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1977 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDijon-Prenois, 80 laps
Round9 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 289th World Championship race
  • 27th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Dijon-Prenois (first since 1974)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 39m 40.130s9
2+2(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo80+1.550s6
3-1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+33.870s4
4-1(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth80+1m 11.080s3
5+4(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari80+1m 14.450s2
6 (ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari79+1 lap1
7+9(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8-3(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra78+2 laps 
9-2(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
10+4(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
11+11(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
12+5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
13-2(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
NC (ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth69+11 laps 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo64DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)27DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (GBR) David PurleyLEC-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)4DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.210

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
4(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
7(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
9(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
10(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
14(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth
16(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
17(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20(ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) David PurleyLEC-Ford Cosworth
22(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
(BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
(AUS) Larry PerkinsSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(MEX) Hector RebaqueHesketh-Ford Cosworth
(FRA) Patrick TambaySurtees-Ford Cosworth
(SWE) Conny AnderssonBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda33
2(USA) Mario Andretti32
3(ZAF) Jody Scheckter32
4(ARG) Carlos Reutemann28
5(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson16
6(DEU) Jochen Mass14
7(GBR) James Hunt13
8(FRA) Patrick Depailler10
9(FRA) Jacques Laffite9
10(GBR) John Watson9
11(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi8
12(BRA) Carlos Pace6
13(SWE) Ronnie Peterson4
14(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla3
15(AUS) Alan Jones3
16(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck2
17(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(ITA) Renzo Zorzi1
=(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari50
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth43
3Wolf-Ford Cosworth32
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth25
5Brabham-Alfa Romeo17
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
7Ligier-Matra9
8Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
9Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth3
11Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
David Purley
LEC
Milestone race start
50th for Vittorio Brambilla (38th driver to start 50 races, 1st Italian driver)
Wins
5th for Mario Andretti
62nd for Lotus
Podiums
19th for James Hunt
8th for Mario Andretti
4th for John Watson (first for Brabham)
111th for Lotus
74th for Brabham
69th for McLaren
Poles
6th for Mario Andretti
72nd for Lotus
Fastest laps
5th for Mario Andretti
54th for Lotus
Front row starts
17th for James Hunt
8th for Mario Andretti
Pole & win
3rd for Mario Andretti
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Mario Andretti (first since 1971; first American driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1971; first for Lotus)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Mario Andretti (20th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 3rd American driver; first American driver to complete a hat-trick since 1960)