1977 French Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 9th of 17 races of the 1977 automobile world championship | ||
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| Surname: | LXIII Grand Prix de France | |
| Date: | 3rd July 1977 | |
| Place: | Dijon Prenois | |
| Course: | Stade Automobile de Dijon-Prenois | |
| Length: | 304 km in 80 laps of 3.8 km
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| Weather: | sunny and hot | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Mario Andretti
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 lotus
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| Time: | 1: 12.21 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Mario Andretti
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lotus
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| Time: | 1: 13.75 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Mario Andretti
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lotus
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| Second: |
John Watson
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Brabham
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| Third: |
James Hunt
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McLaren
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The 1977 French Grand Prix took place on July 3rd at the Stade Automobile de Dijon-Prenois near Dijon and was the ninth race of the 1977 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
For the second time after 1974 the French Grand Prix took place in Dijon. The route had meanwhile been extended by about 500 meters by adding the section known as "Parabolique" .
The originally planned premiere of the Renault team with turbo engine at the home race had to be postponed to the Grand Prix of Great Britain at short notice , to which some French spectators reacted with disappointment. Instead, Surtees regular driver Larry Perkins was surprisingly replaced by up-and-coming French young driver Patrick Tambay during training.
training
Mario Andretti once again demonstrated the competitiveness of the Lotus 78 by reaching pole position , followed by James Hunt , who, after initial problems , seemed to be getting along better and better with the now further developed McLaren M26 . Gunnar Nilsson and John Watson qualified for the second row .
The two leaders in the world championship, Jody Scheckter and Niki Lauda , found themselves in eighth and ninth place after training.
Since the race track was one of the shortest courses of the season despite the expansion last year, the maximum number of starters for the race was limited to 22 vehicles. The slowest eight of the 30 pilots who had arrived could not qualify as a result.
run
James Hunt took the lead from second on the grid, ahead of John Watson, Jacques Laffite and the poorly started Mario Andretti. In the fifth lap, Watson took the lead. Up to the 17th lap nothing changed in this order at the top. Then Andretti overtook second-placed Hunt and from then on caught up slightly on Watson, whose lead of five seconds only slowly decreased.
Andretti only passed Watson on the last lap when he was struggling with a lack of fuel. Although he was able to defend second place against Hunt, the disappointment over the narrowly missed win outweighed the situation. Gunnar Nilsson finished fourth in front of the two Ferrari drivers Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann .
Registration list
1 Patrick Tambay took over the Surtees TS19 with starting number 18 from Larry Perkins in third practice on Saturday.
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 12.21 | 189.447 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 12.73 | 188.093 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 12.79 | 187.938 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 12.83 | 187.835 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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1: 13.30 | 186.630 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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 Ferrari
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1: 13.36 | 186.478 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 13.41 | 186.351 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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 Wolf-Ford
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1: 13.45 | 186.249 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
 Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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1: 13.52 | 186.072 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
 Alan Jones
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Shadow Ford
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1: 13.56 | 185.971 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 13.61 | 185.844 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 13.66 | 185.718 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 13.67 | 185.693 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 13.71 | 185.592 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow Ford
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1: 13.87 | 185.190 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 13.90 | 185.115 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 13.92 | 185.065 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford
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1: 13.92 | 185.065 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford
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1: 14.17 | 184.441 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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1: 14.24 | 184.267 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
David Purley
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LEC-Ford
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1: 14.39 | 183.896 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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1: 14.45 | 183.747 km / h | 22nd |
| DNQ |
Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford
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1: 14.60 | 183.378 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Patrick Nève
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March-Ford
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1: 14.74 | 183.035 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 14.83 | 182.814 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Harald Ertl
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 15.06 | 182.254 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Larry Perkins
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 15.13 | 182.084 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Hector Rebaque
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 15.88 | 180.285 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Patrick Tambay
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 16.06 | 179.858 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Conny Andersson
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BRM
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1: 16.17 | 179.598 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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80 | 0 | 1: 39: 40.13 | 1 | 1: 13.75 | |
| 2 |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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80 | 0 | + 1.55 | 4th | 1: 13.88 | |
| 3 |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 33.87 | 2 | 1: 14.44 | |
| 4th |
Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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80 | 0 | +1: 11.08 | 3 | 1: 14.12 | |
| 5 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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80 | 0 | +1: 14.15 | 9 | 1: 14.87 | |
| 6th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 6th | 1: 14.87 | |
| 7th |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 15.06 | |
| 8th |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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78 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 5 | 1: 14.98 | |
| 9 |
Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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78 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 7th | 1: 15.24 | |
| 10 |
Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 14th | 1: 16.25 | |
| 11 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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77 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 15.52 | Lack of fuel |
| 12 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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77 | 2 | + 3 rounds | 17th | 1: 15.68 | |
| 13 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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77 | 2 | + 3 rounds | 11 | 1: 15.06 | |
| - |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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69 | 4th | NC | 20th | 1: 15.47 | Unrated |
| - |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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66 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 15.38 | Tire damage |
| - |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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64 | 1 | DNF | 13 | 1: 15.54 | collision |
| - |
Alan Jones
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Shadow Ford
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60 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 15.21 | broken cardan shaft |
| - |
Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford
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27 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 15.62 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 15.69 | collision |
| - |
Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow Ford
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6th | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 16.89 | Clutch damage |
| - |
David Purley
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LEC-Ford
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5 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 15.75 | Driving error |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford
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4th | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 16.25 | Brake defect |
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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