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1977 Dutch Grand Prix
1977 Dutch Grand Prix
Race 13 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date	August 28, 1977
Official name	XXIV Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location	Zandvoort
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.226 km (2.626 miles)
Distance	75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Mario Andretti;
Time	1:18.65
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda
Time	1:19.99 on lap 72
Podium
First	Niki Lauda;
Second	Jacques Laffite;
Third	Jody Scheckter;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1977 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 28 August 1977.

Report

In qualifying, Mario Andretti took his fifth pole of the season with Jacques Laffite alongside on the front row, and James Hunt third. At the start, Hunt jumped both the front row starters to lead but before the end of the first lap, Andretti tried to drive alongside him but some aggressive defending from Hunt forced him to lift, and Laffite took advantage to get second. Five laps later, Andretti had got back past Laffite and was attacking Hunt, who again defended aggressively but this time Andretti did not lift and they collided. Hunt was out on the spot, whereas Andretti spun and rejoined fourth. Brian Henton was disqualified after he was push started after he spun off.^[1]

This left Laffite leading from the Ferraris of Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann. The latter had a long battle with Andretti for third, repeatedly exchanging places, until the Lotus driver's engine blew up. Soon after, Lauda passed Laffite to take the lead, and he went on build a gap and win comfortably. Laffite finished second. After Andretti's demise, Reutemann ran third until the second Lotus of Gunnar Nilsson attacked him, and the two collided with Nilsson out and Reutemann rejoining at the back. This sensationally left Patrick Tambay in the Ensign third, but he ran out of fuel on the last lap, thus handing the place to Scheckter.

This meant that Lauda had a 21-point lead over Scheckter with four races left.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus–Ford	1:18.65
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier–Matra	+0.62
3	James Hunt	McLaren–Ford	+0.85
4	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	+0.89
5	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus–Ford	+0.92
6	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	+1.01
7	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell–Ford	+1.20
8	John Watson	Brabham–Alfa Romeo	+1.28
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign–Ford	+1.28
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	+1.48
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell–Ford	+1.49
12	Patrick Tambay	Ensign–Ford	+1.58
13	Alan Jones	Shadow–Ford	+1.59
14	Jochen Mass	McLaren–Ford	+1.59
15	Jody Scheckter	Wolf–Ford	+1.59
16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow–Ford	+1.78
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi–Ford	+1.88
18	Hans Binder	Penske–Ford	+2.19
19	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham–Alfa Romeo	+2.21
20	Brett Lunger	McLaren–Ford	+2.22
21	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske–Ford	+2.41
22	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees–Ford	+2.47
23	Brian Henton	Boro–Ford	+2.48
24	Alex Ribeiro	March–Ford	+2.51
25	Ian Scheckter	March–Ford	+2.54
26	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh–Ford	+2.88
Cut-off
27	Patrick Nève	March–Ford	+3.02
28	Arturo Merzario	March–Ford	+3.14
29	Vern Schuppan	Surtees–Ford	+3.15
30	Ian Ashley	Hesketh–Ford	+3.20
31	Boy Hayje	March–Ford	+3.55
32	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh–Ford	+3.84
33	Teddy Pilette	BRM	+4.42
34	Michael Bleekemolen	March–Ford	+8.03

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	G	75	1:41:45.93	4	9
2	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	G	75	+1.89 secs	2	6
3	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	G	74	+ 1 Lap	15	4
4	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	74	+ 1 Lap	17	3
5	23	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford	G	73	Out of fuel	12	2
6	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	G	73	+ 2 Laps	6	1
7	8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	G	73	+ 2 Laps	19
8	35	Hans Binder	Penske-Ford	G	73	+ 2 Laps	18
9	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	G	73	+ 2 Laps	20
10	10	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	G	73	+ 2 Laps	25
11	9	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	G	72	+ 3 Laps	24
12	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	G	67	Accident	22
13	16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford	G	67	Engine	16
DSQ	38	Brian Henton	Boro-Ford	G	52	Push Start	23
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	M	39	Suspension	10
Ret	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	G	34	Accident	5
Ret	17	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	G	32	Engine	13
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	G	31	Engine	11
Ret	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	G	18	Ignition	7
Ret	22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	G	17	Throttle	9
Ret	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	G	14	Engine	1
Ret	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	G	8	Accident	26
Ret	1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	G	5	Collision	3
Ret	34	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford	G	4	Ignition	21
Ret	7	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	G	2	Damage / Oil Leak^[1]	8
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	G	0	Accident	14
DNQ	27	Patrick Nève	March-Ford	G
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	G
DNQ	18	Vern Schuppan	Surtees-Ford	G
DNQ	39	Ian Ashley	Hesketh-Ford	G
DNQ	33	Boy Hayje	March-Ford	G
DNQ	25	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh-Ford	G
DNQ	29	Teddy Pilette	BRM	G
DNQ	32	Michael Bleekemolen	March-Ford	G
Source:^[2]^[3]

Notes

This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Dutch driver Michael Bleekemolen.
This was the 5th podium finish for Ligier.
This was the 6th Dutch Grand Prix win for Ferrari. It broke the previous record set by Lotus at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Niki Lauda	63
2	Jody Scheckter	42
3	Carlos Reutemann	35
4	Mario Andretti	32
5	James Hunt	22
Source: ^[4]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	80 (82)
2	Lotus-Ford	47
3	Wolf-Ford	42
4	McLaren-Ford	35
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	27
Source: ^[4]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained. Numbers without parentheses are retained points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

^ ^a ^b "Dutch GP, 1977 Race Report - GP Encyclopedia - F1 History on Grandprix.com". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
^ "1977 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "1977 Dutch Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 28 August 1977. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Netherlands 1977 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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