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Home / Seasons / 1977 F1 World Championship Season / 1977 United States Grand Prix

1977 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 October 1977
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitWatkins Glen, 59 laps
Round15 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 295th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
  • 1977 Drivers’ title decider
More 1977 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth591hr 58m 23.267s9
2+2USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth59+2.026s6
3+6South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth59+1m 18.879s4
4+3Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari59+1m 40.615s3
5+14Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth59+1m 48.138s2
6 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari58+1 lap1
7+3France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra58+1 lap 
8+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth58+1 lap 
9+7France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth58+1 lap 
10+7USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)57+2 laps 
11+14Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth57+2 laps 
12-9United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo57+2 laps 
13+5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth57+2 laps 
14-6France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth56+3 laps 
15+8Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth56+3 laps 
16-11Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth56+3 laps 
17+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian AshleyHesketh-Ford Cosworth55+4 laps 
18+6Belgium flag lazyload Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)55+4 laps 
19-8Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth54+5 laps 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault30DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo14DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Danny OngaisPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)6DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth3DNF 

Notes

  • Hans-Joachim Stuck ended lap 14 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:40.863

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
3United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
4USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
5Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari
7Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
8France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
10France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
11Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
13Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
14France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
15Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
17USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
19Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford Cosworth
21South Africa flag lazyload Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford Cosworth
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian AshleyHesketh-Ford Cosworth
23Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth
24Belgium flag lazyload Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
26USA flag lazyload Danny OngaisPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1977 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda72
2USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti47
3South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter46
4Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann36
5United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt31
6Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass21
7Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson20
8France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite16
9Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones16
10Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck12
11Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi11
12France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler10
13United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson9
14Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson7
15Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
16Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla5
17Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni5
18France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay3
19Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1
=France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari89
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth62
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth47
4Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth46
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo27
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth17
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth17
8France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra16
9Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth11
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth8
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth5
12USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth1

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)

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Watkins Glen circuit
  • 1977 World Championship season

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