1977 United States Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 2 October 1977 |
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| Circuit | Watkins Glen, 59 laps |
| Round | 15 of 17 |
| Race numbers | The 1977 United States Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 |  James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 59 | 1hr 58m 23.267s | 9 | |
| 2 | +2 |  Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 59 | +2.026s | 6 |
| 3 | +6 |  Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 59 | +1m 18.879s | 4 |
| 4 | +3 |  Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 59 | +1m 40.615s | 3 |
| 5 | +14 |  Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 59 | +1m 48.138s | 2 |
| 6 |  Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 58 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | +3 |  Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 58 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | +12 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 58 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | +7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 58 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | +7 | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 57 | +2 laps | |
| 11 | +14 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 57 | +2 laps | |
| 12 | -9 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 57 | +2 laps | |
| 13 | +5 |  Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 57 | +2 laps | |
| 14 | -6 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 56 | +3 laps | |
| 15 | +8 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth | 56 | +3 laps | |
| 16 | -11 |  Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 56 | +3 laps | |
| 17 | +5 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 55 | +4 laps | |
| 18 | +6 |  Patrick Neve | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 55 | +4 laps | |
| 19 | -8 |  Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 54 | +5 laps | |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 30 | DNF | ||
| R | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 17 | DNF | ||
| R |  Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 14 | DNF | ||
| R | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford Cosworth | 10 | DNF | ||
| R | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 8 | DNF | ||
| R | Danny Ongais | Penske-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 6 | DNF | ||
| R |  Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 3 | DNF | ||
Notes
- Hans-Joachim Stuck ended lap 14 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:40.863
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 3 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 7 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth |
| 10 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
| 11 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
| 12 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 13 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault |
| 15 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
| 17 | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
| 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
| 20 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
| 21 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford Cosworth |
| 22 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
| 23 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth |
| 24 | Patrick Neve | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 25 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
| 26 | Danny Ongais | Penske-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
Non-qualifiers
| Driver | Constructor |
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| Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Niki Lauda | 72 |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | 47 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | 46 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 36 |
| 5 | James Hunt | 31 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | 21 |
| 7 | Gunnar Nilsson | 20 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | 16 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | 16 |
| 10 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 12 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 11 |
| 12 | Patrick Depailler | 10 |
| 13 | John Watson | 9 |
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson | 7 |
| 15 | Carlos Pace | 6 |
| 16 | Vittorio Brambilla | 5 |
| 17 | Clay Regazzoni | 5 |
| 18 | Patrick Tambay | 3 |
| 19 | Renzo Zorzi | 1 |
| = | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1 |
Constructor
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Danny Ongais
- Last start
- Ian Ashley
- Milestone race start
- 100th for Clay Regazzoni (8th driver to start 100 races, 1st Swiss driver)
- 100th for Surtees & Tyrrell (8th & 9th constructors to start 100 races)
- 50th for Hesketh (13th constructor to start 50 races)
- World Champion
- 2nd title for Niki Lauda (8th driver to win two championships, 1st Austrian driver; last Austrian champion until 1984)
- Wins
- 9th for James Hunt
- 23rd for McLaren
- Podiums
- 22nd for Jody Scheckter
- 21st for James Hunt
- 10th for Mario Andretti (31st driver to score ten podiums, 4th American driver)
- 114th for Lotus
- 71st for McLaren
- 8th for Wolf
- Poles
- 14th and last for James Hunt
- 18th for McLaren (last until 1984)
- Fastest laps
- 6th for Ronnie Peterson (only fastest lap for Tyrrell)
- 17th for Tyrrell (last until 1982)
- Front row starts
- 21st for James Hunt
- 1st and only for Hans-Joachim Stuck (92nd different front row starter, 3rd German driver; first German front row starter since 1961 and last until 1992)
- Pole & win
- 7th and last for James Hunt (last British driver to win from pole until 1985)