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1977 Belgian Grand Prix

Formula One race

Formula One race

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryBelgium
Grand PrixBelgian
ImageCircuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg
Date5 June
Year1977
Race_No7
Season_No17
LocationCircuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course_mi2.648
Course_km4.262
Distance_laps70
Distance_mi185.380
Distance_km298.340
WeatherWet
Pole_DriverMario Andretti
Pole_CountryUSA
Pole_TeamLotus-Ford
Pole_Time1:24.64
Fast_DriverGunnar Nilsson
Fast_CountrySweden
Fast_TeamLotus-Ford
Fast_Time1:27.36
Fast_Lap53
First_DriverGunnar Nilsson
First_CountrySweden
First_TeamLotus-Ford
Second_DriverNiki Lauda
Second_CountryAustria
Second_TeamFerrari
Third_DriverRonnie Peterson
Third_CountrySweden
Third_TeamTyrrell-Ford
Lapchart

Heusden-Zolder, Belgium

The 1977 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 5 June 1977. It was the seventh race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 70-lap race was won by Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson, driving a Lotus-Ford. Austrian driver Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, while Nilsson's fellow Swede, Ronnie Peterson, finished third in the six-wheeled Tyrrell-Ford. This was to be Nilsson's only Formula One victory, before his career was cut short by cancer and he died in October 1978.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford**1:24.64**1
GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:26.182
SWE Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:26.453
RSA Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:26.484
FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:26.715
FRG Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:26.816
ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:26.857
SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:26.958
GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:27.049
FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:27.0510
AUT Niki LaudaFerrari1:27.1111
ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:27.2312
SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:27.2813
ITA Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford1:27.3314
ITA Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford1:27.3515
BRA Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:27.4716
AUS Alan JonesShadow-Ford1:27.5517
FRG Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:27.7518
GBR Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford1:28.0219
GBR David PurleyLEC-Ford1:28.1020
RSA Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:28.5021
USA Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford1:28.5122
AUS Larry PerkinsSurtees-Ford1:28.5323
BEL Patrick NèveMarch-Ford1:28.6724
AUT Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford1:29.0225
FRA Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford1:29.1126
*Cut-off*
NED Boy HayjeMarch-Ford1:29.4627
ESP Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford1:30.12—
SWE Conny AnderssonBRM1:30.24—
BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:30.24—
BEL Bernard de DryverMarch-Ford1:30.42—
MEX Héctor RebaqueHesketh-Ford1:33.30—

Race

Report

In qualifying Mario Andretti took a comfortable pole position with John Watson just beating the second Lotus of Gunnar Nilsson to second. The race was wet due to rain earlier in the day. Watson took the lead into the first corner, but later in the lap, Andretti locked up into the chicane and ran into the back of the Brabham, knocking both drivers out of the race with Jody Scheckter taking over the lead.

Scheckter led the early stages ahead of Nilsson, whereas Carlos Reutemann made an early charge but spun off. The track began to dry and everyone had to pit for tyres, and those who stopped early were the ones who benefited, as now Niki Lauda was leading from Jochen Mass and Scheckter was down to fifth. Mass spun off from second, handing it to Nilsson who then went on to catch and pass Lauda before driving away to his first career victory. Behind second-placed Lauda, Ronnie Peterson completed the podium for Team Tyrrell after Scheckter retired with an engine failure. This remains the only F1 race in which two Swedes shared the podium.

David Purley stayed out later than most drivers and was running third by lap 21. After he finally pitted, he emerged in front of race leader Lauda. He was likely unaware that Lauda was a lap ahead and did not let him through, holding the leader up for a few laps. This may have cost Lauda victory and the two were involved in an argument after the race.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints1234567891011121314NCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNSDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
6SWE **Gunnar Nilsson****Lotus-Ford**701:55:05.713**9**
11AUT **Niki Lauda****Ferrari**70+14.1911**6**
3SWE **Ronnie Peterson****Tyrrell-Ford**70+19.958**4**
19ITA **Vittorio Brambilla****Surtees-Ford**70+24.9812**3**
17AUS **Alan Jones****Shadow-Ford**70+1:15.4717**2**
8FRG **Hans-Joachim Stuck****Brabham-Alfa Romeo**69+1 lap18**1**
1UK James HuntMcLaren-Ford69+1 lap9
4FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford69+1 lap5
25AUT Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford69+1 lap25
27BEL Patrick NèveMarch-Ford68+2 laps24
34FRA Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford68+2 laps26
18AUS Larry PerkinsSurtees-Ford67+3 laps23
31UK David PurleyLEC-Ford67+3 laps20
37ITA Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford65+5 laps14
33NED Boy HayjeMarch-Ford63+7 laps27
20South Africa Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford62Engine4
2FRG Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford39Accident6
26FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra32Engine10
22SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford29Engine13
12ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari14Accident7
24UK Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford14Accident19
16ITA Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford12Accident15
10South Africa Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford8Accident21
28BRA Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford2Electrical16
5USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford0Collision1
7UK John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo0Collision2
30USA Brett LungerMcLaren-FordEngine22
36Spain Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford
9BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford
35SWE Conny AnderssonBRM
38BEL Bernard de DryverMarch-Ford
39MEX Héctor RebaqueHesketh-Ford

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Mexican driver Héctor Rebaque and Belgian driver Bernard de Dryver.
  • This was the 25th pole position set by an American driver.
  • This was the 10th Grand Prix win for a Swedish driver.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1South Africa Jody Scheckter32
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]2AUT Niki Lauda31
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]3ARG Carlos Reutemann23
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4USA Mario Andretti22
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 55SWE Gunnar Nilsson13

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1ITA Ferrari46
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 12UK Lotus-Ford33
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 13CAN Wolf-Ford32
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4UK McLaren-Ford15
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 25UK Tyrrell-Ford11
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1976 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1978 Belgian Grand Prix

References

  1. "Belgium 1977 – Lap by lap". StatsF1.com.
  2. Widdows, Rob. (June 2008). "Run rabbit!".
  3. "1977 Belgian Grand Prix". Formula1.com.
  4. "Belgium 1977 – Championship".
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