1977 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1976.png XXXV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco 22 May 1977 6 17 Circuit de Monaco Street circuit 2.057 3.312 76 156.406 251.712 Dry John Watson UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:29.86 Jody Scheckter South Africa 1928 Wolf-Ford 1:31.07 35 Jody Scheckter South Africa 1928 Wolf-Ford Niki Lauda Austria Ferrari Carlos Reutemann Argentina Ferrari MON The 1977 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 22 May 1977. It was the sixth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Monaco-1977-05-22e.jpg 1977 Monaco Grand Prix Entry list The 76-lap race was won by South African driver Jody Scheckter, driving a Wolf-Ford. It was Scheckter's second victory of the season, and the 100th World Championship race victory for the Ford-backed Cosworth DFV engine.http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/6328.html 1977: Consistency secures Niki Lauda a second title ESPN 8 October 2017 Austrian Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, with Argentinian teammate Carlos Reutemann third. Background The race weekend was sometimes rainy, with Saturday qualifying in particular being a wash. Between the rain and the increased admission fees, this year marked low numbers of spectators. Since the race weekend lasted from Thursday until Sunday (with Friday being a break for the teams), the casinos lost revenue as they were not accessible to tourists during the days of the race - the organizers tried to make up for these shortfalls by increasing ticket prices. Car Graphic CG877E David Phipps Monaco GP: ウルフ身軽に独走優勝 Wolf nimbly takes the lead and wins ja 197, issue 8/77 25 July 1977 Nigensha Publishing Co., Ltd. 156 The race marked the debut of Riccardo Patrese, who had been making a name for himself in Formula Two. Shadow's sponsor, grain magnate Francesco Ambrosio, gave Patrese Renzo Zorzi's seat, but neglected to tell Zorzi, who arrived at Monaco only to see Patrese's name on "his" car.https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/vado-al-massimo/2015/5/16/morto-renzo-zorzi-il-ricordo-di-un-pilota-talentuoso-e-dimenticato/609130/ Morto Renzo Zorzi/ Il ricordo di un pilota talentuoso e dimenticato it Massimo Piciotti 16 May 2015 19 August 2026 Il Sussidiario 25 entries competed for 20 spots on the grid for this race. Brabham presented a new experimental rear wing design, nicknamed "the barn door" for its large, upright rear flap. The wing was also fitted with longitudinal ribs. The design appeared to have worked, with Brabham dominating practice and qualifying first and fifth. In other developments, three teams (McLaren, Tyrrell, and Lotus) were working together with Cosworth to develop a new, lightweight derivative of the DFV engine - this new variant weighed 9 kg lb 0 less and also produced two percent more power. Reportedly, Hunt, Peterson, and Andretti were given the new lightweight DFV engine for Monaco but they seem to have raced with the regular engine.Phipps 1977, p. 158. Qualifying After the first timed session, Hans-Joachim Stuck and John Watson put the B in first and second on the grid. The second session rained out, but in the final (Saturday) qualifying session, Watson went even faster and secured pole position - for the first time in his Formula One career. Stuck's engine malfunctioned for this session and he could not better his time from Thursday and ended up starting in fifth.Phipps 1977, p. 157. Scheckter took second in the Wolf, with Reutemann third, Peterson fourth, and Lauda in sixth. Andretti proved unable to match his pace from recent races and started in tenth, stating that "the track was too narrow for the Lotus 78". Meanwhile, his teammate Nilsson qualified 13th on the grid. Newcomer Patrese took the fifteenth starting position, while Jacky Ickx made a rare appearance. After having set a time on Thursday, Clay Regazzoni the rain precluded him bettering it on Saturday morning. He then flew to the United States to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in a McLaren-Offenhauser for Theodore Racing (he had crashed in the previous week's session and only Saturday and Sunday remained available for setting a time). He did not make it in time, forcing him to stay in Indianapolis for Sunday as well. Ickx was hastily called up to take his seat, qualifying 17th on the grid, behind Laffite whose car was off the pace after a strong showing in Spain. The non-qualifiers included all four Marches and Harald Ertl's Hesketh. Race thumb|Niki Lauda at the Grand Prix While there was rain in the morning, it had dried up by the time of the start. The teams had all readied rain tyres but those were never used during the race. At the start, first-time pole sitter Watson spun his wheels on the painted crosswalk at the starting line, allowing Scheckter to beat him to the first corner, with Reutemann running third. There were no retirements or serious incidents on the first lap, although Patrese rear-ended Nilsson's Lotus, damaging his nosecone and Nilsson's gear selector. Nilsson ended up retiring on lap 51 as a result of damage to his gearbox. The first three cars were followed by Stuck, Peterson, Lauda, and Hunt. A second pack of cars comprising Depailler, Andretti, and Mass rounded out the top ten a few laps into the race. Behind them sat a third group: Jones, Jarier, Nilsson, and Brambilla, followed by freshman Patrese and veteran Ickx who had a nearly race-long battle. On the eighth lap, fifth-placed Peterson began slowing down, retiring two laps later with a complete loss of brakes. Fourth-placed Stuck had a small fire on lap 19 and also retired. With Stuck and Peterson out of the way, Lauda caught up to his teammate Reutemann and soon passed him for third place. A valve broke in Hunt's engine and he was out on lap 25, around which time Jarier pitted to change a punctured tire and dropped to last position as a result. About halfway through the race, Watson (in second place to Scheckter began slowing down as his brakes were becoming spongy. A little later, his gear shift began causing trouble, causing him to go off the track on lap 45. He rejoined, but as he was approaching the hill to Sainte Dévote on lap 48 the transmission jammed entirely, causing him to spin out and retire. This put Lauda in second, 14 seconds behind Scheckter and with Reutemann another thirty seconds behind. Mass and Andretti were running fourth and fifth; Depailler retired with brake problems on lap 46, leaving Jones in the final, points-scoring position. After Nilsson retired on lap 51, Brambilla was in seventh and Laffite eighth; these standings remained until the end except that Laffite made his way around Brambilla after the latter's facemask shifted and obstructed his view. Scheckter's day was not perfect, though: his fuel pump was giving out and would starve the engine of fuel at times, allowing Lauda to catch up. This would have meant retirement if it had happened earlier, but as it were, Scheckter turned on the auxiliary fuel pump (used for starting) and left it on for the few remaining laps. Lauda's car, however, had begun to develop an oversteering habit in the closing stages, and since Scheckter's was once again back on pace Lauda had to be satisfied with second, with Reutemann completing the podium. Shadow driver Riccardo Patrese made his first career start in the race, qualifying 15th and finishing 9th. Patrese would drive in a record 257 Grands Prix (256 starts) during his career which ended after the 1993 season, a career which included winning at Monaco for Brabham in 1982. The race also marked the 100th Grand Prix win for a Cosworth-Ford-powered car, ten years after the DFV's first victory in 1967. Cosworth-Ford tried to bring a blue-and-white cake to the podium for Scheckter and Prince Rainier to celebrate, but between the crowd entering the track and overzealous police, the cake did not make it. Classification Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:29.8612RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:30.2723ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:30.4434SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:30.7245FRG Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:30.7356AUT Niki LaudaFerrari1:30.7667GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:30.8578FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:31.1689FRG Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:31.36910USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:31.501011AUS Alan JonesShadow-Ford1:32.041112FRA Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford1:32.321213SWE Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:32.371314ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:32.401415ITA Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford1:32.521516FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:32.651617BEL Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford1:33.251718BRA Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:33.391819AUT Hans BinderSurtees-Ford1:33.491920GBR Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford1:33.7820 Cut-off21ITA Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford1:34.46—22NED Boy HayjeMarch-Ford1:34.48—23AUT Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford1:34.74—24SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:35.00—25BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:36.62—26RSA 1928 Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:46.30— Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 76 1:57:52.77 2 9 2 11 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 76 + 0.89 6 6 3 12 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 76 + 32.80 3 4 4 2 West Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 76 + 34.60 9 3 5 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 76 + 35.55 10 2 6 17 Australia Alan Jones Shadow-Ford 76 + 36.61 11 1 7 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 76 + 1:04.44 16   8 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 76 + 1:08.64 14   9 16 Italy Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford 75 + 1 Lap 15   10 22 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 75 + 1 Lap 17   11 34 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford 74 + 2 Laps 12   12 24 UK Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford 73 + 3 Laps 20   Ret Retired 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 51 Gearbox 13   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 48 Gearbox 1   Ret Retired 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 46 Gearbox 8   Ret Retired 18 Austria Hans Binder Surtees-Ford 41 Fuel System 19   Ret Retired 28 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 37 Engine 18   Ret Retired 1 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 25 Engine 7   Ret Retired 8 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo 19 Electrical 5   Ret Retired 3 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 10 Brakes 4   DNQ Did not qualify 37 Italy Arturo Merzario March-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 33 Netherlands Boy Hayje March-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 25 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 22 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford   Left for the Indianapolis 500     DNQ Did not qualify 9 Brazil 1968 Alex Ribeiro March-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 10 South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter March-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/430/ 1977 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021093402/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/430/ 21 October 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 32 10px 2 2 AUT Niki Lauda 25 10px 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann 23 10px 2 4 USA Mario Andretti 22 10px 5 UK James Hunt 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1977 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 40 10px 2 CAN Wolf-Ford 32 10px 3 UK Lotus-Ford 24 10px 4 UK McLaren-Ford 15 10px 5 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 8Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Monaco Grand Prix 1977 1977 Spanish Grand Prix 1977 Belgian Grand Prix 1976 Monaco Grand Prix 1978 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix