1977 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	40	1hr 45m 07.720s	9
2	-1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	40	+10.710s	6
3	+10	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	40	+1m 47.510s	4
4	+12	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap	3
5	+5	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap	2
6	+12	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap	1
7	+12	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	38	+2 laps
R		Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	33	DNF
R		Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	33	DNF
R		Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	30	DNF
R		Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	26	DNF
R		Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	23	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	19	DNF
R		Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	12	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	12	DNF
R		Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	12	DNF
R		Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	11	DNF
R		Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	11	DNF
R		Ian Scheckter	March-Ford Cosworth	1	DNF
R		Larry Perkins	BRM	1	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:30.110

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
3	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
5	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
6	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
8	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
12	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
13	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
15	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
17	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford Cosworth
18	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
19	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
20	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
21	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth
22	Larry Perkins	BRM

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	13
2	Jody Scheckter	9
3	Carlos Pace	6
=	James Hunt	6
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	6
6	Niki Lauda	4
7	Mario Andretti	2
=	Gunnar Nilsson	2
9	Clay Regazzoni	1
=	Renzo Zorzi	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	13
2	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	9
3	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	6
=	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	6
5	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	6
6	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	4
7	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1
=	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & milestones

Last start

Ingo Hoffmann

Milestone race start

50th for Mario Andretti (34th driver to start 50 races, 4th American driver)

Wins

5th for Carlos Reutemann (first win since 1975; first for Ferrari)

65th for Ferrari

Podiums

23rd for Niki Lauda, 18th for James Hunt, 14th for Carlos Reutemann

221st & 222nd for Ferrari, 67th for McLaren

Poles

10th for James Hunt (12th driver to take ten pole positions, 5th British driver)

14th for McLaren

Fastest laps

7th for James Hunt

14th for McLaren

Front row starts

15th for James Hunt, 8th for Carlos Reutemann (first since 1975; first for Ferrari)

Points finishes

1st and only for Renzo Zorzi (189th different point scorer, 25th Italian driver)

See also

• Brazilian Grand Prix
• Interlagos circuit
• 1977 World Championship season