1977 Japanese Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 23 October 1977 |
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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 |  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 | ||
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 | 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-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 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
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)