1977 Japanese Grand Prix
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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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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 73 | 1hr 31m 51.680s | 9 |
2 | +5 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 73 | +1m 02.450s | 6 |
3 | +12 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +1m 06.390s | 4 |
4 | +8 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +1m 06.610s | 3 |
5 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 72 | DNF | 2 | |
6 | +7 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | -3 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 72 | +1 lap | |
8 | +1 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 71 | +2 laps | |
9 | +13 | (JPN) Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 71 | +2 laps | |
10 | -4 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 71 | +2 laps | |
11 | (JPN) Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 71 | +2 laps | ||
12 | +11 | (BRA) Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +4 laps | |
R | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 63 | DNF | ||
R | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 43 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 29 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 28 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 14 | DNF | ||
R | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier-Matra | 3 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (JPN) Noritake Takahara | Kojima-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) 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 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
3 | (GBR) John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
4 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
5 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
6 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth |
7 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
8 | (DEU) Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
9 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
10 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
11 | (JPN) Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
12 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
13 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
14 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
15 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
16 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
17 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier-Matra |
18 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
19 | (JPN) Noritake Takahara | Kojima-Ford Cosworth |
20 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
21 | (AUT) Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
22 | (JPN) Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
23 | (BRA) Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | 72 |
2 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | 55 |
3 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 47 |
4 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 42 |
5 | (GBR) James Hunt | 40 |
6 | (DEU) Jochen Mass | 25 |
7 | (AUS) Alan Jones | 22 |
8 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | 20 |
9 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | 20 |
10 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 18 |
11 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | 12 |
12 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | 11 |
13 | (GBR) John Watson | 9 |
14 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | 7 |
15 | (BRA) Carlos Pace | 6 |
16 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | 6 |
17 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | 5 |
= | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | 5 |
19 | (ITA) Renzo Zorzi | 1 |
= | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1 |
= | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 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)