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The 1977 Formula One season included the 28th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 9, 1977, and ended on October 23 after seventeen races.

[edit] Season summary

Niki Lauda took his second championship, though Mario Andretti won more races. Jody Scheckter's Wolf won first time out, Shadow took their only victory, and Gunnar Nilsson achieved the only win of a career tragically cut short by cancer. Renault entered grand prix racing with a turbocharged car which was initially not very successful. The German ATS team took over the Penske cars and the South African Grand Prix was the last race a BRM ever qualified to start.

[edit] Drivers & Constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver
Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren	M23 M26	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	1	James Hunt
					2	Jochen Mass
					14	Bruno Giacomelli
					40	Gilles Villeneuve
Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	P34	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	3	Ronnie Peterson
					4	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	78	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	5	Mario Andretti
					6	Gunnar Nilsson
Martini Racing	Brabham	BT45 BT45B	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12	G	7	John Watson
					8	Carlos Pace
						Hans-Joachim Stuck
					21	Giorgio Francia
Hollywood March Racing Team Rothmans International	March	761B 771	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	9	Alex Ribeiro
					10	Ian Scheckter
						Hans-Joachim Stuck
						Brian Henton
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	312T2	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G	11	Niki Lauda
						Gilles Villeneuve
						Carlos Reutemann
					12	Carlos Reutemann
						Gilles Villeneuve
					21	Gilles Villeneuve
Rotary Watches Stanley BRM Stanley BRM	BRM	P207 P201B	BRM P202 3.0 V12 BRM P200 3.0 V12	G	14	Larry Perkins
					29	Teddy Pilette
					35	Conny Andersson
						Guy Edwards
					40	Teddy Pilette
Interscope Racing	Penske	PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	14	Danny Ongais
Équipe Renault Elf	Renault	RS01	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6	M	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Shadow Racing Team	Shadow	DN5B DN8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	16	Tom Pryce
						Renzo Zorzi
						Riccardo Patrese
						Jackie Oliver
						Arturo Merzario
						Jean-Pierre Jarier
					17	Renzo Zorzi
						Alan Jones
Durex Team Surtees Beta Team Surtees Team Surtees	Surtees	TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	18	Hans Binder
						Larry Perkins
						Vern Schuppan
						Lamberto Leoni
					19	Vittorio Brambilla
Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf	WR1 WR2 WR3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	20	Jody Scheckter
Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	Ensign	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	22	Clay Regazzoni
						Jacky Ickx
Theodore Racing Hong Kong	Ensign	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	23	Patrick Tambay
Penthouse Rizla Racing Hesketh Racing	Hesketh	308E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	24	Rupert Keegan
					25	Harald Ertl
						Hector Rebaque
						Ian Ashley
					39	Hector Rebaque
						Ian Ashley
Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS7	Matra MS76 3.0 V12	G	26	Jacques Laffite
					27	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	March	761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	27	Patrick Nève
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	FD04 FD5	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	28	Emerson Fittipaldi
					29	Ingo Hoffmann
Chesterfield Racing	March McLaren	761 M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	30	Brett Lunger
LEC Refrigeration Racing	LEC	CRP1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	31	David Purley
RAM Racing/F&S Properties RAM Racing	March	761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	32	Mikko Kozarowitsky
						Michael Bleekemolen
					33	Boy Hayje
						Andy Sutcliffe
ATS Racing Team	Penske	PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	33	Hans Binder
					34	Jean-Pierre Jarier
					35	Hans Heyer
						Hans Binder
Iberia Airlines	McLaren	M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	36	Emilio de Villota
Team Merzario	March	761B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	37	Arturo Merzario
British Formula One Team	March	761 761B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	38	Brian Henton
						Bernard de Dryver
HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Boro	001	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	38	Brian Henton
Jolly Club of Switzerland	Apollon	Fly/FW03	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	41	Loris Kessel
Melchester Racing	Surtees	TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	44	Tony Trimmer
Brian McGuire	McGuire	BM1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	45	Brian McGuire
Meiritsu Racing Team	Tyrrell	007	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D	50	Kunimitsu Takahashi
Kojima Engineering	Kojima	KE009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	B	51	Noritake Takahara
Heroes Racing Corporation	Kojima	KE007	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	B	52	Kazuyoshi Hoshino

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 9	Oscar Gálvez	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 23	Interlagos	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 5	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	April 3	Long Beach	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	May 8	Jarama	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	June 5	Zolder	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	Swedish Grand Prix	June 19	Scandinavian Raceway	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Report
9	French Grand Prix	July 3	Dijon-Prenois	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 16	Silverstone	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	July 31	Hockenheimring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 14	Österreichring	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	August 28	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 11	Monza	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 2	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
16	Canadian Grand Prix	October 9	Mosport	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Report
17	Japanese Grand Prix	October 23	Fuji Speedway	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report

[edit] 1977 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312T2	Ferrari 015		95 (97)	4	16	2
2	Lotus-Ford	78	Ford Cosworth DFV		62	5	7	7
3	McLaren-Ford	M23 M26	Ford Cosworth DFV		60	3	7	6
4	Wolf-Ford	WR1-4	Ford Cosworth DFV		55	3	9	1
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	BT45 BT45B	Alfa Romeo 115-12		27		4	1
6	Tyrrell-Ford	P34	Ford Cosworth DFV		27		4
7	Shadow-Ford	DN5B DN8	Ford Cosworth DFV		23	1	2
8	Ligier-Matra	JS7	Matra MS76		18	1	2
9	Fittipaldi-Ford	FD04 F5	Ford Cosworth DFV		11
10	Ensign-Ford	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV		10
11	Surtees-Ford	TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV		6
12	Penske-Ford	PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV		1
13	Boro-Ford	001	Ford Cosworth DFV
14	LEC-Ford	CRP-1	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	McGuire-Ford	BM1	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Kojima-Ford	KE009	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	BRM	P207 P201B	BRM P202 BRM P200
18	Hesketh-Ford	308E	Ford Cosworth DFV
19	Renault	RS01	Renault-Gordini EF1
20	March-Ford	761 761B 771	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 1977 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN Pts [2] 1 Niki Lauda Ret 3 1 2 Ret 2 2 Ret 5 2 1 2 1 2 4 72 2 Jody Scheckter 1 Ret 2 3 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret 3 1 10 55 3 Mario Andretti 5 Ret Ret 1 1 5 Ret 6 1 14 Ret Ret Ret 1 2 9 Ret 47 4 Carlos Reutemann 3 1 8 Ret 2 3 Ret 3 6 15 4 4 6 Ret 6 Ret 2 42 5 James Hunt Ret 2 4 7 Ret Ret 7 12 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 40 6 Jochen Mass Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 4 Ret 2 9 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret 25 7 Alan Jones Ret Ret 6 5 17 Ret 7 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret 4 4 22 8 Gunnar Nilsson 5 12 8 5 Ret 1 19 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 9 Patrick Depailler Ret Ret 3 4 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 2 3 20 10 Jacques Laffite NC Ret Ret 9 7 7 Ret 1 8 6 Ret Ret 2 8 7 Ret 5 18 11 Hans Joachim Stuck Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 10 Ret 5 3 3 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 12 12 Emerson Fittipaldi 4 4 10 5 14 Ret Ret 18 11 Ret DNQ 11 4 DNQ 13 Ret 11 13 John Watson Ret Ret 6 DSQ Ret Ret Ret 5 2 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 14 Ronnie Peterson Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 3 Ret 12 Ret 9 5 Ret 6 16 Ret Ret 7 15 Carlos Pace 2 Ret 13 6 16 Vittorio Brambilla 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 13 8 5 15 12 Ret 19 6 8 6 17 Clay Regazzoni 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 7 7 DNQ Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 5 18 Patrick Tambay DNQ Ret 6 Ret 5 Ret