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

1977 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 January 1977
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
CircuitInterlagos, 40 laps
Round2 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 282nd World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Interlagos
More 1977 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari401hr 45m 07.720s9
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40+10.710s6
3+10Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari40+1m 47.510s4
4+12Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap3
5+5Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap2
6+12Italy flag lazyload Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap1
7+12Brazil flag lazyload Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo33DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo30DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra26DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBRM1DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:30.110

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari
3USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
6France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
8Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
10Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
11Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
13Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
14France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
15South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
16Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
17South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
18Italy flag lazyload Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth
19Brazil flag lazyload Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
20Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
22Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBRM

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann13
2South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter9
3Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
=United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt6
5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi6
6Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda4
7USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti2
=Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson2
9Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni1
=Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari13
2Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth9
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo6
=United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
5Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth6
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth1

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

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