Race Result
| GP n. 283 - 05/03/1977 - Grand Prix of South-Africa Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit |
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| Winner: | Niki Lauda / Ferrari - 1:42'21.6 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:15.96 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | John Watson / Brabham-Alfa Romeo - 1:17.63 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 78 | 1:42'21.6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 78 | + 5.2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 78 | + 5.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 78 | + 9.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 78 | + 19.9 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 78 | + 20.2 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 78 | + 23.6 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 78 | + 26.7 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 22 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ensign-Ford | 78 | + 46.2 | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | 28 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 78 | + 1'11.7 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | Hans Binder |
Surtees-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 |  Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 76 | + 2 laps | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | 30 |  Brett Lunger |
March-Ford | 76 | + 2 laps | 23 | 0 |
| 15 | 14 |  Larry Perkins |
BRM | 73 | + 5 laps | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Alex Ribeiro |
March-Ford | 66 | engine | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 55 | engine | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 43 | accident | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 33 |  Boy Hayje |
March-Ford | 33 | gear box | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 22 | accident | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 22 | fatal accident | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Renzo Zorzi |
Shadow-Ford | 21 | fuel leak | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Ronnie Peterson |
Tyrrell-Ford | 5 | fuel system | 7 | 0 |