1977 German Grand Prix

  1977 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Date	July 31, 1977
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.789 km (4.218 mi)
Distance	47 laps, 319.083 km (198.246 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford
Time	1:53.07
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time	1:55.99 on lap 28
Podium
First	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford
Third	Hans Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo

The 1977 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Hockenheimring on July 31, 1977. After Niki Lauda's near-fatal accident at the dangerous Nürburgring in 1976, the German Grand Prix was moved to Hockenheim and was held there every year except for one until 2007, and this was the second year the race was held there (the first being 1970).

Report

In qualifying, Jody Scheckter took his first pole of the season, ahead of John Watson and then Niki Lauda who headed the second row. Scheckter kept the lead at the first corner with both Watson and Lauda keeping their positions. Watson put pressure on Scheckter until his engine failed on the eighth lap, giving second to Lauda who passed Scheckter soon after and began to pull away. Scheckter battled for second with James Hunt until the defending champion retired with an engine failure, giving third to Watson's teammate and home driver Hans-Joachim Stuck. That was how it stayed to the end; Lauda winning from Scheckter and Stuck.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	47	1:31:49.3	3	9
2	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	47	+14.33 secs	1	6
3	8	Hans Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	47	+20.9 secs	5	4
4	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	47	+60.27 secs	8	3
5	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	47	+87.37 secs	10	2
6	23	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford	47	+89.81 secs	11	1
7	18	Vern Schuppan	Surtees-Ford	46	+1 Lap	19
8	9	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	46	+1 Lap	20
9	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	42	Engine	14
10	16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford	42	Wheel	16
Ret	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	40	Accident	23
Ret	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	34	Engine	7
Ret	1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	32	Fuel Pump	4
Ret	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	31	Engine	9
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	26	Gearbox	13
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	22	Engine	15
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	21	Engine	6
Ret	25	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh-Ford	20	Engine	24
Ret	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	14	Accident	21
Ret	10	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	9	Clutch	19
Ret	7	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	8	Engine	2
Ret	34	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford	5	Transmission	12
Ret	17	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	0	Accident	17
Ret	22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	0	Accident	22
DSQ	35	Hans Heyer	Penske-Ford	9	Transmission, took part illegally	25
DNQ	27	Patrick Nève	March-Ford
DNQ	36	Emilio de Villota	McLaren-Ford
DNQ	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford
DNQ	40	Teddy Pilette	BRM
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Notes

• German Hans Heyer did not qualify, but started anyway from the pit lane, only to retire with a mechanical failure. He was later disqualified.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Niki Lauda	48
2	Jody Scheckter	38
3	Mario Andretti	32
4	Carlos Reutemann	31
5	James Hunt	22

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	65 (67)
2	Lotus-Ford	47
3	Wolf-Ford	38
4	McLaren-Ford	34
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	23

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained. Numbers without parentheses are retained points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

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