The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 15

United States Grand Prix

1977  ·  Watkins Glen  ·  2 October 1977  ·  59 laps

  1. 1st James Hunt McLaren · 01:58:23.267
  2. 2nd Mario Andretti Team Lotus · +2.026
  3. 3rd Jody Scheckter Wolf · +1:18.879

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 14

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

03 On the Charge

Clay Regazzoni

Ensign  —  P19 → P5

04 Victory

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 James Hunt McLaren 1 59 01:58:23.267 9
2 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 59 +2.026 6
3 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 59 +1:18.879 4
4 Niki Lauda Ferrari 7 59 +1:40.615 3
5 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 19 59 +1:48.138 2
6 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 6 58 +1 Lap 1
7 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 58 +1 Lap
8 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 20 58 +1 Lap
9 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 16 58 +1 Lap
10 Brett Lunger McLaren 17 57 +2 Laps
11 Hans Binder Surtees 25 57 +2 Laps
12 John Watson Brabham 3 57 +2 Laps
13 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 57 +2 Laps
14 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 8 56 +3 Laps
15 Alex Ribeiro March 23 56 +3 Laps
16 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 5 56 +3 Laps
17 Ian Ashley Hesketh 22 55 +4 Laps
18 Patrick Nève March 24 55 +4 Laps
19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 54 +5 Laps
20 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 14 30 Alternator
21 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 12 17 Accident
22 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 2 14 Accident
23 Ian Scheckter March 21 10 Accident
24 Jochen Mass McLaren 15 8 Fuel pump
25 Danny Ongais Penske 26 6 Accident
26 Alan Jones Shadow 13 3 Accident

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