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1977 Argentine Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBuenos Aires, 53 laps
Round1 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 281st World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+10(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth531hr 40m 11.190s9
2+4(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo53+43.240s6
3+4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari53+46.020s4
4+12(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth53+55.480s3
5+3(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth51DNF2
6+6(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth51+2 laps1
7+6(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
NC (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth45+8 laps 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo41DNF 
R (BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
NC (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra37+16 laps 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (BRA) Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari20DNF 
R (AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (ITA) Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Mario Andretti ended lap 51 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.
  • James Hunt ended lap 31 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Gunnar Nilsson did not start the Grand Prix. Mario Andretti raced his car instead.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:48.680

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
3(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
5(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
7(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
8(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
10  
11(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
12(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
16(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
17(ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
18(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(BRA) Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
20(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter9
2(BRA) Carlos Pace6
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann4
4(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi3
5(USA) Mario Andretti2
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Wolf-Ford Cosworth9
2Brabham-Alfa Romeo6
3Ferrari4
4Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth2
6Ensign-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Wolf
Wins
5th for Jody Scheckter (first for Wolf)
1st for Wolf (23rd different winner)
Podiums
15th for Jody Scheckter (first for Wolf)
13th for Carlos Reutemann (first podium since 1975; first for Ferrari)
6th and last for Carlos Pace (first podium since 1975)
220th for Ferrari
73rd for Brabham
1st for Wolf (35th different podium finisher)
Poles
9th for James Hunt
13th for McLaren
Fastest laps
6th for James Hunt
13th for McLaren
Front row starts
14th for James Hunt
2nd for John Watson (first for Brabham)
Points finishes
16th and last for Carlos Pace