1977 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 2nd of 17 races of the 1977 automobile world championship | ||
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| Surname: | VI Grande Prêmio do Brasil | |
| Date: | January 23, 1977 | |
| Place: | São Paulo | |
| Course: | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | |
| Length: | 318.4 km in 40 laps of 7.96 km
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| Weather: | sunny and hot | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 James Hunt
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McLaren
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| Time: | 2: 30.11 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
James Hunt
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McLaren
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| Time: | 2: 34.55 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
 Carlos Reutemann
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 Ferrari
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| Second: |
James Hunt
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McLaren
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| Third: |
 Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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The 1977 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on January 23rd and was the second race of the 1977 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
Most of the teams stayed in South America during the two weeks between the Argentine Grand Prix and the second round of the World Cup of the season, so that the field of participants in São Paulo remained almost unchanged.
The only change was the comeback of the BRM team with Larry Perkins as driver.
training
As in Argentina, James Hunt secured pole position, but this time shared the front row with Carlos Reutemann . This was followed by Mario Andretti in the Lotus 78 next Hunts McLaren -Teamkollege Jochen Mass . Carlos Pace on Brabham and Tyrrell pilot Patrick Depailler formed the third row.
Niki Lauda only qualified for 13th place on the grid due to technical problems. Jody Scheckter , who won the first race of the season, had to start the race from 15th place.
run
Due to an early start that was not penalized, Pace took the lead on the first lap from Reutemann, Hunt and Mass.
Hunt, who had overtaken Reutemann shortly before, took over the top position from Pace on lap eight. During this overtaking maneuver, there was a slight contact between the two vehicles, which had no consequences for Hunt. Pace, on the other hand, had to head to the pit for repairs.
Mass had an accident in the 13th lap. In the course of this, parts of a safety fence fell on the track. Clay Regazzoni collided with it. Ronnie Peterson was also unable to evade in time, whereupon both pilots were eliminated. Meanwhile, Hunt was leading ahead of Reutemann and Andretti, who, however, retired on the 20th lap due to electrical problems. As a result, Tom Pryce took third place in front of John Watson and Jacques Laffite .
Aided by the fact that Hunt had tire problems, Reutemann took the lead on lap 23. Hunt immediately headed for the pits and had new tires fitted. He quickly made up the time he lost as a result, overtaking Lauda and Watson.
In the 31st lap, Hans Binder had an accident . He was followed by Depailler, Pace, Watson and Laffite, who each collided with the accident vehicles parked at the edge of the track. Due to an engine failure on Pryce's vehicle, Hunt finally finished second ahead of Lauda and Emerson Fittipaldi , who finished fourth for the second time in a row, which was the best result of the Copersucar-Fittipaldi team to date .
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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2: 30.11 | 190.900 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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2: 30.18 | 190.811 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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2: 30.35 | 190.595 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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2: 30.36 | 190.583 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Carlos Pace
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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2: 30.57 | 190.317 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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2: 30.69 | 190.165 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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2: 31.09 | 189.662 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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2: 31.63 | 188.986 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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2: 31.69 | 188.912 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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2: 32.14 | 188.353 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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2: 32.19 | 188.291 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Tom Pryce
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Shadow Ford
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2: 32.22 | 188.254 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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2: 32.37 | 188.069 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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2: 32.43 | 187.994 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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 Wolf-Ford
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2: 32.81 | 187.527 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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2: 32.94 | 187.368 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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2: 33.46 | 186.733 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Renzo Zorzi
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Shadow Ford
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2: 34.62 | 185.332 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Ingo Hoffmann
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Copersucar-Ford
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2: 35.57 | 184.200 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Hans Binder
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Surtees-Ford
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2: 35.79 | 183.940 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford
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2: 36.19 | 183.469 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
 Larry Perkins
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BRM
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2: 42.22 | 176.649 km / h | 22nd |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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40 | 0 | 1: 45: 07.72 | 2 | 2: 35.96 | |
| 2 |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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40 | 1 | + 10.71 | 1 | 2: 34.55 | |
| 3 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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40 | 0 | +1: 47.51 | 13 | 2: 37.40 | |
| 4th |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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39 | 1 | + 1 lap | 16 | 2: 37.45 | |
| 5 |
Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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39 | 2 | + 1 lap | 10 | 2: 36.13 | |
| 6th |
Renzo Zorzi
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Shadow Ford
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39 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | 2: 41.96 | |
| 7th |
Ingo Hoffmann
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Copersucar-Ford
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38 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 19th | 2: 40.99 | |
| - |
Carlos Pace
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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33 | 1 | DNF | 5 | 2: 36.84 | accident |
| - |
Tom Pryce
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Shadow Ford
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33 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 2: 36.44 | Engine failure |
| - |
Hans Binder
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Surtees-Ford
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32 | 0 | DNF | 20th | 2: 42.72 | Suspension damage |
| - |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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30th | 0 | DNF | 7th | 2: 36.42 | accident |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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26th | 0 | DNF | 14th | 2: 36.52 | accident |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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23 | 1 | DNF | 6th | 2: 35.97 | accident |
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Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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19th | 0 | DNF | 3 | 2: 35.70 | defective ignition |
| - |
Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford
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16 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 2: 41.78 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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12 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 2: 35.93 | accident |
| - |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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12 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 2: 36.51 | collision |
| - |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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12 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 2: 36.03 | collision |
| - |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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11 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 2: 38.25 | accident |
| - |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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11 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 2: 37.11 | Engine failure |
| - |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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1 | 0 | DNF | 17th | 2: 53.98 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Larry Perkins
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BRM
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1 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 3: 15.30 | overheated engine |
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on May 17, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on May 17, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on May 17, 2012)
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