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

1977 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 July 1977
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
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)
More 1977 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 39m 40.130s9
2+2United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo80+1.550s6
3-1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+33.870s4
4-1Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth80+1m 11.080s3
5+4Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari80+1m 14.450s2
6 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari79+1 lap1
7+9Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8-3France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra78+2 laps 
9-2Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
10+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
11+11Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
12+5Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
13-2Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
NC South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth69+11 laps 
R South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo64DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)27DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David PurleyLEC-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)4DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.210

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
Belgium flag lazyload Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
Austria flag lazyload Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsSurtees-Ford Cosworth
Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueHesketh-Ford Cosworth
France flag lazyload Patrick TambaySurtees-Ford Cosworth
Sweden flag lazyload Conny AnderssonBRM

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda33
2USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti32
3South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter32
4Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann28
5Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson16
6Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass14
7United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt13
8France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler10
9France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite9
10United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson9
11Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi8
12Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
13Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson4
14Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla3
15Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones3
16Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck2
17Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni1
=Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1
=France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

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

Statistics & 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)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Dijon-Prenois circuit
  • 1977 World Championship season

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