The 1977 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 28 August 1977.
Report[]
In qualifying, Mario Andretti took his fifth pole of the season with Jacques Laffite alongside on the front row, and James Hunt third. At the start, Hunt jumped both the front row starters to lead but before the end of the first lap, Andretti tried to drive alongside him but some aggressive defending from Hunt forced him to lift, and Laffite took advantage to get second. Five laps later, Andretti had got back past Laffite and was attack attacking Hunt, who again defended aggressively but this time Andretti did not lift and they collided. Hunt was out on the spot, whereas Andretti spun and rejoined fourth.
This left Laffite leading from the Ferraris of Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann. The latter had a long battle with Andretti for third, repeatedly exchanging places, until the Lotus driver's engine blew up. Soon after, Lauda passed Laffite to take the lead, and he went on build a gap and win comfortably. Laffite finished second. After Andretti's demise, Reutemann ran third until the second Lotus of Gunnar Nilsson attacked him, and the two collided with Nilsson out and Reutemann rejoining at the back. This sensationally left Patrick Tambay in the Ensign third, but he ran out of fuel on the last lap, thus handing the place to Scheckter.
This meant that Lauda had a 21 point lead over Scheckter with four races left.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Niki Lauda
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Ferrari | 75 | 1:41:45.93 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra | 75 | +1.89 secs | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford | 74 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 |  Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford | 74 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | 23 | Patrick Tambay
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Ensign-Ford | 73 | Out of fuel | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 |  Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari | 73 | + 2 Laps | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 |  Hans Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 73 | + 2 Laps | 19 | |
| 8 | 35 | Hans Binder
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Penske-Ford | 73 | + 2 Laps | 18 | |
| 9 | 30 |  Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford | 73 | + 2 Laps | 20 | |
| 10 | 10 | Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford | 73 | + 2 Laps | 25 | |
| 11 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford | 72 | + 3 Laps | 24 | |
| 12 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford | 67 | Accident | 22 | |
| 13 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow-Ford | 67 | Engine | 16 | |
| DSQ | 38 |  Brian Henton
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Boro-Ford | 52 | Disqualified | 23 | |
| Ret | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault | 39 | Suspension | 10 | |
| Ret | 6 |  Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus-Ford | 34 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Alan Jones
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Shadow-Ford | 32 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford | 31 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 3 | Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford | 18 | Ignition | 7 | |
| Ret | 22 |  Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford | 17 | Throttle | 9 | |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti
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Lotus-Ford | 14 | Engine | 1 | |
| Ret | 24 | Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford | 8 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 1 | James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford | 5 | Collision | 3 | |
| Ret | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford | 4 | Ignition | 21 | |
| Ret | 7 | John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 2 | Oil Leak | 8 | |
| Ret | 2 | Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNQ | 27 |  Patrick Nève
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March-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 18 | Vern Schuppan
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Surtees-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 39 | Ian Ashley
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Hesketh-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 33 |  Boy Hayje
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March-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 25 |  Hector Rebaque
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Hesketh-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 29 | Teddy Pilette
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BRM | ||||
| DNQ | 32 | Michael Bleekemolen
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March-Ford |
Trivia[]
- Brian Henton was disqualified after he was push started after he spun off.[1]
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[]
- "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1977/437/. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
| Previous race: 1977 Austrian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1977 season |
Next race: 1977 Italian Grand Prix |
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