East US Grand Prix 1977

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Flag of the United States.svg East US Grand Prix 1977
Racing data
15th of 17 races of the 1977 automobile world championship
Route profile
Surname: XX United States Grand Prix
Date: 2nd October 1977
Place: Watkins Glen
Course: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course
Length: 320.665 km in 59 laps of 5.435 km

Weather: rain
Pole position
Driver: United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren
Time: 1: 38.08 min
Fastest lap
Driver: SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell
Time: 1: 51.854 min
Podium
First: United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren
Second: United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus
Third: South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter CanadaCanada wolf

The 1977 USA East Grand Prix took place on October 2nd at Watkins Glen and was the 15th race of the 1977 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

Since ATS , RAM and a few other small teams had decided not to take part in the final overseas races, the entry list for the USA Grand Prix with 27 pilots was relatively clear, so that the question of a possible pre-qualification did not arise.

The only increase came from the local private Interscope team , which reported a Penske PC4 for Formula 1 newcomer Danny Ongais .

Jean-Pierre Jarier was released from his ATS contract to represent Riccardo Patrese at Shadow , as he was taking part in a Formula 2 race that was taking place in Italy.

After Scuderia Ferrari announced that Niki Lauda would be replaced by Gilles Villeneuve from the following season , it was not clear due to disputes how many of the remaining three races Lauda, ​​which had only been one point short of winning the title since the Italian Grand Prix , was still unclear for Scuderia Ferrari. The Lotus team also announced that they have signed Ronnie Peterson as the successor to Gunnar Nilsson for the 1978 season .

training

James Hunt , who has now achieved just as good results with the McLaren M26 as with the M23 last year, secured pole position from Hans-Joachim Stuck , who showed a strong training performance in the Brabham BT45B . His team mate John Watson completed a good training result for the Brabham team in third . Mario Andretti qualified for fourth place on the grid in the Lotus 78 ahead of Ronnie Peterson in a Tyrrell P34 and Carlos Reutemann in a Ferrari 312T2 .

run

On the wet track, Watson was the only one of the top drivers to risk a start on slicks , which meant that he fell back to the bottom of the field within a short time. Meanwhile, his teammate Stuck took the lead in front of Hunt, Andretti, Reutemann, Peterson, Lauda and Jody Scheckter . The South African found his way past three competitors during the following laps.

Still in the lead, Stuck spun on the 14th lap due to a damaged clutch. He couldn't continue the race. The resulting order at the top with Hunt in front of Andretti, Scheckter and Lauda did not change until the finish. Lauda got more than the point needed to win the title and then did not appear in the remaining two races of the season. Clay Regazzoni overtook Reutemann on lap 23 and thus achieved fifth place.

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marlboro Team McLaren 1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt McLaren M26 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
2 GermanyGermany Jochen Mass
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eleven Team Tyrrell 3 SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell P34 G
4th FranceFrance Patrick Depailler
United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Player Team Lotus 5 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti Lotus 78 G
6th SwedenSweden Gunnar Nilsson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Martini Racing 7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson Brabham BT45B Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12 G
8th GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hollywood March Racing 9 Brazil 1968Brazil Alex Ribeiro March 761 B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Rothmans International 10 South Africa 1961South Africa Ian Scheckter March 771
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 11 AustriaAustria Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 015 3.0 F12 G
12 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann
United StatesUnited States Interscope Racing 14th United StatesUnited States Danny Ongais Penske PC4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
FranceFrance Equipe Renault Elf 15th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RS01 Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t M.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Racing Team 16 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN8 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
17th AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Durex Team Surtees 18th AustriaAustria Hans Binder Surtees TS19 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beta Team Surtees 19th ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla
CanadaCanada Walter Wolf Racing 20th South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf WR1 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol 22nd SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign N177 G
Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Theodore Racing Hong Kong 23 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Penthouse Rizla Racing 24 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rupert Keegan Hesketh 308 E. G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hesketh Racing 25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Ashley
FranceFrance Ligier Gitanes 26th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite Ligier JS7 Matra MS76 3.0 V12 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams Grand Prix Engineering 27 BelgiumBelgium Patrick Nève March 761 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
Brazil 1968Brazil Copersucar-Fittipaldi 28 Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar FD05 G
United StatesUnited States Chesterfield Racing 30th United StatesUnited States Brett Lunger McLaren M23 G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item driver constructor time Ø speed begin
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 40.863 193.986 km / h 01
02 GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1: 41.138 193.458 km / h 02
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1: 41.193 193.353 km / h 03
04th United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 1: 41.481 192.805 km / h 04th
05 SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 41.908 191.997 km / h 05
06th ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 41.952 191.914 km / h 06th
07th AustriaAustria Niki Lauda ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 42.089 191.656 km / h 07th
08th FranceFrance Patrick Depailler United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 42.238 191.377 km / h 08th
09 South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter CanadaCanada Wolf-Ford 1: 42.315 191.233 km / h 09
10 FranceFrance Jacques Laffite FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 1: 42.640 190.627 km / h 10
11 ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 1: 42.786 190.357 km / h 11
12 SwedenSweden Gunnar Nilsson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 1: 42.815 190.303 km / h 12
13 AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 1: 43.019 189.926 km / h 13
14th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Renault 1: 43.069 189.834 km / h 14th
15th GermanyGermany Jochen Mass United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 43.242 189.516 km / h 15th
16 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jarier United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 1: 43.516 189.014 km / h 16
17th United StatesUnited States Brett Lunger United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 43.698 188.683 km / h 17th
18th Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil 1968Brazil Copersucar-Ford 1: 43.938 188.247 km / h 18th
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 1: 44.208 187.759 km / h 19th
20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rupert Keegan United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hesketh-Ford 1: 44.550 187.145 km / h 20th
21st South Africa 1961South Africa Ian Scheckter United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 1: 44.702 186.873 km / h 21st
22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Ashley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hesketh-Ford 1: 45.100 186.166 km / h 22nd
23 Brazil 1968Brazil Alex Ribeiro United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 1: 45.473 185.507 km / h 23
24 BelgiumBelgium Patrick Nève United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 1: 45.845 184.855 km / h 24
25th AustriaAustria Hans Binder United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 1: 45.880 184.794 km / h 25th
26th United StatesUnited States Danny Ongais United StatesUnited States Penske-Ford 1: 46.070 184.463 km / h 26th
DNQ FranceFrance Patrick Tambay United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 1: 49.435 178.791 km / h -

run

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 59 0 1: 58: 23.267 01 1: 52.890
02 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 59 0 + 2.026 04th 1: 53.403
03 South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter CanadaCanada Wolf-Ford 59 0 +1: 18.879 09 1: 58.332
04th AustriaAustria Niki Lauda ItalyItaly Ferrari 59 0 +1: 40.615 07th 1: 58.924
05 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 59 0 +1: 48.138 19th 1: 57.401
06th ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann ItalyItaly Ferrari 58 0 + 1 lap 06th 1: 59.392
07th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 58 0 + 1 lap 10 1: 59.787
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rupert Keegan United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hesketh-Ford 58 0 + 1 lap 20th 1: 59.155
09 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jarier United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 58 0 + 1 lap 16 1: 58.260
10 United StatesUnited States Brett Lunger United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 57 0 + 2 rounds 17th 1: 58.383
11 AustriaAustria Hans Binder United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 57 0 + 2 rounds 25th 1: 57.779
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 57 3 + 2 rounds 03 1: 57.901
13 Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil 1968Brazil Copersucar-Ford 57 0 + 2 rounds 18th
14th FranceFrance Patrick Depailler United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 56 0 + 3 rounds 08th 2: 01.344
15th Brazil 1968Brazil Alex Ribeiro United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 56 0 + 3 rounds 23
16 SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 56 1 + 3 rounds 05 1: 51.854
17th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Ashley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hesketh-Ford 55 0 + 4 rounds 22nd 1: 58.455
18th BelgiumBelgium Patrick Nève United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 55 0 + 4 rounds 24 2: 02.630
19th ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 54 1 + 5 rounds 11 2: 01.015
- FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Renault 30th 0 DNF 14th 2: 03.564 defective ignition
- SwedenSweden Gunnar Nilsson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 17th 0 DNF 12 2: 03.437 Driving error
- GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 14th 0 DNF 02 2: 00.699 Clutch damage
- South Africa 1961South Africa Ian Scheckter United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 10 0 DNF 21st 2: 05.665 Driving error
- GermanyGermany Jochen Mass United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 08th 0 DNF 15th 2: 01.131 defective cooling water pump
- United StatesUnited States Danny Ongais United StatesUnited States Penske-Ford 06th 0 DNF 26th 2: 06.808 Driving error
- AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 03 0 DNF 13 2: 06.528 Driving error

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points
01 AustriaAustria Niki Lauda Ferrari 72
02 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti lotus 47
03 South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter wolf 46
04th ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 36
05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 31
06th GermanyGermany Jochen Mass McLaren 21st
07th SwedenSweden Gunnar Nilsson lotus 20th
08th AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones Shadow 16
09 FranceFrance Jacques Laffite Ligier 16
10 GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 12
Item driver constructor Points
11 Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar 11
12 FranceFrance Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 10
13 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson Brabham 9
14th SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 7th
15th Brazil 1968Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham 6th
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign 5
17th ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 5
18th FranceFrance Patrick Tambay Ensign 3
19th ItalyItaly Renzo Zorzi Shadow 1
20th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points
01 ItalyItaly Ferrari 89
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus 62
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren 47
04th CanadaCanada wolf 46
05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham 27
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow 17th
Item constructor Points
07th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell 17th
08th FranceFrance Ligier 16
09 Brazil 1968Brazil Copersucar 11
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign 8th
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees 5
12 United StatesUnited States Penske 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 4, 2012)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.motorsportarchiv.de  
  2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 4, 2012)
  3. "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 4, 2012)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.motorsportarchiv.de