1977 Italian Grand Prix

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1977 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
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Race details
Date September 11, 1977
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.800 km (3.604 mi)
Distance 52 laps, 301.600 km (187.2 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:38.08
Fastest lap
Driver United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford
Time 1:39.10 on lap 31
Podium
First
  • United States Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third
  • Australia Alan Jones
Shadow-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 11, 1977.

Qualifying[]

Qualifying classification[]

Pos. Driver Constructor Time
1 United Kingdom James Hunt McLarenFord 1:38.08
2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:38.15
3 South Africa Jody Scheckter WolfFord 1:38.29
4 United States Mario Andretti LotusFord 1:38.37
5 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:38.54
6 Italy Riccardo Patrese ShadowFord 1:38.68
7 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni EnsignFord 1:38.68
8 France Jacques Laffite LigierMatra 1:38.77
9 West Germany Jochen Mass McLarenFord 1:38.86
10 Italy Vittorio Brambilla SurteesFord 1:38.92
11 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck BrabhamAlfa Romeo 1:39.05
12 Sweden Ronnie Peterson TyrrellFord 1:39.17
13 France Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord 1:39.18
14 United Kingdom John Watson BrabhamAlfa Romeo 1:39.21
15 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLarenFord 1:39.42
16 Australia Alan Jones ShadowFord 1:39.50
17 South Africa Ian Scheckter MarchFord 1:39.62
18 France Jean-Pierre Jarier PenskeFord 1:39.63
19 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson LotusFord 1:39.85
20 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:40.03
21 France Patrick Tambay EnsignFord 1:40.19
22 United States Brett Lunger McLarenFord 1:40.26
23 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan HeskethFord 1:40.28
24 Belgium Patrick Nève MarchFord 1:40.51
Cut-off
25 Brazil Alex Ribeiro MarchFord 1:40.79
26 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord 1:40.97
27 Italy Lamberto Leoni SurteesFord 1:41.03
28 United Kingdom Brian Henton BoroFord 1:41.13
29 Spain Emilio de Villota McLarenFord 1:41.21
30 United Kingdom Ian Ashley HeskethFord 1:41.22
31 Belgium Teddy Pilette BRM 1:41.92
32 Austria Hans Binder PenskeFord 1:43.10
33 Switzerland Loris Kessel ApollonFord 1:46.68
34 Italy Giorgio Francia BrabhamAlfa Romeo 1:49.67

Race[]

Report[]

The fact that it was Ferrari's home race did not deter James Hunt who took pole, whereas Carlos Reutemann cheered the home fans by starting second in front of Jody Scheckter. Scheckter took the lead after a brilliant start, and in second place was Clay Regazzoni's Ensign who got an even better one. Regazzoni however did not have the pace and soon dropped down the order, whereas Mario Andretti was on the move, passing Hunt on the second lap, and Scheckter a few laps later to take the lead. Hunt dropped back with brake troubles as the race progressed, and Scheckter retired when his engine failed, leaving Reutemann and Niki Lauda in second and third. Lauda was soon past Reutemann, and the latter had to retire when he spun off on oil on the track left by the car of debutant Bruno Giacomelli, handing third to Alan Jones. The race finished in that order; with Andretti taking a dominant victory from Lauda, who closed in on the championship, and Jones who took his second podium in three races. By finishing 2nd, Ferrari won the Constructor's Championship with three races left.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 52 1:27:50.30 4 9
2 11 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari G 52 +16.96 5 6
3 17 Australia Alan Jones Shadow-Ford G 52 +23.63 16 4
4 2 West Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford G 52 +28.48 9 3
5 22 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford G 52 +30.11 7 2
6 3 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford G 52 +1:19.22 12 1
7 27 Belgium Patrick Nève March-Ford G 50 + 2 Laps 24  
8 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra G 50 + 2 Laps 8  
9 24 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford G 48 + 4 Laps 23  
Ret 10 South Africa Ian Scheckter March-Ford G 41 Transmission 17  
Ret 12 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari G 39 Spun Off 2  
Ret 16 Italy Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford G 39 Spun Off 6  
Ret 14 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren-Ford G 38 Engine 15  
Ret 8 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 31 Engine 11  
Ret 1 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford G 26 Spun Off 1  
Ret 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford G 24 Engine 13  
Ret 20 South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford G 23 Engine 3  
Ret 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 23 Engine 20  
Ret 34 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford G 19 Engine 18  
Ret 23 France Patrick Tambay Ensign-Ford G 9 Engine 21  
Ret 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford G 5 Accident 10  
Ret 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford G 4 Suspension 22  
Ret 30 United States Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford G 4 Engine 19  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 3 Accident 14  
DNQ 9 Brazil Alex Ribeiro March-Ford G        
DNQ 28 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G        
DNQ 18 Italy Lamberto Leoni Surtees-Ford G        
DNQ 38 United Kingdom Brian Henton Boro-Ford G        
DNQ 36 Spain Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford G        
DNQ 25 United Kingdom Ian Ashley Hesketh-Ford G        
DNQ 29 Belgium Teddy Pilette BRM G        
DNQ 33 Austria Hans Binder Penske-Ford G        
DNQ 41 Switzerland Loris Kessel Apollon-Ford G        
DNQ 21 Italy Giorgio Francia Brabham-Alfa Romeo G        
Source:[1][2]

Championship standings after the race[]

  • 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.

References[]

  1. ^ "1977 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "1977 Italian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Italy 1977 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


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