1977 Argentine Grand Prix

June 2024 F1 Argentina Argentine Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 15.svg 9 January 1977 1 17 Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Permanent road course 3.61 5.81 53 191.33 307.93 Dry James Hunt UK McLaren-Ford 1:48.68 James Hunt UK McLaren-Ford 1:51.06 21 Jody Scheckter South Africa 1928 Wolf-Ford Carlos Pace Brazil Brabham-Alfa Romeo Carlos Reutemann Argentina Ferrari ARG thumb|300x300px|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.https://www.racingsportscars.com/f1/entry/Buenos_Aires-1977-01-09-14178.html 1977 Argentine Grand Prix Entry list Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:48.6812GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:48.9623FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:49.1334AUT Niki LaudaFerrari1:49.7345GER Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:49.8156BRA Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:49.9767ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:50.0278USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:50.1389GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:50.65910SWE Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:50.66DNS Did not start11RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:50.761012SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:50.971113ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:51.031214SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:51.341315FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:51.521416BRA Emerson FittipaldiCopersucar-Ford1:51.531517RSA 1928 Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:52.401618AUT Hans BinderSurtees-Ford1:53.111719BRA Ingo HoffmannCopersucar-Ford1:53.281820BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:53.541921ITA 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 53 1:40:11.19 11 9 2 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 53 + 43.24 6 6 3 12 ARG Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 53 + 46.02 7 4 4 28 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 53 + 55.48 16 3 5 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 51 Wheel bearing 8 2 6 22 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 51 + 2 laps 12 1 7 19 ITA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 48 Out of fuel 13 Ret Retired 10 South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter March-Ford 45 Electrical 17 NC Not classified 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 45 + 8 laps 9 Ret Retired 7 GBR John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 41 Suspension 2 Ret Retired 9 BRA Alex Ribeiro March-Ford 39 Transmission 20 NC Not classified 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 37 + 16 laps 15 Ret Retired 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 32 Overheating 3 Ret Retired 1 GBR James Hunt McLaren-Ford 31 Suspension 1 Ret Retired 2 GER Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 28 Spun off 5 Ret Retired 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 28 Spun off 14 Ret Retired 29 BRA Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi-Ford 22 Engine 19 Ret Retired 11 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 20 Fuel system 4 Ret Retired 18 AUT Hans Binder Surtees-Ford 18 Accident 18 Ret Retired 17 ITA Renzo Zorzi Shadow-Ford 2 Gearbox 21 DNS Did not start 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 10 Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/425/ 1977 Argentine Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021093645/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/425/ 21 October 2014 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 166 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 Pos Driver Points 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 9 2 BRA Carlos Pace 6 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann 4 4 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 3 5 USA Mario Andretti 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1977 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 CAN Wolf-Ford 9 2 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 3 ITA Ferrari 4 4 BRA Fittipaldi-Ford 3 5 UK Lotus-Ford 2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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