1977 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date	5 June 1977
Location	Circuit Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course length	4.262 km (2.648 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 miles)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford
Time	1:24.64
Fastest lap
Driver	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford
Time	1:27.36 on lap 53
Podium
First	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford
Second	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Third	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 5 June 1977. It was the seventh race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 70-lap race was won by Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson, driving a Lotus-Ford. Austrian driver Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, while Nilsson's fellow Swede, Ronnie Peterson, finished third in the six-wheeled Tyrrell-Ford. This was to be Nilsson's only Formula One victory, before his career was cut short by cancer and he died in October 1978.

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	No
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	1:24,64	1
2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:26,18	2
3	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	1:26,45	3
4	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	1:26,48	4
5	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1:26,71	5
6	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1:26,81	6
7	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:26,85	7
8	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	1:26,95	8
9	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1:27,04	9
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:27,05	10
11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1:27,11	11
12	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	1:27,23	12
13	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	1:27,28	13
14	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	1:27,33	14
15	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford	1:27,35	15
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:27,47	16
17	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	1:27,55	17
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:27,75	18
19	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	1:28,02	19
20	David Purley	LEC-Ford	1:28,10	20
21	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	1:28,50	21
22	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	1:28,51	22
23	Larry Perkins	Surtees-Ford	1:28,53	23
24	Patrick Nève	March-Ford	1:28,67	24
25	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1:29,02	25
26	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford	1:29,11	26
Cut-off
27	Boy Hayje	March-Ford	1:29,46	27
28	Emilio de Villota	McLaren-Ford	1:30,12	—
29	Conny Andersson	BRM	1:30,24	—
30	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	1:30,24	—
31	Bernard de Dryver	March-Ford	1:30,42	—
32	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh-Ford	1:33,30	—

In qualifying Mario Andretti took a comfortable pole position with John Watson just beating the second Lotus of Gunnar Nilsson to second. The race was wet due to rain earlier in the day. Watson took the lead into the first corner, but later in the lap, Andretti locked up into the chicane and ran into the back of the Brabham, knocking both drivers out of the race with Jody Scheckter taking over the lead.

Scheckter led the early stages ahead of Nilsson, whereas Carlos Reutemann made an early charge but spun off. The track began to dry and everyone had to pit for tyres, and those who stopped early were the ones who benefited, as now Niki Lauda was leading from Jochen Mass and Scheckter was down to fifth. Mass spun off from second, handing it to Nilsson who then went on to catch and pass Lauda before driving away to his first career victory. Behind second-placed Lauda, Ronnie Peterson completed the podium for Team Tyrrell after Scheckter retired with an engine failure. This remains the only F1 race in which two Swedes shared the podium.

David Purley stayed out later than most drivers and was running third by lap 21.^[1] After he finally pitted, he emerged in front of race leader Lauda. He was likely unaware that Lauda was a lap ahead and did not let him through, holding the leader up for a few laps. This may have cost Lauda victory and the two were involved in an argument after the race.^[2]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	70	1:55:05.71	3	9
2	11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	70	+ 14.19	11	6
3	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+ 19.95	8	4
4	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	70	+ 24.98	12	3
5	17	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	70	+ 1:15.47	17	2
6	8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	69	+ 1 Lap	18	1
7	1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	9
8	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	5
9	25	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	25
10	27	Patrick Nève	March-Ford	68	+ 2 Laps	24
11	34	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford	68	+ 2 Laps	26
12	18	Larry Perkins	Surtees-Ford	67	+ 3 Laps	23
13	31	David Purley	LEC-Ford	67	+ 3 Laps	20
14	37	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	65	+ 5 Laps	14
NC	33	Boy Hayje	March-Ford	63	+ 7 Laps	27
Ret	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	62	Engine	4
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	39	Accident	6
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	32	Engine	10
Ret	22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	29	Engine	13
Ret	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	14	Accident	7
Ret	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	14	Accident	19
Ret	16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford	12	Accident	15
Ret	10	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	8	Accident	21
Ret	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	2	Electrical	16
Ret	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	0	Collision	1
Ret	7	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	Collision	2
DNS	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford		Engine	22
DNQ	36	Emilio de Villota	McLaren-Ford
DNQ	9	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford
DNQ	35	Conny Andersson	BRM
DNQ	38	Bernard de Dryver	March-Ford
DNQ	39	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh-Ford
Source:[3]

• This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Mexican driver Héctor Rebaque and Belgian driver Bernard de Dryver.
• This was the 25th pole position set by an American driver.
• This was the 10th Grand Prix win for a Swedish driver.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jody Scheckter 32 2 Niki Lauda 31 3 Carlos Reutemann 23 4 Mario Andretti 22 5 Gunnar Nilsson 13 Source: [4]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 46 2 Lotus-Ford 33 3 Wolf-Ford 32 4 McLaren-Ford 15 5 Tyrrell-Ford 11 Source: [4]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.