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1977 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMosport, 80 laps
Round16 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 296th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 8th and last World Championship race at Mosport
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+8(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth801hr 40m 00.000s9
2+4(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+6.770s6
3+2(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+15.760s4
4+3(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth80+46.690s3
5+11(FRA) Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)80+1m 03.260s2
6+9(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth78DNF1
7+15(USA) Danny OngaisPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)78+2 laps 
8+15(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
9-8(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth77DNF 
10-2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth76DNF 
11+9(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)76DNF 
12+5(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari76DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)56DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari20DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo19DNF 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra12DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Ian AshleyHesketh-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Vittorio Brambilla ended lap 78 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Mario Andretti ended lap 77 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Riccardo Patrese ended lap 76 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Brett Lunger ended lap 76 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Gilles Villeneuve ended lap 76 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:11.385

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth
9(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
12(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
13(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
14(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
18(ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
19(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
20(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(USA) Danny OngaisPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
24(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
25(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda72
2(ZAF) Jody Scheckter55
3(USA) Mario Andretti47
4(ARG) Carlos Reutemann36
5(GBR) James Hunt31
6(DEU) Jochen Mass25
7(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson20
8(AUS) Alan Jones19
9(FRA) Jacques Laffite16
10(FRA) Patrick Depailler16
11(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck12
12(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi11
13(GBR) John Watson9
14(SWE) Ronnie Peterson7
15(BRA) Carlos Pace6
16(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla6
17(CHE) Clay Regazzoni5
=(FRA) Patrick Tambay5
19(ITA) Renzo Zorzi1
=(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari89
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth62
3Wolf-Ford Cosworth55
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth51
5Brabham-Alfa Romeo27
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth23
7Shadow-Ford Cosworth20
8Ligier-Matra16
9Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth11
10Ensign-Ford Cosworth10
11Surtees-Ford Cosworth6
12Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Patrick Neve
Ian Scheckter
Penske
Wins
7th for Jody Scheckter (last win until 1979; last for Wolf)
3rd and last for Wolf
Podiums
23rd for Jody Scheckter
11th for Patrick Depailler
8th and last for Jochen Mass (last German driver to finish on the podium until 1992)
72nd for McLaren
59th for Tyrrell
9th for Wolf
Poles
8th for Mario Andretti
74th for Lotus
Fastest laps
7th for Mario Andretti
56th for Lotus
Front row starts
22nd for James Hunt
10th for Mario Andretti (25th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd American driver)