The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 7

Belgian Grand Prix

1977  ·  Zolder  ·  5 June 1977  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus · 01:55:05.71
  2. 2nd Niki Lauda Ferrari · +14.19
  3. 3rd Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell · +19.95

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

03 Lap 0

John Watson

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

04 Lap 39

Jochen Mass

Retirement McLaren  —  Accident

05 Lap 62

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Wolf  —  Engine

06 Lap 63

Boy Lunger

Retirement March  —  Not classified

07 On the Charge

Harald Ertl

Hesketh  —  P25 → P9

08 Victory

Gunnar Nilsson

Team Lotus  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 3 70 01:55:05.71 9
2 Niki Lauda Ferrari 11 70 +14.19 6
3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 8 70 +19.95 4
4 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 12 70 +24.98 3
5 Alan Jones Shadow 17 70 +1:15.470 2
6 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 18 69 +1 Lap 1
7 James Hunt McLaren 9 69 +1 Lap
8 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 69 +1 Lap
9 Harald Ertl Hesketh 25 69 +1 Lap
10 Patrick Nève March 24 68 +2 Laps
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 26 68 +2 Laps
12 Larry Perkins Surtees 23 67 +3 Laps
13 David Purley LEC 20 67 +3 Laps
14 Arturo Merzario March 14 65 +5 Laps
15 Boy Lunger March 27 63 Not classified
16 Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 62 Engine
17 Jochen Mass McLaren 6 39 Accident
18 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 32 Engine
19 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 13 29 Engine
20 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 7 14 Accident
21 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 19 14 Accident
22 Riccardo Patrese Shadow 15 12 Accident
23 Ian Scheckter March 21 8 Accident
24 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 2 Electrical
25 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 0 Accident
26 John Watson Brabham 2 0 Accident

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