1977 Spanish Grand Prix

1977 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date 8 May 1977
Official name XXIII Gran Premio de España[1]
Location Jarama, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 255.3 km (158.63 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:18.70
Fastest lap
Driver France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra
Time 1:20.81 on lap 5
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Wolf-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 May 1977 at the Circuito del Jarama near Madrid, Spain. It was the fifth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 75-lap race was won from pole position by American driver Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford. Argentinian Carlos Reutemann finished second in a Ferrari, with South African Jody Scheckter third in a Wolf-Ford.

Report

Mario Andretti continued his recent form with pole position and Jacques Laffite's Ligier springing a surprise, beating Niki Lauda to second, however Lauda was unable to take part in the race due to a broken rib. At the start, Andretti took the lead with Laffite following. Laffite gave chase to Andretti in the early stages but had to pit with a deflating tyre, leaving Andretti to romp to victory with Carlos Reutemann second. Hunt inherited third but retired with a misfire, giving it to John Watson until he lost places due to a spin and eventually retired with fuel system problems, leaving Jody Scheckter to take the final spot on the podium.

The race marked the debut of the Williams Grand Prix Engineering team, entering a single March 761 chassis for Belgian driver Patrick Nève, who finished 12th.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Gap
1 5 United States Mario Andretti LotusFord 1:18.70
2 26 France Jacques Laffite LigierMatra +0.72
3 11 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.78
4 12 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari +0.82
5 20 South Africa Jody Scheckter WolfFord +0.87
6 7 United Kingdom John Watson BrabhamAlfa Romeo +1.17
7 1 United Kingdom James Hunt McLarenFord +1.41
8 22 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni EnsignFord +1.43
9 2 West Germany Jochen Mass McLarenFord +1.44
10 4 France Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +1.46
11 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla SurteesFord +1.56
12 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson LotusFord +1.68
13 8 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck BrabhamAlfa Romeo +1.85
14 17 Australia Alan Jones ShadowFord +2.04
15 3 Sweden Ronnie Peterson TyrrellFord +2.26
16 24 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan HeskethFord +2.33
17 10 South Africa Ian Scheckter MarchFord +2.35
18 25 Austria Harald Ertl HeskethFord +2.46
19 28 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +2.86
20 18 Austria Hans Binder SurteesFord +3.03
21 37 Italy Arturo Merzario MarchFord +3.12
22 27 Belgium Patrick Nève MarchFord +3.22
23 36 Spain Emilio de Villota McLarenFord +3.27
24 16 Italy Renzo Zorzi ShadowFord +3.39
25 30 United States Brett Lunger MarchFord +3.54
Cut-off
26 34 France Jean-Pierre Jarier PenskeFord +3.57
27 9 Brazil Alex Ribeiro MarchFord +3.60
28 33 Netherlands Boy Hayje MarchFord +3.69
29 38 United Kingdom Brian Henton MarchFord +3.87
30 31 United Kingdom David Purley LECFord +4.19
31 35 Sweden Conny Andersson BRM +5.59
Source:[2]

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 75 1:42:52.22 1 9
2 12 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 75 + 15.85 4 6
3 20 South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 75 + 24.51 5 4
4 2 West Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 75 + 24.87 9 3
5 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 75 + 1:05.83 12 2
6 8 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo 74 + 1 Lap 13 1
7 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 74 + 1 Lap 2  
8 3 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 15  
9 18 Austria Hans Binder Surtees-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 20  
10 30 United States Brett Lunger March-Ford 72 + 3 Laps 25  
11 10 South Africa Ian Scheckter March-Ford 72 + 3 Laps 17  
12 27 Belgium Patrick Nève March-Ford 71 + 4 Laps 22  
13 36 Spain Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford 70 + 5 Laps 23  
14 28 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 70 + 5 Laps 19  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 64 Fuel System 6  
Ret 17 Australia Alan Jones Shadow-Ford 56 Accident 14  
Ret 24 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford 32 Accident 16  
Ret 25 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 29 Radiator 18  
Ret 16 Italy Renzo Zorzi Shadow-Ford 25 Engine 24  
Ret 37 Italy Arturo Merzario March-Ford 16 Suspension 21  
Ret 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 12 Engine 10  
Ret 1 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford 10 Engine 7  
Ret 22 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 9 Accident 8  
Ret 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 9 Accident 11  
DNS 11 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 0 Driver Injured 3  
DNQ 34 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford        
DNQ 9 Brazil Alex Ribeiro March-Ford        
DNQ 33 Netherlands Boy Hayje March-Ford        
DNQ 38 United Kingdom Brian Henton March-Ford        
DNQ 31 United Kingdom David Purley LEC-Ford        
DNQ 35 Sweden Conny Andersson BRM        
Source:[3]

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Rupert Keegan.
  • This race marked the 25th Grand Prix win for an American driver.
  • This was the 100th Grand Prix start for March, the 5th Grand Prix start for Wolf and the Formula One World Championship debut for LEC.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1977". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ "1977 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix West – Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "1977 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Spain 1977 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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