March 5, 1977 Kyalami | Lap distance 4.104 km
Report | Articles (3) | Photos (18) | 1977 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Ferrari 312T2 | Ferrari 312B | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'21.6 | 3 | 1'16.29 | 2 | 1'17.68 | (21) | |
| 2 | 6 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'26.8 | +5.2 | 5 | 1'16.35 | 4 | 1'17.86 | (21) |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell P34 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'27.3 | +5.7 | 4 | 1'16.33 | 7 | 1'17.98 | (5) |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'31.1 | +9.5 | 1 | 1'15.96 | 3 | 1'17.85 | (4) |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Jochen Mass (GER) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'41.5 | +19.9 | 13 | 1'16.99 | 12 | 1'18.21 | (22) |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT45 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'41.8 | +20.2 | 11 | 1'16.71 | 1 | 1'17.63 | (7) |
| 7 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'45.2 | +23.6 | 14 | 1'17.08 | 8 | 1'18.00 | (11) | |
| 8 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T2 | Ferrari 312B | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'48.3 | +26.7 | 8 | 1'16.54 | 8 | 1'18.00 | (7) | |
| 9 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:43'07.8 | +46.2 | 16 | 1'17.21 | 15 | 1'18.39 | (29) | |
| 10 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi FD04 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:43'33.3 | +1'11.7 | 9 | 1'16.64 | 11 | 1'18.18 | (14) | |
| 11 | 18 | Hans Binder (AUT) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | 1:43'01.8 | +1 lap | 19 | 1'18.07 | 19 | 1'19.33 | (16) | |
| 12 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | 1:43'26.2 | +1 lap | 10 | 1'16.65 | 13 | 1'18.23 | (15) | |
| 13 | 8 | Carlos Pace (BRA) | Brabham BT45B | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 76 | 1:42'30.3 | +2 laps | 2 | 1'16.01 | 5 | 1'17.88 | (12) | |
| 14 | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | 1:42'46.9 | +2 laps | 23 | 1'24.35 | 21 | 1'19.95 | (15) | |
| 15 | 14 | Larry Perkins (AUS) | BRM P201B | BRM P202 | Goodyear | 73 | 1:43'46.0 | +5 laps | 22 | 1'21.77 | 23 | 1'22.64 | (26) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 9 | Alex Ribeiro (BRA) | March 761B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | 17 | 1'17.44 | 18 | 1'18.65 | (16) | |||
| engine | 10 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | March 761B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 55 | 18 | 1'17.49 | 16 | 1'18.45 | (11) | |||
| accident | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 6 | 1'16.38 | 10 | 1'18.13 | (30) | |||
| gearbox | 33 | Boy Hayje (NED) | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 33 | 21 | 1'19.59 | 22 | 1'21.21 | (4) | |||
| accident | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS7 | Matra MS76 | Goodyear | 22 | 12 | 1'16.74 | 14 | 1'18.31 | (15) | |||
| accident | 16 | Tom Pryce (GBR) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 22 | 15 | 1'17.11 | 6 | 1'17.91 | (14) | |||
| fuel leak | 17 | Renzo Zorzi (ITA) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 20 | 1'18.42 | 20 | 1'19.72 | (20) | |||
| fuel system | 3 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Tyrrell P34 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 5 | 7 | 1'16.44 | 17 | 1'18.50 | (5) | |||
