.400 | 1:18.210 | 22 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 78 | +20.200 | 1:42:41.800 | +20.200 | +0.300 | 1:17.630 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +23.600 | 1:42:45.200 | +23.600 | +3.400 | 1:18.000 | 11 | 14 | |
| 8 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | +26.700 | 1:42:48.300 | +26.700 | +3.100 | 1:18.000 | 7 | 8 | |
| 9 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +46.200 | 1:43:07.800 | +46.200 | +19.500 | 1:18.390 | 29 | 16 | |
| 10 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +1:11.700 | 1:43:33.300 | +1:11.700 | +25.500 | 1:18.180 | 14 | 9 | |
| 11 | 18 | Hans Binder | Austria | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.330 | 16 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:18.230 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 13 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:17.880 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 30 | Brett Lunger | United States | March Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:19.950 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 14 | Larry Perkins | Australia | BRM | Goodyear | 73 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 3 laps | 1:22.640 | 26 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | Brazil | March Ford | Goodyear | 66 | Engine | 1:18.650 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 55 | Engine | 1:18.450 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 43 | Accident | 1:18.130 | 30 | 6 | ||||
| DNF | 33 | Boy Hayje | Netherlands | March Ford | Goodyear | 33 | Gearbox | 1:21.210 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 22 | Accident | 1:18.310 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 22 | Fatal Accident | 1:17.910 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| DNF | 17 | Renzo Zorzi | Italy | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 21 | Fuel Leak | 1:19.720 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| DNF | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 5 | Fuel System | 1:18.500 | 5 | 7 |