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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 ...
Location of incident on track Vehicle involved Driver involved Incident description 1 Frederick Jansen van Vuuren [22] Marshal 5 March 1977 [23] 1977 South African Grand Prix: Pit-Straight [22] Shadow DN8: Tom Pryce: van Vuuren was a junior fire marshal in the pit lane.
Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (from Khaya lami, My home in Zulu) is a 4.529 km (2.814 mi) motor racing circuit located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Johannesburg. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix twenty times.
The South African Grand Prix was first run as a Grand Prix motor racing handicap race in 1934 at the Prince George Circuit at East London, Cape Province. It drew top drivers from Europe including Bernd Rosemeyer , Richard "Dick" Seaman , Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth and the 1939 winner Luigi Villoresi .
1977 South African Grand Prix Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Wales known for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions , a non-championship Formula One race, in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death at age 27 .
The 1976 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 March 1976 at Kyalami in Transvaal Province, South Africa. [3] It was the second round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the 22nd South African Grand Prix and the tenth to be held at Kyalami. The race ...
20 February – Christoffel Venter 84, South African Air Force general. (b. 1892) 5 March – Tom Pryce 27, a Welsh racing driver, (b. 1949) killed during the 1977 South African Grand Prix in Midrand; 8 March – Moses Kottler, sculptor. (b. 1896) 12 September – Steve Biko 30, black consciousness activist. (b. 1946) [3]
South African Grand Prix: Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand: 5 March 4 United States Grand Prix West: Long Beach Street Circuit, California: 3 April 5 Spanish Grand Prix: Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, Madrid: 8 May 6 Monaco Grand Prix: Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo: 22 May 7 Belgian Grand Prix: Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder: 5 June 8 ...