The 1977 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1977. It was won by James Hunt driving a McLaren M26, and marked the debut of Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve. The race was the first outing for the first turbocharged Formula One car, the Renault RS01, driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille.
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[1]
Qualifying[]
Henton and de Villota were eliminated after the qualifying sessions, along with Alex Ribeiro and Clay Regazzoni.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford | 68 | 1:31:46.06 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |  Niki Lauda
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Ferrari | 68 | +18.31 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |  Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus-Ford | 68 | +19.57 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 |  Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford | 68 | +47.76 | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Hans Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 68 | + 1:11.73 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra | 67 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 |  Alan Jones
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Shadow-Ford | 67 | + 1 Lap | 12 | |
| 8 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford | 67 | + 1 Lap | 8 | |
| 9 | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford | 67 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
| 10 | 27 |  Patrick Nève
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March-Ford | 66 | + 2 Laps | 26 | |
| 11 | 40 |  Gilles Villeneuve
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McLaren-Ford | 66 | + 2 Laps | 9 | |
| 12 | 18 | Vern Schuppan
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Surtees-Ford | 66 | + 2 Laps | 23 | |
| 13 | 30 |  Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford | 64 | + 4 Laps | 19 | |
| 14 | 5 | Mario Andretti
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Lotus-Ford | 62 | Engine | 6 | |
| 15 | 12 |  Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari | 62 | + 6 Laps | 14 | |
| Ret | 7 | John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 60 | Fuel system | 2 | |
| Ret | 20 |  Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford | 59 | Engine | 4 | |
| Ret | 28 |  Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford | 42 | Throttle | 22 | |
| Ret | 37 | Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford | 28 | Transmission | 17 | |
| Ret | 16 | Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow-Ford | 20 | Fuel Pressure | 25 | |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford | 16 | Brakes | 18 | |
| Ret | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault | 16 | Turbo | 21 | |
| Ret | 10 | Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford | 6 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 3 | Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford | 3 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 23 | Patrick Tambay
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Ensign-Ford | 3 | Electrical | 10 | |
| Ret | 24 | Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 22 |  Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 38 | Brian Henton
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March-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 36 |  Emilio de Villota
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McLaren-Ford | ||||
| DNPQ | 31 | David Purley
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LEC-Ford | ||||
| DNPQ | 33 | Andy Sutcliffe
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March-Ford | ||||
| DNPQ | 35 | Guy Edwards
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BRM | ||||
| DNPQ | 44 | Tony Trimmer
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Surtees-Ford | ||||
| DNPQ | 45 | Brian McGuire
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McGuire-Ford | ||||
| DNPQ | 32 |  Mikko Kozarowitzky
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March-Ford | ||||
| WD | Harald Ertl
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Hesketh-Ford |
Standings after the race[]
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- 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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BRITISH GP, 1977". grandprix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr290.html. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Tremayne, David (1991). Racers Apart: Memories of motorsport heroes. UK: Motor Racing Publications Ltd. p. 293.
- "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/434/. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
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European Grand Prix (Designated European Grand Prix) |
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| Preceded by 1976 United States Grand Prix West |
Formula One Promotional Trophy for Race Promoter 1977 |
Succeeded by 1978 British Grand Prix |
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