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Home / Seasons / 1977 F1 World Championship Season / 1977 Austrian Grand Prix

1977 Austrian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 14 August 1977
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo
CircuitOsterreichring, 54 laps
Round12 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Austrian Grand Prix was the

  • 292nd World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Osterreichring
More 1977 season
More Austrian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+13Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth541hr 37m 16.490s9
2-1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari54+20.130s6
3+1Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo54+34.500s4
4+1Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari54+34.750s3
5+10Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 02.090s2
6+3Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap1
7+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
8+4United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo53+1 lap 
9+13Belgium flag lazyload Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)53+1 lap 
10+7USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)53+1 lap 
11+12Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
12+7Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)53+1 lap 
13-3France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
14+4France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52+2 laps 
15-2Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
16+9Australia flag lazyload Vern SchuppanSurtees-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
17+9Spain flag lazyload Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)50DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)41DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioShadow-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra21DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Emilio de Villota ended lap 50 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.
  • James Hunt ended lap 43 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Mario Andretti ended lap 11 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:39.320

PosDriverConstructor
1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari
6France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
7France flag lazyload Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
8South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
9Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
12United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
13Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
15Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
17USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth
21Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioShadow-Ford Cosworth
22Belgium flag lazyload Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
24South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
25Australia flag lazyload Vern SchuppanSurtees-Ford Cosworth
26Spain flag lazyload Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian HentonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian AshleyHesketh-Ford Cosworth
Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueHesketh-Ford Cosworth
Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1977 Austrian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda54
2South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter38
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann34
4USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti32
5United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt22
6Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson20
7Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass18
8Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones12
9Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck12
10France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite10
11France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler10
12United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson9
13Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi8
14Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
15Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson6
16Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla5
17Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni1
=Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1
=France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier1
=France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari71
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth47
3Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth38
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth35
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo27
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth16
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth13
8France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra10
9Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth5
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
12USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Emilio de Villota (last Spanish driver to start a race until 1987), Vern Schuppan
Wins
1st for Alan Jones (61st different winner, 2nd Australian driver; first Australian winner since 1970, last win until 1979; only win for Shadow)
1st and only for Shadow (25th different winner)
Podiums
30th for Niki Lauda (8th driver to score 30 podiums, 1st Austrian driver), 2nd and last for Hans-Joachim Stuck, 1st for Alan Jones (128th different podium finisher, 3rd Australian driver; first Australian to finish on the podium driver since 1971)
232nd for Ferrari, 76th for Brabham, 6th for Shadow
Poles
23rd for Niki Lauda (last for Ferrari)
85th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
2nd for John Watson (last until 1981; last British driver to set a fastest lap until 1981; last for Brabham)
22nd for Brabham
Front row starts
29th for Niki Lauda (last for Ferrari), 19th for James Hunt

See also

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Osterreichring circuit
  • 1977 World Championship season

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