The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

1977  ·  Autódromo José Carlos Pace  ·  23 January 1977  ·  40 laps

  1. 1st Carlos Reutemann Ferrari · 01:45:07.72
  2. 2nd James Hunt McLaren · +10.71
  3. 3rd Niki Lauda Ferrari · +1:47.510

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 12

Jochen Mass

Retirement McLaren  —  Accident

03 Lap 19

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Ignition

04 Lap 23

Patrick Depailler

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Accident

05 Lap 30

John Watson

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

06 Lap 33

Tom Pryce

Retirement Shadow  —  Engine

07 Lap 33

Carlos Pace

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

08 On the Charge

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi  —  P16 → P4

09 Victory

Carlos Reutemann

Ferrari  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 40 01:45:07.72 9
2 James Hunt McLaren 1 40 +10.71 6
3 Niki Lauda Ferrari 13 40 +1:47.510 4
4 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 39 +1 Lap 3
5 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 10 39 +1 Lap 2
6 Renzo Zorzi Shadow 18 39 +1 Lap 1
7 Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi 19 38 +2 Laps
8 Carlos Pace Brabham 12 33 Accident
9 Tom Pryce Shadow 5 33 Engine
10 Hans Binder Surtees 20 32 Suspension
11 John Watson Brabham 7 30 Accident
12 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 26 Accident
13 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 6 23 Accident
14 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 19 Ignition
15 Alex Ribeiro March 21 16 Engine
16 Jochen Mass McLaren 4 12 Accident
17 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 8 12 Accident
18 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 9 12 Accident
19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 11 Accident
20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 15 11 Engine
21 Ian Scheckter March 17 1 Transmission
22 Larry Perkins BRM 22 1 Overheating

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