The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 9

French Grand Prix

1977  ·  Dijon-Prenois  ·  3 July 1977  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:39:40.13
  2. 2nd John Watson Brabham · +1.55
  3. 3rd James Hunt McLaren · +33.87

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 60

Alan Jones

Retirement Shadow  —  Transmission

03 Lap 64

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

04 Lap 66

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Wolf  —  Accident

05 Lap 69

Ian Scheckter

Retirement March  —  Not classified

06 On the Charge

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi  —  P22 → P11

07 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 80 01:39:40.13 9
2 John Watson Brabham 4 80 +1.55 6
3 James Hunt McLaren 2 80 +33.87 4
4 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 3 80 +1:11.080 3
5 Niki Lauda Ferrari 9 80 +1:14.150 2
6 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 6 79 +1 Lap 1
7 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 16 79 +1 Lap
8 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 78 +2 Laps
9 Jochen Mass McLaren 7 78 +2 Laps
10 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 14 78 +2 Laps
11 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 77 +3 Laps
12 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 17 77 +3 Laps
13 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 77 +3 Laps
14 Ian Scheckter March 20 69 Not classified
15 Jody Scheckter Wolf 8 66 Accident
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 13 64 Accident
17 Alan Jones Shadow 10 60 Transmission
18 Arturo Merzario March 18 27 Gearbox
19 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 21 Accident
20 Riccardo Patrese Shadow 15 6 Engine
21 David Purley LEC 21 5 Accident
22 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 19 4 Accident

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