1977 Japanese Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	73	1hr 31m 51.680s	9
2	+5	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	73	+1m 02.450s	6
3	+12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	73	+1m 06.390s	4
4	+8	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	73	+1m 06.610s	3
5		Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	72	DNF	2
6	+7	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	72	+1 lap	1
7	-3	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	72	+1 lap
8	+1	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	71	+2 laps
9	+13	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	71	+2 laps
10	-4	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	71	+2 laps
11		Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Kojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	71	+2 laps
12	+11	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth	69	+4 laps
R		Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	63	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	29	DNF
R		Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	28	DNF
R		Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	14	DNF
R		Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	DNF
R		Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	5	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Matra	3	DNF
R		Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1	DNF
R		Noritake Takahara	Kojima-Ford Cosworth	1	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.230

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
4	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
6	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
7	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
8	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
9	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
10	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
11	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Kojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
13	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
14	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
15	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Matra
18	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19	Noritake Takahara	Kojima-Ford Cosworth
20	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
21	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
22	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Niki Lauda	72
2	Jody Scheckter	55
3	Mario Andretti	47
4	Carlos Reutemann	42
5	James Hunt	40
6	Jochen Mass	25
7	Alan Jones	22
8	Gunnar Nilsson	20
9	Patrick Depailler	20
10	Jacques Laffite	18
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	12
12	Emerson Fittipaldi	11
13	John Watson	9
14	Ronnie Peterson	7
15	Carlos Pace	6
16	Vittorio Brambilla	6
17	Clay Regazzoni	5
=	Patrick Tambay	5
19	Renzo Zorzi	1
=	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1
=	Riccardo Patrese	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	95
2	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	62
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	60
4	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	55
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	27
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	27
7	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	23
8	Ligier-Matra	18
9	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	11
10	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	10
11	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	6
12	Penske-Ford Cosworth	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)

See also

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