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1977 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitFuji, 73 laps
Round17 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 297th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Japanese Grand Prix (last until 1987)
  • 2nd World Championship race at Fuji (last until 2007)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth731hr 31m 51.680s9
2+5(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari73+1m 02.450s6
3+12(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth73+1m 06.390s4
4+8(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth73+1m 06.610s3
5 (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra72DNF2
6+7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap1
7-3(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo72+1 lap 
8+1(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth71+2 laps 
9+13(JPN) Kunimitsu TakahashiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71+2 laps 
10-4(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth71+2 laps 
11 (JPN) Kazuyoshi HoshinoKojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71+2 laps 
12+11(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth69+4 laps 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo29DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)14DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari5DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra3DNF 
R (AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (JPN) Noritake TakaharaKojima-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 72 in P2 before retiring on the final lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.230

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
4(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
7(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
8(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
10(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
11(JPN) Kazuyoshi HoshinoKojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth
14(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra
18(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19(JPN) Noritake TakaharaKojima-Ford Cosworth
20(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
21(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
22(JPN) Kunimitsu TakahashiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth

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 Reutemann42
5(GBR) James Hunt40
6(DEU) Jochen Mass25
7(AUS) Alan Jones22
8(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson20
9(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
10(FRA) Jacques Laffite18
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
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari95
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth62
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth60
4Wolf-Ford Cosworth55
5Brabham-Alfa Romeo27
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth27
7Shadow-Ford Cosworth23
8Ligier-Matra18
9Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth11
10Ensign-Ford Cosworth10
11Surtees-Ford Cosworth6
12Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Kunimitsu Takahashi (only start)
Last start
Hans Binder
Kazuyoshi Hoshino & Noritake Takahara (last Japanese drivers to start a race until 1987)
Gunnar Nilsson
Alex Ribeiro
Kojima
Milestone race start
50th for Ensign (14th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
10th and last for James Hunt (10th driver to win ten races, 5th British driver; last British winner until 1981)
24th for McLaren (last until 1981)
Podiums
22nd for James Hunt
18th for Carlos Reutemann
12th for Patrick Depailler
235th for Ferrari
73rd for McLaren
60th for Tyrrell (6th constructor to score 60 podiums)
Poles
9th for Mario Andretti
75th for Lotus
Fastest laps
5th and last for Jody Scheckter
2nd and last for Wolf
Front row starts
23rd for James Hunt
11th for Mario Andretti
Points finishes
1st for Riccardo Patrese (191st different point scorer, 26th Italian driver)