1977 Japanese Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 23 October 1977 |
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Winner |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Fuji, 73 laps |
Round | 17 of 17 |
Race numbers | The 1977 Japanese Grand Prix was the
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Next race | 1978 Argentine Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 73 | 1hr 31m 51.680s | 9 |
2 | +5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 73 | +1m 02.450s | 6 |
3 | +12 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +1m 06.390s | 4 |
4 | +8 | ![]() | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +1m 06.610s | 3 |
5 | ![]() | Ligier-Matra | 72 | DNF | 2 | |
6 | +7 | ![]() | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | -3 | ![]() | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 72 | +1 lap | |
8 | +1 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 71 | +2 laps | |
9 | +13 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 71 | +2 laps | |
10 | -4 | ![]() | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 71 | +2 laps | |
11 | ![]() | Kojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 71 | +2 laps | ||
12 | +11 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +4 laps | |
R | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 63 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 43 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 29 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 28 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 5 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 5 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ligier-Matra | 3 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Kojima-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF |
Notes
- Jacques Laffite ended lap 72 in P2 before retiring on the final lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:12.230
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
3 | ![]() | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
4 | ![]() | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
5 | ![]() | Ligier-Matra |
6 | ![]() | Wolf-Ford Cosworth |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari |
8 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
9 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
10 | ![]() | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
11 | ![]() | Kojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
13 | ![]() | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
14 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
15 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
16 | ![]() | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Ligier-Matra |
18 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
19 | ![]() | Kojima-Ford Cosworth |
20 | ![]() | Ferrari |
21 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
22 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1977 Japanese Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 72 |
2 | ![]() | 55 |
3 | ![]() | 47 |
4 | ![]() | 42 |
5 | ![]() | 40 |
6 | ![]() | 25 |
7 | ![]() | 22 |
8 | ![]() | 20 |
9 | ![]() | 20 |
10 | ![]() | 18 |
11 | ![]() | 12 |
12 | ![]() | 11 |
13 | ![]() | 9 |
14 | ![]() | 7 |
15 | ![]() | 6 |
16 | ![]() | 6 |
17 | ![]() | 5 |
= | ![]() | 5 |
19 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 95 |
2 | ![]() | 62 |
3 | ![]() | 60 |
4 | ![]() | 55 |
5 | ![]() | 27 |
6 | ![]() | 27 |
7 | ![]() | 23 |
8 | ![]() | 18 |
9 | ![]() | 11 |
10 | ![]() | 10 |
11 | ![]() | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 1 |
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)