1977 Canadian Grand Prix

16th round of the 1977 Formula One World Championship May 2026 F1 Canada Canadian Mosport.svg 9 October 1977 16 17 Mosport Park, Canada Permanent racing facility 2.459 3.957 80 196.72 316.56 Cold with temperatures approaching 12 C F; wind speeds up to 12.8 km/h mphhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Bowmanville/1977-10-09 Weather information for the "1977 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 26 June 2013 Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford 1:11.385 Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford 1:13.299 56 Jody Scheckter South Africa 1928 Wolf-Ford Patrick Depailler France Tyrrell-Ford Jochen Mass West Germany McLaren-Ford CAN The 1977 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 9 October 1977, at Mosport Park. It was the 16th and penultimate race of the 1977 Formula One season.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Mosport-1977-10-09e.jpg 1977 Canadian Grand Prix Entry list Background The field arrived in Canada without Niki Lauda who, having clinched the Drivers' Championship at the previous race at Watkins Glen, and having already announced his intention to drive for Brabham in 1978, abruptly quit Ferrari upon learning that the team would bet on the 312T3 model, more conservative, but still technically more outdated in relation to cars with ground effect (which was becoming popular in the category thanks to the success of the Lotus 78). Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve who had made a one-off appearance for McLaren earlier in the season at the British Grand Prix took Lauda's place in the Ferrari team. This was the 100th Grand Prix start for Surtees. In those 100 races, Surtees achieved two podium finishes and three fastest laps. Qualifying Qualifying report In qualifying, Lotus's Mario Andretti took his sixth pole position of the season, with McLaren's James Hunt alongside him on the front row. Ronnie Peterson was third in his six-wheeled Tyrrell, ahead of Gunnar Nilsson in the second Lotus. The top ten was completed by Jochen Mass in the second McLaren, Patrick Depailler in the second Tyrrell, the Shadows of Alan Jones and Riccardo Patrese, Jody Scheckter in the Wolf, and John Watson in the Brabham. But the safety of the bumpy, high-speed Mosport Park track was in question: during practice Ian Ashley's Hesketh crested one of these bumps on the Mario Andretti straight; it flipped, vaulted the barrier and crashed into a television tower, seriously injuring Ashley and ending his Formula One career. The Englishman survived, but it took 40 minutes to remove him from the car and an additional 30 minutes passed until a helicopter arrived. These problems were underlined later that day when Mass crashed at the first corner into a barrier that flattened upon impact.1977 - Canadian Grand Prix http://www.zoompics.com/1977f1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120830120323/http://www.zoompics.com/1977f1.htm 30 August 2012 dead 10 July 2013 Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:11.38512GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:11.94223SWE Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:12.75234SWE Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:12.97545FRG Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:13.11656FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:13.20767AUS Alan JonesShadow-Ford1:13.34778ITA Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford1:13.43589RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:13.497910GBR John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:13.5001011FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:13.7391112ARG Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:13.8901213FRG Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:13.9531314SUI Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:13.9991415ITA Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:14.2291516FRA Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford1:14.4641617CAN Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:14.4651718RSA 1928 Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:14.8551819BRA Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:14.8571920USA Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford1:14.9302021BEL Patrick NèveMarch-Ford1:15.5102122USA Danny OngaisPenske-Ford1:15.5992223BRA Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:15.7702324AUT Hans BinderSurtees-Ford1:16.5682425GBR Ian AshleyHesketh-Ford1:16.640DNS Did not start26GBR Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford1:17.00025DNQ Did not qualifyFRA Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:18.999—Source:Canada 1977 - Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/canada/qualification.aspx 29 May 2026 www.statsf1.com Race Race report At the start of the race, Andretti led away from Hunt, with Mass charging up to third. Andretti and Hunt then proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field, such that by three-quarter distance, they were coming up to lap third-placed Mass. As they did so, Hunt pulled ahead of Andretti, only to collide with his McLaren team-mate after a misunderstanding. Unable to continue, a visibly furious and agitated Hunt waved his fist at Mass, before punching a marshal and immediately then apologize who was trying to usher him away. He was subsequently fined $2000 for assaulting a marshal and $750 for walking back to the pit lane in an "unsafe manner".Controversial collisions http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/63645.html Top 10 – ESPNF1.com 23 June 2012 Gilles Villeneuve made his debut with Ferrari at this race and started seventeenth after a qualifying crash leading into Moss corner. He had risen to eighth place before spinning in Moss corner on lap 72, dropping back to tenth. There was drama in the final four laps. On lap 77, Andretti's engine blew and laid oil in turn 9 as he pulled into the pits. Patrese spun his Shadow in the turn 9 oil and into the second Hesketh of Rupert Keegan, which had crashed earlier in the race and had been left on the side of the track. Vittorio Brambilla then hit the oil and also spun his Surtees, collecting the wreckages of Keegan's and Patrese's cars. Danny Ongais was next in the Interscope Penske, but was able to continue. Finally Villeneuve spun, staying on the track only to break a driveshaft trying to pull away and retiring.Danny Ongais - Biography http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/ongais/biography.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120512033446/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/ongais/biography.html 12 May 2012 dead 24 June 2013 Andretti's retirement meant that Scheckter inherited the win, with Depailler second and the recovered Mass completing the podium. Jones was fourth ahead of Patrick Tambay in the Ensign, while Brambilla was classified sixth, just ahead of Ongais. This was the last Formula One race at Mosport Park. Although reasonably popular with drivers and fans, there was criticism that the track was cracked due to the cold Canadian forest weather later in the year (when the race was originally held) and that the drainage was poor, putting the safety of the drivers at risk, and so the Canadian Grand Prix was moved to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Notre Dame Island in Montreal from 1978 onwards, where it has remained ever since. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford Goodyear 80 1:40:00.00 9 9 2 4France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 80 + 6.77 6 6 3 2FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford Goodyear 80 + 15.76 5 4 4 17Australia Alan Jones Shadow-Ford Goodyear 80 + 46.69 7 3 5 23France Patrick Tambay Ensign-Ford Goodyear 80 + 1:03.26 16 2 6 19Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford Goodyear 78 Accident 15 1 7 14US Danny Ongais Penske-Ford Goodyear 78 +2 Laps 22 8 9Brazil 1968 Alex Ribeiro March-Ford Goodyear 78 +2 Laps 23 9 5US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 77 Engine 1 10 16Italy Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford Goodyear 76 Spun Off 8 11 30US Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford Goodyear 76 Engine 20 12 21Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Goodyear 76 Transmission 17Ret Retired 1UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford Goodyear 61 Accident 2Ret Retired 27Belgium Patrick Nève March-Ford Goodyear 56 Engine 21Ret Retired 3Sweden Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 34 Fuel Leak 3Ret Retired 24UK Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford Goodyear 32 Accident 25Ret Retired 18Austria Hans Binder Surtees-Ford Goodyear 31 Accident 24Ret Retired 10South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter March-Ford Goodyear 29 Engine 18Ret Retired 28Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 29 Engine 19Ret Retired 12Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari Goodyear 20 Fuel System 12Ret Retired 8FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 19 Engine 13Ret Retired 6Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford Goodyear 17 Accident 4Ret Retired 26France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Goodyear 12 Transmission 11Ret Retired 7UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 1 Suspension 10 Ret Retired 22Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford Goodyear 0 Accident 14DNS Did not start 25UK Ian Ashley Hesketh-Ford Goodyear Driver InjuredDNQ Did not qualify 15France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault MichelinSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/440/ 1977 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021093933/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/440/ 21 October 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1977-canadian-grand-prix/ 1977 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 9 October 1977 2 November 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda* 72 10px 1 2 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 55 10px 1 3 USA Mario Andretti 47 10px 4 ARG Carlos Reutemann 36 10px 5 UK James Hunt 31Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1977/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1977 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari* 89 (91) 10px 2 UK Lotus-Ford 62 10px 1 3 CAN Wolf-Ford 55 10px 1 4 UK McLaren-Ford 51 10px 5 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 27Source: 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. Bold text and an asterisk indicates the 1977 World Champions. References Canadian Grand Prix 1977 1977 United States Grand Prix 1977 Japanese Grand Prix 1976 Canadian Grand Prix 1978 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian Grand Prix Category:Canadian Grand Prix Category:1977 in Canadian motorsport Grand Prix Category:1977 in sports in Ontario