1977 Canadian Grand Prix

 1977 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 17 races in the 1977 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XVI Canadian Grand Prix
Date:	October 9, 1977
Place:	Bowmanville
Course:	Mosport Park
Length:	316.56 km in 80 laps of 3.957 km
Weather:	dry and cold
Spectator:	~ 40,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mario Andretti	lotus
Time:	1: 11.385 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mario Andretti	lotus
Time:	1: 13.299 min
Podium
First:	Jody Scheckter	wolf
Second:	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
Third:	Jochen Mass	McLaren

The 1977 Canadian Grand Prix took place on October 9th and was the 16th race of the 1977 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

At the Canadian Grand Prix, which took place as the penultimate race of the season, Niki Lauda , who was already world champion, no longer competed . Instead, Gilles Villeneuve , who was already Lauda's successor from the 1978 season, took over the second Ferrari cockpit on the occasion of his home Grand Prix. The original plan was to use a third works car for Villeneuve, which Lauda's non-participation made superfluous.

Riccardo Patrese returned to the Shadow team, which meant that Jean-Pierre Jarier , who had represented him at the US Grand Prix the previous weekend, did not have a free cockpit.

There were no other changes in the field of drivers in the week between the two races on the North American continent.

training

The risk to safety from the numerous bumps on the racetrack was discussed in advance. During training it became clear that this concern was justified, because Ian Ashley rolled over in his Hesketh 308 after driving over one of the dreaded bumps. The car flew over the guardrails and Ashley suffered serious injuries. Later that day, Jochen Mass slipped into the inadequately fastened guardrails, which did not withstand the impact, which also confirmed the lack of safety on the racetrack.

With a lap time almost six tenths of a second faster than second-placed James Hunt , Mario Andretti achieved his sixth pole position of the season. It was followed by Ronnie Peterson in the Tyrrell P34 in front of Andretti's Lotus team- mate Gunnar Nilsson , Hunt's McLaren- mate Jochen Mass and his own team-mate Patrick Depailler . The two Shadow pilots Alan Jones and Riccardo Patrese formed the fourth row on the grid.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille failed to qualify with the Renault RS01 .

run

Andretti took the lead ahead of Hunt and Mass. This order of the top three remained constant over the first 60 laps of the race. Only the gap to third-placed Mass increased significantly.

On the 61st lap, Hunt took the lead from Andretti, when both of them ran up to measure that had to be lapped. There was a misunderstanding between the two McLaren drivers, which led to a collision. Andretti took over the lead again, but had to retire on lap 78 due to an engine failure. Vittorio Brambilla , who was third at the time, slipped on oil, which Andretti's car had lost, and crashed into Riccardo Patrese's car parked at the edge of the track.

Jody Scheckter was the first to cross the finish line after exactly 1: 40: 00.00, followed by Patrick Depailler and Jochen Mass, who initially dropped to seventh place after the collision. Alan Jones was fourth ahead of Patrick Tambay . Brambilla was classified in sixth due to his late failure.

Jochen Mass's podium finish was the last of a German driver up to Michael Schumacher's third place at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro Team McLaren	1	James Hunt	McLaren M26	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Jochen Mass
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell P34		G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 78		G
	6th	Gunnar Nilsson
Martini Racing	7th	John Watson	Brabham BT45B	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12	G
	8th	Hans-Joachim Stuck
Hollywood March Racing	9	Alex Ribeiro	March 761B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Team Rothmans International	10	Ian Scheckter	March 771
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312T2	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G
	21st	Gilles Villeneuve
Interscope Racing	14th	Danny Ongais	Penske PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
Shadow Racing Team	16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow DN8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Alan Jones
Durex Team Surtees	18th	Hans Binder	Surtees TS19		G
Beta Team Surtees	19th	Vittorio Brambilla
Walter Wolf Racing	20th	Jody Scheckter	Wolf WR1		G
Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	22nd	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign N177		G
Theodore Racing Hong Kong	23	Patrick Tambay			G
Penthouse Rizla Racing	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh 308E		G
Hesketh Racing	25th	Ian Ashley
Ligier Gitanes	26th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS7	Matra MS76 3.0 V12	G
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	27	Patrick Nève	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD05		G
Chesterfield Racing	30th	Brett Lunger	McLaren M23		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 11.385	199.555 km / h	01
02	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.942	198.010 km / h	02
03	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 12.752	195.805 km / h	03
04th	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	1: 12.975	195.207 km / h	04th
05	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 13.116	194.830 km / h	05
06th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 13.207	194.588 km / h	06th
07th	Alan Jones	Shadow Ford	1: 13.347	194.217 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow Ford	1: 13.435	193.984 km / h	08th
09	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	1: 13.497	193.820 km / h	09
10	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 13,500	193.812 km / h	10
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 13.739	193.184 km / h	11
12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1: 13.890	192.789 km / h	12
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 13.953	192.625 km / h	13
14th	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	1: 13.999	192.505 km / h	14th
15th	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	1: 14.229	191.909 km / h	15th
16	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford	1: 14.464	191.303 km / h	16
17th	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 14.465	191.301 km / h	17th
18th	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	1: 14.855	190.304 km / h	18th
19th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 14.857	190.299 km / h	19th
20th	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	1: 14.930	190.113 km / h	20th
21st	Patrick Nève	March-Ford	1: 15.510	188.653 km / h	21st
22nd	Danny Ongais	Penske-Ford	1: 15.599	188.431 km / h	22nd
23	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	1: 15.770	188.006 km / h	23
24	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford	1: 16.568	186.046 km / h	24
25th	Ian Ashley	Hesketh-Ford	1: 16.640	185.872 km / h	DNS
26th	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	1: 17,000	185.003 km / h	25th
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1: 18.999	180.321 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	80	0	1: 40: 00.00	09	1: 14.370
02	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	80	0	+ 6.77	06th	1: 14.416
03	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	80	0	+ 15.76	05	1: 14.358
04th	Alan Jones	Shadow Ford	80	0	+ 46.69	07th	1: 15.077
05	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford	80	0	+1: 03.26	16	1: 14.677
06th	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	78	0	DNF	15th	1: 14.127	Driving error
07th	Danny Ongais	Penske-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 15.169
08th	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 16.495
09	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	77	0	DNF	01	1: 13.299	Engine failure
10	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow Ford	76	0	DNF	08th	1: 14.577	Driving error
11	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	76	0	DNF	20th	1: 14.434	Engine failure
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	76	0	DNF	17th	1: 15.229	broken drive shaft
-	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	61	0	DNF	02	1: 13.549	collision
-	Patrick Nève	March-Ford	56	0	DNF	21st	1: 16.894	Oil pressure loss
-	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	34	0	DNF	03	1: 15,500	defective fuel supply
-	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	32	0	DNF	25th	1: 16.173	collision
-	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford	31	0	DNF	24	1: 17.699	collision
-	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	29	0	DNF	18th	1: 16.648	Engine failure
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	29	2	DNF	19th	1: 18.997	Engine failure
-	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	20th	0	DNF	12	1: 15.731	defective fuel pump
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	19th	0	DNF	13	1: 16.181	Engine failure
-	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	17th	0	DNF	04th	1: 15.242	defective throttle linkage
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	12	0	DNF	11	1: 15.316	Suspension damage
-	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	01	0	DNF	10	1: 27.339	Driving error
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	00	0	DNF	14th	-	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  Niki Lauda Ferrari 72 02  Jody Scheckter wolf 55 03  Mario Andretti lotus 47 04th  Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 36 05  James Hunt McLaren 31 06th  Jochen Mass McLaren 25th 07th  Gunnar Nilsson lotus 20th 08th  Alan Jones Shadow 19th 09  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 16 10  Jacques Laffite Ligier 16

Item driver constructor Points 11  Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 12 12  Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar 11 13  John Watson Brabham 9 14th  Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 7th 15th  Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 6th 16  Carlos Pace Brabham 6th 17th  Clay Regazzoni Ensign 5 18th  Patrick Tambay Ensign 5 19th  Renzo Zorzi Shadow 1 20th  Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 89 02  lotus 62 03  wolf 55 04th  McLaren 51 05  Brabham 27 06th  Tyrrell 23

Item constructor Points 07th  Shadow 20th 08th  Ligier 16 09  Copersucar 11 10  Ensign 10 11  Surtees 6th 12  Penske 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 4, 2012)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website