1977 French Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 3 July 1977 |
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| Circuit | Dijon-Prenois, 80 laps |
| Round | 9 of 17 |
| Race numbers | The 1977 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 |  Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 80 | 1hr 39m 40.130s | 9 | |
| 2 | +2 |  John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 80 | +1.550s | 6 |
| 3 | -1 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +33.870s | 4 |
| 4 | -1 |  Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +1m 11.080s | 3 |
| 5 | +4 |  Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 80 | +1m 14.450s | 2 |
| 6 |  Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 79 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | +9 |  Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 79 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | -3 |  Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 78 | +2 laps | |
| 9 | -2 |  Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | |
| 10 | +4 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | |
| 11 | +11 |  Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +3 laps | |
| 12 | +5 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +3 laps | |
| 13 | -2 |  Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +3 laps | |
| NC |  Ian Scheckter | March-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +11 laps | ||
| R | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 66 | DNF | ||
| R | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 64 | DNF | ||
| R |  Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 60 | DNF | ||
| R | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 27 | DNF | ||
| R | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 21 | DNF | ||
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 6 | DNF | ||
| R | David Purley | LEC-Ford Cosworth | 5 | DNF | ||
| R | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 4 | DNF | ||
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:12.210
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 2 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 3 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 4 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 7 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 8 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth |
| 9 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 10 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
| 11 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
| 12 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 13 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 14 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
| 17 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 18 | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 20 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford Cosworth |
| 21 | David Purley | LEC-Ford Cosworth |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
Non-qualifiers
| Driver | Constructor |
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| Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth |
 Patrick Neve | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
| Larry Perkins | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
 Hector Rebaque | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
| Patrick Tambay | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
| Conny Andersson | BRM |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1977 French Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Niki Lauda | 33 |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | 32 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | 32 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 28 |
| 5 | Gunnar Nilsson | 16 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | 14 |
| 7 | James Hunt | 13 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | 10 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | 9 |
| 10 | John Watson | 9 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 8 |
| 12 | Carlos Pace | 6 |
| 13 | Ronnie Peterson | 4 |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | 3 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | 3 |
| 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 2 |
| 17 | Clay Regazzoni | 1 |
| = | Renzo Zorzi | 1 |
| = | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Ferrari | 50 |
| 2 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 43 |
| 3 |  Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 32 |
| 4 | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 25 |
| 5 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 17 |
| 6 | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 14 |
| 7 | Ligier-Matra | 9 |
| 8 | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 8 |
| 9 | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 4 |
| 10 | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 3 |
| 11 | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 1 |
| = | Penske-Ford Cosworth | 1 |
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)