Kyalami · 5 March 1977
Niki Lauda won the 1977 South African Grand Prix for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid, 5.2s ahead of Jody Scheckter. Brett Lunger gained the most places, from 23rd on the grid to 14th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Lauda 9 + Reutemann 0 | Lauda 9 + Reutemann 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Wolf Scheckter 6 | Scheckter 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | McLaren Hunt 3 + Mass 2 | Hunt 3 + Mass 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Depailler 4 + Peterson 0 | Depailler 4 + Peterson 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Brabham Watson 1 + Pace 0 | Watson 1 + Pace 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Surtees Brambilla 0 + Binder 0 | Brambilla 0 + Binder 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ensign Regazzoni 0 | Regazzoni 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Team Lotus Nilsson 0 + Andretti 0 | Nilsson 0 + Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | March Lunger 0 + Ribeiro 0 + Stuck 0 + Hayje 0 | Lunger 0 + Ribeiro 0 + Stuck 0 + Hayje 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | BRM Perkins 0 | Perkins 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Shadow Pryce 0 + Zorzi 0 | Pryce 0 + Zorzi 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:42:21.600 | 78 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +5.200s | 78 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +5.700s | 78 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | +9.500s | 78 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +19.900s | 78 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +20.200s | 78 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | +23.600s | 78 | — | — | |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +26.700s | 78 | — | — | |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni Ensign | Ensign | +46.200s | 78 | — | — | |
| 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1:11.700 | 78 | — | — | |
| 11 | Hans Binder Surtees | Surtees | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 12 | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 13 | Carlos Pace Brabham | Brabham | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 14 | Brett Lunger March | March | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 15 | Larry Perkins BRM | BRM | +5 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Ribeiro March | March | DNF Engine | 66 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | March | DNF Engine | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Boy Hayje March | March | DNF Gearbox | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Accident | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Renzo Zorzi Shadow | Shadow | DNF Fuel leak | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Fuel system | 5 | — | — |