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

1977 Japanese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 October 1977
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter
  • Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth
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)
More 1977 season
More Japanese Grands Prix
Next race1978 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth731hr 31m 51.680s9
2+5Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari73+1m 02.450s6
3+12France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth73+1m 06.390s4
4+8Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth73+1m 06.610s3
5 France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra72DNF2
6+7Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap1
7-3Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo72+1 lap 
8+1Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth71+2 laps 
9+13Japan flag lazyload Kunimitsu TakahashiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71+2 laps 
10-4South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth71+2 laps 
11 Japan flag lazyload Kazuyoshi HoshinoKojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71+2 laps 
12+11Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth69+4 laps 
R Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo29DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)14DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari5DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra3DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Noritake TakaharaKojima-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R USA flag lazyload 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
1USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
4Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
7Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari
8Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
10Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
11Japan flag lazyload Kazuyoshi HoshinoKojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth
14Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
15France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16France flag lazyload Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra
18Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19Japan flag lazyload Noritake TakaharaKojima-Ford Cosworth
20Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
21Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
22Japan flag lazyload Kunimitsu TakahashiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda72
2South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter55
3USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti47
4Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann42
5United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt40
6Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass25
7Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones22
8Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson20
9France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler20
10France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite18
11Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck12
12Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi11
13United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson9
14Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson7
15Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
16Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla6
17Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni5
=France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay5
19Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1
=France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier1
=Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari95
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth62
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth60
4Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth55
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo27
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth27
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth23
8France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra18
9Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth11
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth10
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth6
12USA flag lazyload Penske-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)

See also

  • Japanese Grand Prix
  • Fuji circuit
  • 1977 World Championship season

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