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1977 Swedish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAnderstorp, 72 laps
Round8 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 Swedish Grand Prix was the:

  • 288th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Swedish Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Anderstorp
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra721hr 46m 55.520s9
2+7(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth72+8.449s6
3+9(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari72+14.369s4
4+2(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth72+16.308s3
5-3(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo72+18.735s2
6-5(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth72+25.277s1
7+7(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth72+31.266s 
8+9(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)72+1m 04.567s 
9+7(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth72+1m 22.479s 
10-5(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo71+1 lap 
11+11(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71+1 lap 
12-9(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
13+11(GBR) Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
14+5(GBR) David PurleyLEC-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
15+5(BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)69+3 laps 
16+7(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth68+4 laps 
17-6(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth67+5 laps 
18 (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth66+6 laps 
19-12(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth64DNF 
R (ZAF) Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari47DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth7DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:25.404

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
(ESP) Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUS) Larry PerkinsSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(NLD) Boy HayjeMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(MEX) Hector RebaqueHesketh-Ford Cosworth
(SWE) Conny AnderssonBRM
(FIN) Mikko KozarowitzkyMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter32
2(AUT) Niki Lauda31
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann27
4(USA) Mario Andretti23
5(DEU) Jochen Mass14
6(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson13
7(FRA) Patrick Depailler10
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite9
9(GBR) James Hunt9
10(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi8
11(BRA) Carlos Pace6
12(SWE) Ronnie Peterson4
13(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla3
14(AUS) Alan Jones3
=(GBR) John Watson3
16(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck2
17(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(ITA) Renzo Zorzi1
=(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari50
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth34
3Wolf-Ford Cosworth32
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth21
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
6Brabham-Alfa Romeo11
7Ligier-Matra9
8Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
9Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth3
11Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Jackie Oliver
Milestone race start
100th for Ronnie Peterson (7th driver to start 100 races, 2nd Swedish driver)
Wins
1st for Jacques Laffite (60th different winner, 4th French driver; first French winner since 1972; last win until 1979)
1st for Ligier (24th different winner)
Podiums
17th for Carlos Reutemann
7th for Jochen Mass
5th for Jacques Laffite
229th for Ferrari
68th for McLaren
4th for Ligier
Poles
5th for Mario Andretti
71st for Lotus
Fastest laps
4th for Mario Andretti
53rd for Lotus
Front row starts
7th for Mario Andretti
5th for John Watson