French Grand Prix 1977

Dijon-Prenois
Dijon
3 July 1977
80 laps
304.1 km
3.801 km a lap

Pole positionMario AndrettiLotus · 1:12.210
Fastest lapMario Andretti1:13.750 · lap 76
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mario Andrettifastest lap	5	Lotus · Ford	1	80	1:39:40.130	9
2	John Watson	7	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	4	80	+1.550	6
3	James Hunt	1	McLaren · Ford	2	80	+33.870	4
4	Gunnar Nilsson	6	Lotus · Ford	3	80	+1:11.080	3
5	Niki Lauda	11	Ferrari	9	80	+1:14.450	2
6	Carlos Reutemann	12	Ferrari	6	79	+1 lap	1
7	Clay Regazzoni	22	Ensign · Ford	16	79	+1 lap
8	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Matra	5	78	+2 laps
9	Jochen Mass	2	McLaren · Ford	7	78	+2 laps
10	Rupert Keegan	24	Hesketh · Ford	14	78	+2 laps
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	28	Fittipaldi · Ford	22	77	+3 laps
12	Ronnie Peterson	3	Tyrrell · Ford	17	77	+3 laps
13	Vittorio Brambilla	19	Surtees · Ford	11	77	+3 laps
NC	Ian Scheckter	10	March · Ford	20	69	+11 laps
DNF	Jody Scheckter	20	Wolf · Ford	8	66	Accident
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	8	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	13	64	Accident
DNF	Alan Jones	17	Shadow · Ford	10	60	Transmission
DNF	Arturo Merzario	37	March · Ford	18	27	Gearbox
DNF	Patrick Depailler	4	Tyrrell · Ford	12	21	Accident
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	16	Shadow · Ford	15	6	Engine
DNF	David Purley	31	LEC · Ford	21	5	Accident
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	34	Penske · Ford	19	4	Accident
DNQ	Alex Ribeiro	9	March · Ford	–
DNQ	Patrick Nève	27	March · Ford	–
DNQ	Brett Lunger	30	McLaren · Ford	–
DNQ	Harald Ertl	25	Hesketh · Ford	–
DNQ	Larry Perkins	18	Surtees · Ford	–
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	39	Hesketh · Ford	–
DNQ	Patrick Tambay	18	Surtees · Ford	–
DNQ	Conny Andersson	35	BRM	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:12.210
2	James Hunt	McLaren	1:12.730	+0.520
3	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus	1:12.790	+0.580
4	John Watson	Brabham	1:12.830	+0.620
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:13.300	+1.090
6	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:13.360	+1.150
7	Jochen Mass	McLaren	1:13.410	+1.200
8	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	1:13.450	+1.240
9	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1:13.520	+1.310
10	Alan Jones	Shadow	1:13.560	+1.350
11	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1:13.610	+1.400
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:13.660	+1.450
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	1:13.670	+1.460
14	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	1:13.710	+1.500
15	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	1:13.870	+1.660
16	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	1:13.900	+1.690
17	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	1:13.920	+1.710
18	Arturo Merzario	March	1:13.920	+1.710
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	1:14.170	+1.960
20	Ian Scheckter	March	1:14.240	+2.030
21	David Purley	LEC	1:14.390	+2.180
22	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:14.450	+2.240
23	Alex Ribeiro	March	1:14.600	+2.390
24	Patrick Nève	March	1:14.740	+2.530
25	Brett Lunger	McLaren	1:14.830	+2.620
26	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	1:15.060	+2.850
27	Larry Perkins	Surtees	1:15.130	+2.920
28	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh	1:15.880	+3.670
29	Patrick Tambay	Surtees	1:16.060	+3.850
30	Conny Andersson	BRM	1:16.170	+3.960

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mario Andretti	76	1:13.750

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 9. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 9
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Niki Lauda	33	▲1
2	Mario Andretti	32	▲2
3	Jody Scheckter	32	▼2
4	Carlos Reutemann	28	▼1
5	Gunnar Nilsson	16	▲1
6	Jochen Mass	14	▼1
7	James Hunt	13	▲2
8	Patrick Depailler	10	▼1
9	Jacques Laffite	9	▼1
10	John Watson	9	▲4

Constructors' championship after round 9
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Ferrari	50
2	Lotus	43
3	Wolf	32
4	McLaren	25
5	Brabham	17	▲1
6	Tyrrell	14	▼1
7	Ligier	9
8	Fittipaldi	8
9	Shadow	4
10	Surtees	3