World Championship · Round 17
Japanese Grand Prix
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The result
Classification
| # | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / Retirement | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | 73 | 01:31:51.68 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | 73 | +1:02.450 | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 15 | 73 | +1:06.390 | 4 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 12 | 73 | +1:06.610 | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 72 | Out of fuel | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 13 | 72 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 4 | 72 | +1 Lap | |
| 8 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 9 | 71 | +2 Laps | |
| 9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 22 | 71 | +2 Laps | |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | 71 | +2 Laps | |
| 11 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 11 | 71 | +2 Laps | |
| 12 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | 69 | +4 Laps | |
| 13 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 14 | 63 | Gearbox | |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 10 | 43 | Engine | |
| 15 | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | 29 | Gearbox | |
| 16 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 8 | 28 | Engine | |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 16 | 14 | Engine | |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 18 | 5 | Accident | |
| 19 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 20 | 5 | Accident | |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 17 | 3 | Engine | |
| 21 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 1 | Collision | |
| 22 | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 19 | 1 | Collision | |
| 23 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 21 | 1 | Collision |
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