Grand Prix of Germany 1977
| Racing data | ||
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| 11th of 17 races of the 1977 automobile world championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXXIX Grand Prix of Germany | |
| Date: | July 31, 1977 | |
| Place: | Hockenheim | |
| Course: | Hockenheimring | |
| Length: | 319.083 km in 47 laps of 6.789 km
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| Weather: | sunny and warm | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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 wolf
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| Time: | 1: 53.07 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Niki Lauda
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 55.99 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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| Second: |
Jody Scheckter
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wolf
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| Third: |
 Hans-Joachim Stuck
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 Brabham
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The 1977 German Grand Prix took place on July 31st in Hockenheim and was the eleventh race of the 1977 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
For the eleventh World Championship round at the Hockenheimring , which from this year onwards permanently replaced the Nürburgring's Nordschleife, which was no longer up-to-date in terms of safety aspects for Formula 1, as the venue for the German Grand Prix, there was again a strong field of participants, whose 30 drivers chose one of the Tried to qualify for 24 starting places. The unusually high number of small private teams that had required pre-qualification at the British Grand Prix two weeks earlier , however, was not achieved.
The Renault team decided after the unfortunate debut at the British Grand Prix to take part in the Germany-GP. Instead, further test drives were scheduled to further develop the car.
On the occasion of the home Grand Prix, the ATS Racing Team expanded its involvement to include two Penske PC4 cars , giving the local racing driver Hans Heyer the chance to make his Formula 1 debut. Teddy Pilette took over the BRM P207 from Guy Edwards . In addition, Héctor Rebaque returned to the cockpit of the second factory Hesketh .
training
Jody Scheckter took pole position for the first time this year and for the second time overall. Brabham driver John Watson secured second place on the grid, as he has done several times this season . World Cup leader Niki Lauda followed in the second row alongside defending champion James Hunt . Hans-Joachim Stuck and Jacques Laffite formed the third row on the grid.
run
After just a few meters, the race for Clay Regazzoni and Alan Jones ended in a collision.
At the front, the starting order was maintained during the first laps until Watson retired on lap seven due to an engine failure. Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti meanwhile overtook the sixth-placed Laffite.
Lauda caught up with the leading Scheckter and was finally able to overtake him on lap 13. Hunt also tried to overtake the South African, but the South African defended himself successfully until Hunt had to retire on lap 33 due to an engine problem. This put Stuck in third place ahead of Reutemann. When Andretti also retired because of an engine failure, Vittorio Brambilla took fifth place ahead of Patrick Tambay , who thus achieved his first points result in Formula 1. However, this was only made possible by the fact that Ronnie Peterson , who had previously been sixth, also fell victim to an engine failure a few laps before the end of the race.
Hans-Joachim Stuck was on the podium for the first time after a Grand Prix. Guest starter Hans Heyer, who started the race although he missed the qualification, retired after nine laps due to a broken gear lever, but was disqualified anyway due to his illegal participation. To date, this is the only time a driver has earned DNQ, DNS, DNF and DSQ status in a single race.
Registration list
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Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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1: 53.07 | 216.153 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 53.34 | 215.638 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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1: 53.53 | 215.277 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 53.68 | 214.993 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 53.91 | 214.559 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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1: 53.97 | 214.446 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 53.99 | 214.408 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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1: 54.27 | 213.883 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
 Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 54.44 | 213.565 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 54.53 | 213.397 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Patrick Tambay
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 54.77 | 212.951 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford
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1: 55.19 | 212.175 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 55.25 | 212.064 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 55.70 | 211.239 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 55.92 | 210.839 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow Ford
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1: 56.09 | 210.530 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Alan Jones
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Shadow Ford
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1: 56.22 | 210.294 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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1: 56.35 | 210.059 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Vern Schuppan
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 56.54 | 209.717 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
.svg){kind=small} Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford
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1: 56.63 | 209.555 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 56.64 | 209.537 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 56.68 | 209.465 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 56.89 | 209.089 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
 Hector Rebaque
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 57.18 | 208.571 km / h | 24 |
| DNQ |
 Patrick Nève
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March-Ford
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1: 57.26 | 208.429 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
.svg){kind=small} Emilio de Villota
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 57.39 | 208.198 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Hans Heyer
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Penske-Ford
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1: 57.58 | 207.862 km / h | 25 1 |
| DNQ |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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1: 58.53 | 206.196 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford
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1: 59.13 | 205.157 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Teddy Pilette
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BRM
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1: 59.55 | 204.437 km / h | - |
1 Despite not qualifying, Hans Heyer started illegally from last place on the grid.
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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47 | 0 | 1: 31: 49.3 | 3 | 1: 55.99 | |
| 2 |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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47 | 0 | + 14.33 | 1 | 1: 56.17 | |
| 3 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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47 | 0 | + 20.90 | 5 | 1: 56.42 | |
| 4th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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47 | 0 | +1: 00.27 | 8th | 1: 57.13 | |
| 5 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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47 | 0 | +1: 27.37 | 10 | 1: 57.48 | |
| 6th |
Patrick Tambay
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Ensign-Ford
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47 | 0 | +1: 29.81 | 11 | 1: 56.88 | |
| 7th |
Vern Schuppan
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Surtees-Ford
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46 | 0 | + 1 lap | 19th | 1: 58.76 | |
| 8th |
Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford
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46 | 0 | + 1 lap | 20th | 1: 58.64 | |
| 9 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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42 | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 57.54 | Engine failure |
| 10 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow Ford
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42 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 57.92 | broken axis |
| - |
Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford
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40 | 1 | DNF | 23 | 1: 57.99 | collision |
| - |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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34 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 56.84 | Engine failure |
| - |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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32 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 56.35 | Engine failure |
| - |
Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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31 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 57.41 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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26th | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 57.19 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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22nd | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 58.32 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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21st | 1 | DNF | 6th | 1: 57.66 | Engine failure |
| - |
Hector Rebaque
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Hesketh-Ford
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20th | 0 | DNF | 24 | 2: 00.19 | Engine failure |
| - |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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14th | 1 | DNF | 21st | 2: 01.08 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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10 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 2: 00.32 | Clutch damage |
| - |
Hans Heyer
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Penske-Ford
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9 | 0 | DSQ | 25th | 2: 02.31 | disqualified |
| - |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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8th | 0 | DNF | 2 | Engine failure | |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford
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5 | 1 | DNF | 12 | 1: 58.66 | Driving error |
| - |
Alan Jones
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Shadow Ford
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- | 0 | DNF | 17th | - | collision |
| - |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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- | 0 | DNF | 22nd | - | collision |
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 July 4, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on July 4, 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 July 4, 2012)
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