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The 1977 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXIII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 5 March 1977, won by Niki Lauda of Austria. The race is principally remembered for the accident that resulted in the deaths of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver Tom Pryce .
1977 South African Grand Prix: Shadow DN8 - Cosworth 6 Johan Boshoff 11 June 1977 Jukskei Sweep 1977 Republic Trophy Races Practice Yamaha OW31 7 Keith Petersen
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.
[8] 1985 was the final South African Grand Prix until the end of apartheid, with FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre announcing days after the race that a Grand Prix would not return to the nation because of apartheid. [1] After the end of apartheid in 1991, Formula One returned to Kyalami for two Grands Prix in 1992 and 1993.
5 – British Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his car strikes and kills marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren. 7 – A Pretoria restaurant is destroyed by a bomb. April. 1 – Pik Botha, South Africa's ambassador in the United States of America, is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs. June
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1978 South African Grand Prix; Race 3 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season: Race details; Date: 4 March 1978: Official name: XXIV Citizen and Asseng 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 ...
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 ...