Round 3 · 5 March 1977
South African Grand Prix
Kyalami · Midrand, South Africa
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
22 drivers
After Round 2
1
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
13
pts
2
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
9
pts
3
Carlos Pace
Brabham
6
pts
4
James Hunt
McLaren
6
pts
5
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
6
pts
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6
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
4
pts
7
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
2
pts
8
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
2
pts
9
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign
1
pts
10
Renzo Zorzi
Shadow
1
pts
-
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Ian Scheckter
March
0
pts
-
Tom Pryce
Shadow
0
pts
-
John Watson
Brabham
0
pts
-
Hans Binder
Surtees
0
pts
-
Alex Ribeiro
March
0
pts
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
0
pts
-
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Jochen Mass
McLaren
0
pts
-
Ronnie Peterson
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Larry Perkins
BRM
0
pts
After the race
25 drivers
After Round 3
1
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
↑1
15
+6
2
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
↓1
13
+0
3
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
↑3
13
+9
4
James Hunt
McLaren
—
9
+3
5
Carlos Pace
Brabham
↓2
6
+0
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6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓1
6
+0
7
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
↑992
4
+4
8
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
—
2
+0
9
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
↓2
2
+0
10
Jochen Mass
McLaren
↑989
2
+2
11
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign
↓2
1
+0
12
John Watson
Brabham
↑987
1
+1
13
Renzo Zorzi
Shadow
↓3
1
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Hans Binder
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
March
NEW
0
+0
-
Larry Perkins
BRM
—
0
+0
-
Ian Scheckter
March
—
0
+0
-
Tom Pryce
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Alex Ribeiro
March
—
0
+0
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Ronnie Peterson
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
NEW
0
+0
-
Boy Lunger
March
NEW
0
+0
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Race classification
23 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAU Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 3 | 1:42:21.600 | 9 |
| 2 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | +5.200 | 6 |
| 3 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | +5.700 | 4 |
| 4 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | +9.500 | 3 |
| 5 | MAS Jochen Mass | McLaren | 12 | +19.900 | 2 |
| 6 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 11 | +20.200 | 1 |
| 7 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 14 | +23.600 | 0 |
| 8 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 8 | +26.700 | 0 |
| 9 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 16 | +46.200 | 0 |
| 10 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 9 | +1:11.700 | 0 |
| 11 | BIN Hans Binder | Surtees | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 12 | NIL Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 10 | 1L | 0 |
| 13 | PAC Carlos Pace | Brabham | 2 | 2L | 0 |
| 14 | LUN Brett Lunger | March | 23 | 2L | 0 |
| 15 | PER Larry Perkins | BRM | 22 | 5L | 0 |
| R | RIB Alex Ribeiro | March | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | LUN Boy Lunger | March | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | PRY Tom Pryce | Shadow | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | ZOR Renzo Zorzi | Shadow | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | PET Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 7 | — | 0 |