Formula 1 Grand Prix of South Africa 1977

Grand Prix F1 of South Africa in 1977 was held on March 5 1977 in Kyalami . ==[Report  edit ] == The race will mainly be remembered for the death of driver Tom Pryce and a marshall Jansen Van Vuuren .

In the 22th round the marshal crossed the job over to extinguish a fire at the car of Renzo Zorzi and was hit by the car of Pryce. The impact was the marshal killed, while Pryce was slain contributed by the extinguisher Van Vuuren. The impact of the fire extinguisher ripped the helmet from the head of Pryce, and he was almost decapitated. ==[Result  edit ] == ==Statistics [  edit ] == 