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1977 Argentine Grand Prix

1977 Argentine Grand Prix
FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryArgentina
Grand PrixArgentine
ImageAutódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 15.svg
Date9 January
Year1977
Race_No1
Season_No17
LocationAutódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CoursePermanent road course
Course_mi3.61
Course_km5.81
Distance_laps53
Distance_mi191.33
Distance_km307.93
WeatherDry
Pole_DriverJames Hunt
Pole_CountryUK
Pole_TeamMcLaren-Ford
Pole_Time1:48.68
Fast_DriverJames Hunt
Fast_CountryUK
Fast_TeamMcLaren-Ford
Fast_Time1:51.06
Fast_Lap21
First_DriverJody Scheckter
First_CountrySouth Africa
First_flag_suffix1928
First_TeamWolf-Ford
Second_DriverCarlos Pace
Second_CountryBrazil
Second_TeamBrabham-Alfa Romeo
Third_DriverCarlos Reutemann
Third_CountryArgentina
Third_TeamFerrari
Lapchart
Jody Scheckter celebrating the victory.

The 1977 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 9 January 1977. It was the first round of the 1977 Formula One season.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo123456789101112131415161718192021
GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford**1:48.68**1
GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:48.962
FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:49.133
AUT Niki LaudaFerrari1:49.734
GER Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:49.815
BRA Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:49.976
ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:50.027
USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:50.138
GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:50.659
SWE Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:50.66DNS
RSA Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:50.7610
SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:50.9711
ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:51.0312
SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:51.3413
FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:51.5214
BRA Emerson FittipaldiCopersucar-Ford1:51.5315
RSA Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:52.4016
AUT Hans BinderSurtees-Ford1:53.1117
BRA Ingo HoffmannCopersucar-Ford1:53.2818
BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:53.5419
ITA Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford1:54.1920

Race

Report

The 1977 season started in Argentina, and it was reigning world champion James Hunt who started off his title defence with pole position in his McLaren. Countryman John Watson shared the front row with him in the Brabham, and Patrick Depailler in the six-wheeled Tyrrell was third on the grid.

Watson took the lead at the start with Hunt second. Watson led for the first 10 laps until Hunt moved ahead and pulled away, with Mario Andretti's Lotus third, but soon the other McLaren of Jochen Mass took the place. Mass had to retire soon after with an engine failure which caused him to spin, and a suspension failure took teammate and race leader Hunt out three laps later. Watson took the lead again, but he also had suspension failures and let teammate Carlos Pace through. Watson eventually retired, and Pace struggled towards the end due to heat in his cockpit and was passed by Jody Scheckter's Wolf and Andretti, but the latter retired then with a wheel bearing failure. Scheckter took the first win of 1977, with Pace second, and home hero Carlos Reutemann completing the podium for Ferrari.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints1234567RetNCRetRetNCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNS
20South Africa **Jody Scheckter****Wolf-Ford**531:40:11.1911**9**
8BRA **Carlos Pace****Brabham-Alfa Romeo**53+ 43.246**6**
12ARG **Carlos Reutemann****Ferrari**53+ 46.027**4**
28BRA **Emerson Fittipaldi****Fittipaldi-Ford**53+ 55.4816**3**
5USA **Mario Andretti****Lotus-Ford**51Wheel bearing8**2**
22SUI **Clay Regazzoni****Ensign-Ford**51+ 2 laps12**1**
19ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford48Out of fuel13
10South Africa Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford45Electrical17
16GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford45+ 8 laps9
7GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo41Suspension2
9BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford39Transmission20
26FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra37+ 16 laps15
4FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford32Overheating3
1GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford31Suspension1
2GER Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford28Spun off5
3SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford28Spun off14
29BRA Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford22Engine19
11AUT Niki LaudaFerrari20Fuel system4
18AUT Hans BinderSurtees-Ford18Accident18
17ITA Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford2Gearbox21
6Sweden Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford10

Notes

  • This was the 100th fastest lap set by a British driver.
  • This race marked the 5th Grand Prix win for a South African driver.
  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Canadian constructor Walter Wolf Racing, and also the debut Grand Prix win for Wolf - the first Canadian constructor to do so.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
1South Africa Jody Scheckter9
2BRA Carlos Pace6
3ARG Carlos Reutemann4
4BRA Emerson Fittipaldi3
5USA Mario Andretti2

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
1CAN Wolf-Ford9
2UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo6
3ITA Ferrari4
4BRA Fittipaldi-Ford3
5UK Lotus-Ford2
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Name_of_race = Argentine Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1977 | Previous_race_in_season = 1976 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1977 Brazilian Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1975 Argentine Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1978 Argentine Grand Prix

References

  1. "1977 Argentine Grand Prix Entry list".
  2. "1977 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  3. Lang, Mike. (1983). "Grand Prix! Vol 3". Haynes Publishing Group.
  4. "Argentina 1977 - Championship • STATS F1".
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