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

1977 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 May 1977
Winner
  • Jody Scheckter
  • Wolf-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • John Watson
  • Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap
  • Jody Scheckter
  • Wolf-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMonte Carlo, 76 laps
Round6 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 286th World Championship race
  • 24th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 24th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1977 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth761hr 57m 52.770s9
2+4(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari76+0.890s6
3 (ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari76+32.800s4
4+5(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth76+34.600s3
5+5(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth76+35.550s2
6+5(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth76+36.610s1
7+9(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra76+1m 04.440s 
8+6(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth76+1m 08.640s 
9+6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
10+7(BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
11+1(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)74+2 laps 
12+8(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo48DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo19DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth10DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:29.860

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
6(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
7(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
11(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
13(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
17(BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth
18(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
19(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(NLD) Boy HayjeMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
(ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter32
2(AUT) Niki Lauda25
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann23
4(USA) Mario Andretti22
5(GBR) James Hunt9
6(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi8
=(DEU) Jochen Mass8
8(FRA) Patrick Depailler7
9(BRA) Carlos Pace6
10(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson4
11(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(ITA) Renzo Zorzi1
=(GBR) John Watson1
=(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1
=(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck1
=(AUS) Alan Jones1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari40
2Wolf-Ford Cosworth32
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth24
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
5Brabham-Alfa Romeo8
6Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
8Shadow-Ford Cosworth2
9Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Riccardo Patrese
Wins
6th for Jody Scheckter
2nd for Wolf
Podiums
26th for Niki Lauda
19th for Jody Scheckter
16th for Carlos Reutemann
226th & 227th for Ferrari
5th for Wolf
Poles
1st for John Watson (52nd different polesitter, 12th British driver)
18th for Brabham
Fastest laps
4th for Jody Scheckter (first for Wolf)
1st for Wolf (27th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
9th for Jody Scheckter (first for Wolf)
3rd for John Watson
Points finishes
25th for Carlos Reutemann
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Jody Scheckter (34th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st South African driver)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1977 World Championship season

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