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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 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1977 South African Grand Prix: ... 1977 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1977 South African Grand Prix: Marshal Sources
1 – KwaZulu is granted self-governance. 24 – A bomb explodes at the Daveyton Police Station, causing only superficial damage. [2] March. 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 ...
Tom Pryce was born on 11 June 1949 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, to Jack and Gwyneth Pryce (née Hughes). [1] [2] Jack had served in the Royal Air Force as a tail-gunner on a Lancaster bomber before joining the local police force.
The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix twenty times. Among the Formula One races held at the track the 1977 South African Grand Prix stands out, as it is principally remembered for the fatal accident that claimed the lives of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver ...
The 1977 Formula One season was the 31st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 28th World Championship of Drivers and the 20th International Cup for Formula 1 Constructors . [ 1 ] The season commenced on 9 January 1977 and ended on 23 October after seventeen races, making it the longest Formula One season in the sport's ...
Pages in category "1977 Formula One races" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... 1977 South African Grand Prix; 1977 Spanish Grand Prix;
Love and Dave Charlton both won the South African Formula One championship for six consecutive seasons, Love from 1964 to 1969 and Charlton from 1970 to 1975. In 1975 Ian Scheckter raced the Tyrrell 007 that had been campaigned by brother, Jody, in the previous year's world championship and won five of the season's races, including four on the ...