1977 Formula One season

The 1977 Formula One season included the 28th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 9, 1977, and ended on October 23 after seventeen races.

[edit] Season summary

Niki Lauda took his second championship, though Mario Andretti won more races. Jody Scheckter's Wolf won first time out, Shadow took their only victory, and Gunnar Nilsson achieved the only win of a career tragically cut short by cancer. Renault entered grand prix racing with a turbocharged car which was initially not very successful. The German ATS team took over the Penske cars and the South African Grand Prix was the last race a BRM ever qualified to start.

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 9	Oscar Gálvez	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 23	Interlagos	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 5	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	April 3	Long Beach	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	May 8	Jarama	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	June 5	Zolder	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	Swedish Grand Prix	June 19	Scandinavian Raceway	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Report
9	French Grand Prix	July 3	Dijon-Prenois	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 16	Silverstone	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	July 31	Hockenheimring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 14	Österreichring	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	August 28	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 11	Monza	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 2	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
16	Canadian Grand Prix	October 9	Mosport	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Report
17	Japanese Grand Prix	October 23	Fuji Speedway	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report

[edit] 1977 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312T2	Ferrari 015		95 (97)	4	16	2
2	Lotus-Ford	78	Ford Cosworth DFV		62	5	7	7
3	McLaren-Ford	M23 M26	Ford Cosworth DFV		60	3	7	6
4	Wolf-Ford	WR1-4	Ford Cosworth DFV		55	3	9	1
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	BT45 BT45B	Alfa Romeo 115-12		27		4	1
6	Tyrrell-Ford	P34	Ford Cosworth DFV		27		4
7	Shadow-Ford	DN5B DN8	Ford Cosworth DFV		23	1	2
8	Ligier-Matra	JS7	Matra MS76		18	1	2
9	Fittipaldi-Ford	FD04 F5	Ford Cosworth DFV		11
10	Ensign-Ford	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV		10
11	Surtees-Ford	TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV		6
12	Penske-Ford	PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV		1
13	Boro-Ford	001	Ford Cosworth DFV
14	LEC-Ford	CRP-1	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	McGuire-Ford	BM1	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Kojima-Ford	KE009	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	BRM	P207 P201B	BRM P202 BRM P200
18	Hesketh-Ford	308E	Ford Cosworth DFV
19	Renault	RS01	Renault-Gordini EF1
20	March-Ford	761 761B 771	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 1977 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN Pts [2] 1 Niki Lauda Ret 3 1 2 Ret 2 2 Ret 5 2 1 2 1 2 4 72 2 Jody Scheckter 1 Ret 2 3 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret 3 1 10 55 3 Mario Andretti 5 Ret Ret 1 1 5 Ret 6 1 14 Ret Ret Ret 1 2 9 Ret 47 4 Carlos Reutemann 3 1 8 Ret 2 3 Ret 3 6 15 4 4 6 Ret 6 Ret 2 42 5 James Hunt Ret 2 4 7 Ret Ret 7 12 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 40 6 Jochen Mass Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 4 Ret 2 9 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret 25 7 Alan Jones Ret Ret 6 5 17 Ret 7 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret 4 4 22 8 Gunnar Nilsson 5 12 8 5 Ret 1 19 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 9 Patrick Depailler Ret Ret 3 4 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 2 3 20 10 Jacques Laffite NC Ret Ret 9 7 7 Ret 1 8 6 Ret Ret 2 8 7 Ret 5 18 11 Hans Joachim Stuck Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 10 Ret 5 3 3 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 12 12 Emerson Fittipaldi 4 4 10 5 14 Ret Ret 18 11 Ret DNQ 11 4 DNQ 13 Ret 11 13 John Watson Ret Ret 6 DSQ Ret Ret Ret 5 2 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 14 Ronnie Peterson Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 3 Ret 12 Ret 9 5 Ret 6 16 Ret Ret 7 15 Carlos Pace 2 Ret 13 6 16 Vittorio Brambilla 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 13 8 5 15 12 Ret 19 6 8 6 17 Clay Regazzoni 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 7 7 DNQ Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 5 18 Patrick Tambay DNQ Ret 6 Ret 5 Ret DNQ 5 Ret 5 19 Jean-Pierre Jarier 6 DNQ 11 11 8 Ret 9 Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 Ret 1 20 Riccardo Patrese 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 13 Ret 10 6 1 21 Renzo Zorzi Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 1 22 Rupert Keegan Ret 12 Ret 13 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret 9 8 Ret 0 23 Patrick Nève 12 10 15 DNQ 10 DNQ 9 DNQ 7 18 Ret 0 24 Vern Schuppan 12 7 16 DNQ 0 25 Ingo Hoffmann Ret 7 0 26 Danny Ongais Ret 7 0 27 Alex Ribeiro Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ 11 DNQ 15 8 12 0 28 Hans Binder Ret Ret 11 11 9 Ret 12 8 DNQ 11 Ret Ret 0 29 Brett Lunger 14 Ret 10 11 DNQ 13 Ret 10 9 Ret 10 11 0 30 Harald Ertl Ret DNQ 9 16 DNQ 0 31 Jackie Oliver 9 0 32 Kunimitsu Takahashi 9 0 33 Ian Scheckter Ret Ret 11 DNQ Ret Ret NC Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 0 34 Brian Henton 10 DNQ DNQ DNQ DSQ DNQ 0 35 Jacky Ickx 10 0 36 Gilles Villeneuve 11 12 Ret 0 37 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 11 0 38 Larry Perkins Ret 15 12 DNQ DNQ 0 39 David Purley DNQ 13 14 Ret DNPQ 0 40 Emilio de Villota 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ 0 41 Arturo Merzario Ret DNQ 14 Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 0 42 Ian Ashley DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 DNS 0 — Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ 0 — Tom Pryce NC Ret Ret 0 — Boy Hayje Ret DNQ DNQ NC DNQ DNQ 0 — Hector Rebaque DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0 — Hans Heyer Ret 0 — Bruno Giacomelli Ret 0 — Noritake Takahara Ret 0 — Conny Andersson DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Teddy Pilette DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Mikko Kozarowitzky DNQ DNPQ 0 — Bernard de Dryver DNQ 0 — Michael Bleekemolen DNQ 0 — Lamberto Leoni DNQ 0 — Loris Kessel DNQ 0 — Giorgio Francia DNQ 0 — Tony Trimmer DNPQ 0 — Andy Sutcliffe DNPQ 0 — Guy Edwards DNPQ 0 — Brian McGuire DNPQ 0 Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Constructors points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each race, however only the best place car from each constructor was eligible to score points. The best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained. Numbers without parentheses are retained points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
2. ^ Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each race. The best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained.

[edit] External links

• Championship race results and images from www.f1-facts.com