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1977 South African Grand Prix
Race 3 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date 5 March 1977
Official name XXIII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa
Location Kyalami
Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.104 km (2.550 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
  • United Kingdom James Hunt
McLaren-Ford
Time 1:15.96
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Time 1:17.63 on lap 7
Podium
First
  • Austria Niki Lauda
Ferrari
Second
  • South Africa Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford
Third
  • France Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXIII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 5 March 1977, won by Niki Lauda of Austria. The race is principally remembered for the accident that resulted in the deaths of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver Tom Pryce. It was also the last race for Carlos Pace, who was killed in an aircraft accident less than two weeks later.

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