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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
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.
Dutch Grand Prix: Circuit Park Zandvoort: March 731: Race [18] François Cevert (FRA) October 6, 1973: 29 United States Grand Prix: Watkins Glen International: Tyrrell 006: Qualifying [38] Peter Revson (USA) March 22, 1974: 35 South African Grand Prix [note 13] Kyalami Racing Circuit: Shadow DN3: Test [39] Helmuth Koinigg (AUT) October 6, 1974: 25
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 .
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.
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
Mbongeni Ngema, renowned South African creator of the musical Sarafina!, has died in a car crash aged 68.. News of his death was announced by his family in a statement to the Associated Press. It ...
Depailler was 3rd in the 1978 Argentine Grand Prix in an Elf-Tyrrell. [26] Peterson passed Depailler on the last turn of the last lap at Kyalami, to claim the 1978 South African Grand Prix. Depailler's car was running short of fuel, allowing Peterson to erase a 9-second gap to win. [27] Depailler climbed from 12th starting place to end in 3rd ...