1977 Belgian Grand Prix

Formula One race F1 Belgium Belgian Circuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg 5 June 1977 7 17 Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Belgium 2.648 4.262 70 185.380 298.340 Wet Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford 1:24.64 Gunnar Nilsson Sweden Lotus-Ford 1:27.36 53 Gunnar Nilsson Sweden Lotus-Ford Niki Lauda Austria Ferrari Ronnie Peterson Sweden Tyrrell-Ford BEL 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. Driver Constructor Time No1USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:24.6412GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:26.1823SWE Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:26.4534RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:26.4845FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:26.7156FRG Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:26.8167ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:26.8578SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:26.9589GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:27.04910FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:27.051011AUT Niki LaudaFerrari1:27.111112ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:27.231213SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:27.281314ITA Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford1:27.331415ITA Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford1:27.351516BRA Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:27.471617AUS Alan JonesShadow-Ford1:27.551718FRG Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:27.751819GBR Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford1:28.021920GBR David PurleyLEC-Ford1:28.102021RSA 1928 Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:28.502122USA Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford1:28.512223AUS Larry PerkinsSurtees-Ford1:28.532324BEL Patrick NèveMarch-Ford1:28.672425AUT Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford1:29.022526FRA Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford1:29.1126 Cut-off27NED Boy HayjeMarch-Ford1:29.462728ESP 1977 Emilio de VillotaMcLaren-Ford1:30.12—29SWE Conny AnderssonBRM1:30.24—30BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:30.24—31BEL Bernard de DryverMarch-Ford1:30.42—32MEX 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.https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/belgique/tour-par-tour.aspx Belgium 1977 – Lap by lap StatsF1.com 16 May 2021 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.Run rabbit! Motor Sport 85 Rob Widdows June 2008 16 May 2021 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2008/85/run-rabbit Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 70 1:55:05.71 3 9 2 11 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 70 +14.19 11 6 3 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 70 +19.95 8 4 4 19 ITA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 70 +24.98 12 3 5 17 AUS Alan Jones Shadow-Ford 70 +1:15.47 17 2 6 8 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo 69 +1 lap 18 1 7 1 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 69 +1 lap 9   8 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 69 +1 lap 5   9 25 AUT Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 69 +1 lap 25   10 27 BEL Patrick Nève March-Ford 68 +2 laps 24   11 34 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford 68 +2 laps 26   12 18 AUS Larry Perkins Surtees-Ford 67 +3 laps 23   13 31 UK David Purley LEC-Ford 67 +3 laps 20   14 37 ITA Arturo Merzario March-Ford 65 +5 laps 14   NC Not classified 33 NED Boy Hayje March-Ford 63 +7 laps 27   Ret Retired 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 62 Engine 4   Ret Retired 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 39 Accident 6   Ret Retired 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 32 Engine 10   Ret Retired 22 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 29 Engine 13   Ret Retired 12 ARG Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 14 Accident 7   Ret Retired 24 UK Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford 14 Accident 19   Ret Retired 16 ITA Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford 12 Accident 15   Ret Retired 10 South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter March-Ford 8 Accident 21   Ret Retired 28 BRA 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 2 Electrical 16   Ret Retired 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 0 Collision 1   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 2   DNS Did not start 30 USA Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford   Engine 22   DNQ Did not qualify 36 Spain 1977 Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 9 BRA 1968 Alex Ribeiro March-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 35 SWE Conny Andersson BRM     DNQ Did not qualify 38 BEL Bernard de Dryver March-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 39 MEX Héctor Rebaque Hesketh-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/431/ 1977 Belgian Grand Prix Formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017103307/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/431/ 17 October 2014 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 Pos Driver Points 10px 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 32 10px 2 AUT Niki Lauda 31 10px 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann 23 10px 4 USA Mario Andretti 22 10px 5 5 SWE Gunnar Nilsson 13Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1977 – Championship StatsF1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 46 10px 1 2 UK Lotus-Ford 33 10px 1 3 CAN Wolf-Ford 32 10px 4 UK McLaren-Ford 15 10px 2 5 UK Tyrrell-Ford 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 1977 1977 Monaco Grand Prix 1977 Swedish Grand Prix 1976 Belgian Grand Prix 1978 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Circuit Zolder Category:Sports competitions in Limburg (Belgium)