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

1977 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 May 1977
Winner
  • Mario Andretti
  • Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Mario Andretti
  • Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Jacques Laffite
  • Ligier-Matra
CircuitJarama, 75 laps
Round5 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 285th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Jarama
More 1977 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth751hr 42m 52.220s9
2+2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari75+15.850s6
3+2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth75+24.510s4
4+5(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+24.870s3
5+7(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth75+1m 05.830s2
6+7(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo74+1 lap1
7-5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra74+1 lap 
8+7(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
9+11(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
10+15(USA) Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)72+3 laps 
11+6(ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth72+3 laps 
12+10(BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71+4 laps 
13+10(ESP) Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)70+5 laps 
14+5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth70+5 laps 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo64DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
R (GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (ITA) Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)16DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
Did not start
  (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:18.700

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
3  
4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
5(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
7(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
9(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
13(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
14(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
15(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth
17(ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
18(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
19(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
20(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(ESP) Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24(ITA) Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth
25(USA) Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
(NLD) Boy HayjeMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(GBR) Brian HentonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(GBR) David PurleyLEC-Ford Cosworth
(SWE) Conny AnderssonBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter23
2(USA) Mario Andretti20
3(AUT) Niki Lauda19
=(ARG) Carlos Reutemann19
5(GBR) James Hunt9
6(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi8
7(FRA) Patrick Depailler7
8(BRA) Carlos Pace6
9(DEU) Jochen Mass5
10(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson4
11(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(ITA) Renzo Zorzi1
=(GBR) John Watson1
=(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1
=(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari34
2Wolf-Ford Cosworth23
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth22
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth12
5Brabham-Alfa Romeo8
6Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
8Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=Shadow-Ford Cosworth1
=Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Emilio de Villota (first Spanish driver to start a race since 1972)
Rupert Keegan
Last start
Renzo Zorzi
Milestone race start
50th for Jochen Mass (37th driver to start 50 races, 1st German driver)
Wins
4th for Mario Andretti
60th for Lotus (2nd constructor to win 60 races)
Podiums
18th for Jody Scheckter
15th for Carlos Reutemann
7th for Mario Andretti
225th for Ferrari
109th for Lotus
4th for Wolf
Poles
3rd for Mario Andretti
69th for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd for Jacques Laffite (last until 1979)
2nd for Ligier
Front row starts
5th for Mario Andretti
2nd for Jacques Laffite
Pole & win
2nd for Mario Andretti

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Jarama circuit
  • 1977 World Championship season

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