1977 British Grand Prix

October 2023 June 2013 F1 Great Britain British XXX John Player British Grand Prix1977 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f11977.html The Programme Covers Project 16 July 1977 Silverstone Circuit 1975 to 1986.png 10 17 Silverstone CircuitNorthamptonshire, Great Britain Permanent racing facility 2.932 4.719 68 199.380 320.871 Sunny James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:18.49http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1977/britain.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070110100651/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1977/britain.html British Grand Prix 1977 motorsport-stats.com 10 January 2007 23 December 2015 dead UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:19.60 48 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford UK Niki Lauda Ferrari AUT Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford SWE GBR The 1977 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1977. It was the tenth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 68-lap race was won from pole position by local driver James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, with Austrian driver Niki Lauda second in a Ferrari and Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson third in a Lotus-Ford. The race marked the debut of Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, as well as the first outing for the first turbocharged Formula One car, the Renault RS01, driven by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who retired when the turbocharger had failed after 16 laps. It was also the last race to be given the honorific designation of the European Grand Prix. Pre-qualifying Owing to the large number of entrants, a special system of pre-qualification was devised, taking place on the Wednesday before the race. Fourteen cars took part, most from teams which were not members of FOCA. Debutant Gilles Villeneuve also took part, along with Patrick Tambay, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Brett Lunger, Patrick Nève, Mikko Kozarowitzky, another debutant Andy Sutcliffe, Guy Edwards, Tony Trimmer, David Purley, Emilio de Villota, Brian Henton, Arturo Merzario and yet another debutant, Brian McGuire.Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1977 http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr290.html Grandprix.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110605114200/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr290.html 5 June 2011 10 June 2011 live Kozarowitzky crashed his RAM March in the first session, and Purley suffered a huge accident in the second session, when the throttle stuck open on his LEC. He suffered multiple fractures and spent many months recovering. He later returned to racing but never appeared in a World Championship Formula One race again.Tremayne David Racers Apart: Memories of motorsport heroes Motor Racing Publications Ltd 1991 UK 293 0-947981-58-6 The fastest five drivers after both sessions were Villeneuve, Tambay, Jarier, Lunger and Henton, all of whom went through to the full qualifying sessions. Merzario and Nève were subsequently also allowed through, as was de Villota, who replaced Harald Ertl when the Austrian driver withdrew his entry. Qualifying Henton and de Villota were eliminated after the qualifying sessions, along with Alex Ribeiro and Clay Regazzoni. James Hunt took pole position by less than 3 tenths from Northern Irish racing driver John Watson in the Brabham, whilst the rest of the top 10 qualifiers were Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Gunnar Nilsson, Mario Andretti, Hans Joachim Stuck, Vittorio Brambilla, Gilles Villeneuve and Ronnie Peterson in the leading Tyrrell. It was also proven to be a relief for Hunt to secure pole position in front of the home crowd, this was because British racing drivers had not been lucky all season up to this point. Classification Pre-qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 40 CAN Gilles Villeneuve McLaren-Ford 1:19.48 — 2 23 FRA Patrick Tambay Ensign-Ford 1:19.55 +0.07 3 34 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford 1:19.63 +0.15 4 30 USA Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 1:19.72 +0.24 5 38 UK Brian Henton March-Ford 1:19.82 +0.34 6 37 ITA Arturo Merzario March-Ford 1:19.86 +0.38 7 27 BEL Patrick Nève March-Ford 1:19.97 +0.49 8 36 Spain 1977 Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford 1:20.38 +0.90 9 31 UK David Purley LEC-Ford 1:20.63 +1.15 10 33 UK Andy Sutcliffe March-Ford 1:21.93 +2.45 11 35 UK Guy Edwards BRM 1:22.62 +3.14 12 44 UK Tony Trimmer Surtees-Ford 1:22.80 +3.32 13 45 AUS Brian McGuire McGuire-Ford 1:23.76 +4.28 14 32 FIN Mikko Kozarowitzky March-Ford 1:25.16 +5.68 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:18.49 — 2 7 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:18.77 +0.28 3 11 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:18.84 +0.35 4 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 1:18.85 +0.36 5 6 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:18.95 +0.46 6 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:19.11 +0.62 7 8 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:19.16 +0.67 8 19 ITA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 1:19.20 +0.71 9 40 CAN Gilles Villeneuve McLaren-Ford 1:19.32 +0.83 10 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.42 +0.93 11 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:19.55 +1.06 12 17 AUS Alan Jones Shadow-Ford 1:19.60 +1.11 13 24 UK Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford 1:19.64 +1.15 14 12 ARG Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:19.64 +1.15 15 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:19.75 +1.26 16 23 FRA Patrick Tambay Ensign-Ford 1:19.81 +1.32 17 37 ITA Arturo Merzario March-Ford 1:19.88 +1.39 18 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.90 +1.41 19 30 USA Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 1:20.06 +1.57 20 34 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford 1:20.10 +1.61 21 15 FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:20.11 +1.62 22 28 BRA 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:20.20 +1.71 23 18 AUS Vern Schuppan Surtees-Ford 1:20.24 +1.75 24 10 South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter March-Ford 1:20.31 +1.82 25 16 ITA Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford 1:20.35 +1.86 26 27 BEL Patrick Nève March-Ford 1:20.36 +1.87 27 9 BRA 1968 Alex Ribeiro March-Ford 1:20.46 +1.97 28 22 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 1:20.79 +2.30 29 38 UK Brian Henton March-Ford 1:20.79 +2.30 30 36 Spain 1977 Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford 1:21.53 +3.04 Race James Hunt had started from pole position with John Watson alongside him. But, Hunt did not get a good start due to clutch problems and dropped back to 4th as a result. This allowed Watson to take the lead into the first corner ahead of Niki Lauda's Ferrari and Jody Scheckter's Wolf. However, as the race had slowly progressed Hunt eventually managed to re-overtake Lauda and Scheckter and re-passed Watson for the race lead as the British drivers were running first and second. But the order of the top 2 did not stay the same as Watson started to slow when his fuel system failed on lap 53 and retired only 8 laps later. With Watson dropping out of contention this promoted Niki Lauda to second and Jody Scheckter to third. But Scheckter was also forced to retire later on when his engine failed on lap 60 which gave Mario Andretti in the leading Lotus third before his engine had also failed 3 laps later but was classified 14th. As Gunnar Nilsson in the remaining Lotus was given 3rd place and stayed there. James Hunt had finally managed to take his first win of the season for McLaren to the delight of the British fans, ahead of championship leader Niki Lauda, Gunnar Nilsson, Jochen Mass in the second McLaren, Hans Joachim Stuck in the remaining Brabham and Jacques Laffite in the only Ligier. Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford Goodyear 68 1:31:46.06 1 9 2 11 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari Goodyear 68 + 18.31 3 6 3 6 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford Goodyear 68 + 19.57 5 4 4 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford Goodyear 68 + 47.76 11 3 5 8 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 68 + 1:11.73 7 2 6 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Goodyear 67 + 1 Lap 15 1 7 17 AUS Alan Jones Shadow-Ford Goodyear 67 + 1 Lap 12   8 19 ITA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford Goodyear 67 + 1 Lap 8   9 34 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford Goodyear 67 + 1 Lap 20   10 27 BEL Patrick Nève March-Ford Goodyear 66 + 2 Laps 26   11 40 CAN Gilles Villeneuve McLaren-Ford Goodyear 66 + 2 Laps 9   12 18 AUS Vern Schuppan Surtees-Ford Goodyear 66 + 2 Laps 23   13 30 USA Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford Goodyear 64 + 4 Laps 19   14 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 62 Engine 6   15 12 ARG Carlos Reutemann Ferrari Goodyear 62 + 6 Laps 14   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 60 Fuel System 2   Ret Retired 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford Goodyear 59 Engine 4   Ret Retired 28 BRA 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 42 Throttle 22   Ret Retired 37 ITA Arturo Merzario March-Ford Goodyear 28 Transmission 17   Ret Retired 16 ITA Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford Goodyear 20 Fuel Pressure 25   Ret Retired 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 16 Brakes 18   Ret Retired 15 FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 16 Turbo 21   Ret Retired 10 South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter March-Ford Goodyear 6 Accident 24   Ret Retired 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 3 Engine 10   Ret Retired 23 FRA Patrick Tambay Ensign-Ford Goodyear 3 Electrical 16   Ret Retired 24 UK Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford Goodyear 0 Accident 13   DNQ Did not qualify 9 BRA 1968 Alex Ribeiro March-Ford Goodyear         DNQ Did not qualify 22 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford Goodyear         DNQ Did not qualify 38 UK Brian Henton March-Ford Goodyear         DNQ Did not qualify 36 Spain 1977 Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford Goodyear         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 UK David Purley LEC-Ford Goodyear   Accident     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 33 UK Andy Sutcliffe March-Ford Goodyear         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 35 UK Guy Edwards BRM Goodyear         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 44 UK Tony Trimmer Surtees-Ford Goodyear         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 45 AUS Brian McGuire McGuire-Ford Goodyear         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 32 FIN Mikko Kozarowitzky March-Ford Goodyear   Accident     WD Withdrawn 25 AUT Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford Goodyear         WD Withdrawn 39 MEX Héctor Rebaque Hesketh-Ford Goodyear         WD Withdrawn 43 UK Derek Bell Penske-Ford Goodyear         WD Withdrawn 46 BEL Bernard de Dryver March-Ford Goodyear        Source:1977 British Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/434/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141021094119/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/434/ 21 October 2014 23 December 2015https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1977-british-grand-prix/ 1977 British Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 16 July 1977 2 November 2021 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Australian driver Brian McGuire, British driver Andy Sutcliffe and Canadian driver and future Grand Prix winner Gilles Villeneuve. This was the 25th podium finish for a Swedish driver. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Renault as a constructor and as engine supplier and for Australian constructor McGuire - the first Australian constructor in Formula One. This race marked the 10th Grand Prix start for Wolf. This was the 10th British Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda 39 10px 2 USA Mario Andretti 32 10px 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 32 10px 4 ARG Carlos Reutemann 28 10px 2 5 UK James Hunt 22Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1977 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 56 (58) 10px 2 UK Lotus-Ford 47 10px 1 3 UK McLaren-Ford 34 10px 1 4 CAN Wolf-Ford 32 10px 5 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 19Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained. Numbers without parentheses are retained points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. 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