1977 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	28th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Niki Lauda (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (5th title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	James Hunt
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Ferrari
Races:	17
Winning drivers:	Mario Andretti (4) Niki Lauda (3) Jody Scheckter (3) James Hunt (3) Carlos Reutemann (1) Gunnar Nilsson (1) Jacques Laffite (1) Alan Jones (1)
Winning constructors:	Lotus (5) Ferrari (4) Wolf (3) McLaren (3) Ligier (1) Shadow (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Gunnar Nilsson Jacques Laffite Alan Jones
First-time winners (constructor):	Wolf Ligier Shadow
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	09 January	1977 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Brazil	Interlagos	23 January	1977 Brazilian Grand Prix
3	South Africa	Kyalami	05 March	1977 South African Grand Prix
4	USA West	Long Beach	03 April	1977 United States Grand Prix West
5	Spain	Jarama	08 May	1977 Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	22 May	1977 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Belgium	Zolder	05 June	1977 Belgian Grand Prix
8	Sweden	Anderstorp	19 June	1977 Swedish Grand Prix
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	03 July	1977 French Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	16 July	1977 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Hockenheim	31 July	1977 German Grand Prix
12	Austria	Osterreichring	14 August	1977 Austrian Grand Prix
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	28 August	1977 Dutch Grand Prix
14	Italy CT	Monza	11 September	1977 Italian Grand Prix
15	USA DT	Watkins Glen	02 October	1977 United States Grand Prix
16	Canada	Mosport	09 October	1977 Canadian Grand Prix
17	Japan	Fuji	23 October	1977 Japanese Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Apollon (privateer)	Loris Kessel	14
Boro (works team)	Brian Henton	13-14
Brabham (works team)	Giorgio Francia	14
	Carlos Pace	1-3
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	4-17
	John Watson	All
BRM (works team)	Conny Andersson	5, 7-9
	Guy Edwards	10
	Larry Perkins	2-3
	Teddy Pilette	11, 13-14
Ensign (works team)	Jacky Ickx	6
Ensign (works team)	Clay Regazzoni	All
Ensign (privateer)	Patrick Tambay	10-17
Ferrari (works team)	Niki Lauda	1-15
	Carlos Reutemann	All
	Gilles Villeneuve	16-17
Fittipaldi (works team)	Emerson Fittipaldi	1-16
Fittipaldi (works team)	Ingo Hoffmann	1-2
Hesketh (works team)	Ian Ashley	12-16
	Harald Ertl	5-9
	Rupert Keegan	5-16
	Hector Rebaque	7-9, 11-13
Kojima (works team)	Noritake Takahara	17
Kojima (privateer)	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	17
LEC (works team)	David Purley	5, 7-10
Ligier (works team)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	17
Ligier (works team)	Jacques Laffite	All
Lotus (works team)	Mario Andretti	All
Lotus (works team)	Gunnar Nilsson	All
March (works team)	Brian Henton	4
	Alex Ribeiro	All
	Ian Scheckter	1-2, 5-16
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	3
March (privateer)	Michael Bleekemolen	13
	Bernard de Dryver	7
	Boy Hayje	3, 5-8, 13
	Brian Henton	5, 10, 12
	Mikko Kozarowitzky	8, 10
	Brett Lunger	3-5
	Arturo Merzario	5-7, 9-11, 13
	Patrick Neve	5, 7-16
	Andy Sutcliffe	10
McGuire (works team)	Brian McGuire	10
McLaren (works team)	Bruno Giacomelli	14
	James Hunt	All
	Jochen Mass	All
	Gilles Villeneuve	10
McLaren (privateer)	Emilio de Villota	5, 7-8, 10-12, 14
McLaren (privateer)	Brett Lunger	7-16
Penske (privateers)	Hans Binder	12-14
	Hans Heyer	11
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4-14
	Danny Ongais	15-16
Renault (works team)	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	10, 13-16
Shadow (works team)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	15
	Alan Jones	4-17
	Arturo Merzario	12
	Jackie Oliver	8
	Riccardo Patrese	6-7, 9-11, 13-14, 16-17
	Tom Pryce	1-3
	Renzo Zorzi	1-5
Surtees (works team)	Hans Binder	1-6, 15-17
	Vittorio Brambilla	All
	Lamberto Leoni	14
	Larry Perkins	7-9
	Vern Schuppan	10-13
	Patrick Tambay	9
Surtees (privateers)	Tony Trimmer	10
Tyrrell (works team)	Patrick Depailler	All
Tyrrell (works team)	Ronnie Peterson	All
Tyrrell (privateer)	Kunimitsu Takahashi	17
Wolf (works team)	Jody Scheckter	All

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	11	43.240s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	2	10.710s
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	3	5.200s
4	USA West	Long Beach	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	0.773s
5	Spain	Jarama	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	15.850s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	2	0.890s
7	Belgium	Zolder	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	14.190s
8	Sweden	Anderstorp	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	8	8.449s
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	1.550s
10	Britain	Silverstone	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	18.310s
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	3	14.330s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	14	20.130s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	4	1.890s
14	Italy	Monza	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	4	16.960s
15	USA	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	2.026s
16	Canada	Mosport	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	9	6.770s
17	Japan	Fuji	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	1m 02.450s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.280s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	0.070s
3	South Africa	Kyalami	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	0.050s
4	USA West	Long Beach	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	0.238s
5	Spain	Jarama	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.720s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	DNF	0.410s
7	Belgium	Zolder	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	DNF	1.540s
8	Sweden	Anderstorp	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	6	0.141s
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.520s
10	Britain	Silverstone	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.280s
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	2	0.270s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	0.130s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.620s
14	Italy	Monza	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.070s
15	USA	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.275s
16	Canada	Mosport	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	9^R	0.557s
17	Japan	Fuji	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.160s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2	Brazil	Interlagos	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3	South Africa	Kyalami	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
4	USA West	Long Beach	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
5	Spain	Jarama	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
7	Belgium	Zolder	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
8	Sweden	Anderstorp	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
10	Britain	Silverstone	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
12	Austria	Osterreichring	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
14	Italy	Monza	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
15	USA	Watkins Glen	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16	Canada	Mosport	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
17	Japan	Fuji	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying results

See: 1977 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best eight results from the first nine races and the best seven results from the last eight races counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	Points
1	Niki Lauda	R	3	1	2	DNS	2	2	R	5	2	1	2	1	2	4			72
2	Jody Scheckter	1	R	2	3	3	1	R	R	R	R	2	R	3	R	3	1	10	55
3	Mario Andretti	5^R	R	R	1	1	5	R	6	1	14^R	R	R	R	1	2	9^R	R	47
4	Carlos Reutemann	3	1	8	R	2	3	R	3	6	15	4	4	6	R	6	R	2	42
5	James Hunt	R	2	4	7	R	R	7	12	3	1	R	R	R	R	1	R	1	40
6	Jochen Mass	R	R	5	R	4	4	R	2	9	4	R	6	R	4	R	3	R	25
7	Alan Jones				R	R	6	5	17	R	7	R	1	R	3	R	4	4	22
8	Gunnar Nilsson	DNS	5	12	8	5	R	1	19^R	4	3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	20
=	Patrick Depailler	R	R	3	4	R	R	8	4	R	R	R	13	R	R	14	2	3	20
10	Jacques Laffite	NC	R	R	9^R	7	7	R	1	8	6	R	R	2	8	7	R	5^R	18
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck			R	R	6	R	6	10	R	5	3	3	7	R	R	R	7	12
12	Emerson Fittipaldi	4	4	10	5	14	R	R	18	11	R	DNQ	11	4	DNQ	13	R		11
13	John Watson	R	R	6	DSQ	R	R	R	5	2	R	R	8	R	R	12	R	R	9
14	Ronnie Peterson	R	R	R	R	8	R	3	R	12	R	9^R	5	R	6	16	R	R	7
15	Carlos Pace	2	R	13															6
=	Vittorio Brambilla	7^R	R	7	R	R	8	4	R	13	8	5	15	12^R	R	19	6^R	8	6
17	Clay Regazzoni	6	R	9	R	R	DNQ	R	7	7	DNQ	R	R	R	5	5	R	R	5
=	Patrick Tambay									DNQ	R	6	R	5	R	DNQ	5	R	5
19	Renzo Zorzi	R	6	R	R	R													1
=	Jean-Pierre Jarier				6	DNQ	11	11	8	R	9	R	14	R	R	9		R	1
=	Riccardo Patrese						9	R		R	R	10^R		13^R	R		10^R	6	1
	Rupert Keegan					R	12	R	13	10	R	R	7	R	9	8	R
	Patrick Neve					12		10	15	DNQ	10	DNQ	9	DNQ	7	18	R
	Vern Schuppan										12	7	16	DNQ
	Ingo Hoffmann	R	7
	Danny Ongais															R	7
	Alex Ribeiro	R	R	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	8	DNQ	11	DNQ	15	8	12
	Hans Binder	R	R	11	11	9	R						12	8	DNQ	11	R	R
	Brett Lunger			14	R	10		DNS	11	DNQ	13	R	10	9	R	10	11^R
	Harald Ertl					R	DNQ	9	16	DNQ
	Jackie Oliver								9
	Kunimitsu Takahashi																	9
	Ian Scheckter	R	R			11	DNQ	R	R	NC	R	R	R	10	R	R	R
	Brian Henton				10	DNQ					DNQ		DNQ	DSQ	DNQ
	Jacky Ickx						10
	Gilles Villeneuve										11						12^R	R
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino																	11
	Larry Perkins		R	15				12	DNQ	DNQ
	David Purley					DNQ		13	14	R	DNPQ
	Emilio de Villota					13		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	17^R		DNQ
	Arturo Merzario					R	DNQ	14		R	R	DNQ	R	DNQ
	Ian Ashley												DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNS
	Tom Pryce	NC	R	R
	Boy Hayje			R		DNQ	DNQ	15	DNQ					DNQ
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille										R			R	R	R	DNQ
	Hector Rebaque							DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		R	DNQ	DNQ
	Hans Heyer											DSQ
	Bruno Giacomelli														R
	Noritake Takahara																	R
	Conny Andersson					DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Teddy Pilette											DNQ		DNQ	DNQ
	Mikko Kozarowitzky								DNQ		DNPQ
	Bernard de Dryver							DNQ
	Michael Bleekemolen													DNQ
	Lamberto Leoni														DNQ
	Loris Kessel														DNQ
	Giorgio Francia														DNQ
	Andy Sutcliffe										DNPQ
	Guy Edwards										DNPQ
	Tony Trimmer										DNPQ
	Brian McGuire										DNPQ
No.	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1977.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best eight results from the first nine races and the best seven results from the last eight races counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ARG	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	Points
1	Ferrari	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	5	2	1	2	1	2	4	12^R	2	95 (97)
2	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	5^R	5	12	1	1	5	1	6	1	3	R	R	R	1	2	9^R	R	62
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	R	2	4	7	4	4	7	2	3	1	R	6	9	4	1	3	1	60
4	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1	R	2	3	3	1	R	R	R	R	2	R	3	R	3	1	10	55
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	2	R	6	R	6	R	6	5	2	5	3	3	7	R	12	R	7	27
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	R	R	3	4	8	R	3	4	12	R	9^R	5	R	6	14	2	3	27
7	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	NC	6	R	R	R	6	5	9	R	7	10^R	1	13^R	3	9	4	4	23
8	Ligier-Matra	NC	R	R	9^R	7	7	R	1	8	6	R	R	2	8	7	R	5^R	18
9	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	4	4	10	5	14	R	R	18	11	R	DNQ	11	4	DNQ	13	R		11
10	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	6	R	9	R	R	10	R	7	7	R	6	R	5	5	5	5	R	10
11	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	7^R	R	7	11	9	8	4	R	13	8	5	15	12^R	R	11	6^R	8	6
12	Penske-Ford Cosworth				6	DNQ	11	11	8	R	9	R	12	8	R	R	7		1
13	March-Ford Cosworth	R	R	14	10	10	DNQ	10	15	NC	10	8	9	10	7	15	8	12
14	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth					R	12	9	13	10	R	R	7	R	9	8	R
15	Kojima-Ford Cosworth																	11
16	LEC-Ford Cosworth					DNQ		13	14	R	DNPQ
17	BRM		R	15		DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ
18	Renault										R			R	R	R	DNQ
19	Boro-Ford Cosworth													DSQ	DNQ
20	Apollon-Ford Cosworth														DNQ
21	McGuire-Ford Cosworth										DNPQ
No.	Constructor	ARG	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1977.

Season statistics

See: 1977 F1 World Championship Season Statistics