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1977 German Grand Prix
1977 German Grand Prix
Race 11 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date	31 July 1977
Official name	XXXIX Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.790 km (4.219 miles)
Distance	47 laps, 319.083 km (198.246 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jody Scheckter;
Time	1:53.07
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda
Time	1:55.99 on lap 28
Podium
First	Niki Lauda;
Second	Jody Scheckter;
Third	Hans-Joachim Stuck;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1977 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheimring on 31 July 1977. It was the eleventh race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The German Grand Prix was moved to Hockenheim following Niki Lauda's accident at the Nürburgring in 1976. This was the second time the race was held at Hockenheim, the first being in 1970.

The 47-lap race was won by Lauda, driving a Ferrari. Jody Scheckter finished second in a Wolf-Ford, having started from pole position, while Hans-Joachim Stuck was third in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo.

During the race, Penske driver Hans Heyer participated despite not qualifying. Mechanical issues forced Heyer to retire on lap 9, which caused his participation to be discovered. He was disqualified, making him the only driver to not qualify, not finish and be disqualified in a single race.^[2]

Report

In qualifying, Jody Scheckter took his first pole of the season, ahead of John Watson and then Niki Lauda who headed the second row. The start of the race was given by the German national flag due to red/green lights being damaged by a service vehicle, which as a result caused an accident near the back of the grid between Alan Jones and Clay Regazzoni (putting both drivers out on the spot).^[3] Scheckter kept the lead at the first corner with both Watson and Lauda keeping their positions. Watson put pressure on Scheckter until his engine failed on the eighth lap, giving second to Lauda who passed Scheckter soon after and began to pull away. Scheckter battled for second with James Hunt until the defending champion retired with an engine failure which was caused by a broken fuel pump on lap 33, thus giving third to Watson's teammate and home driver Hans-Joachim Stuck. That was how it stayed to the end; Lauda winning from Scheckter and Stuck, whilst the rest of the points were rounded-out with Lauda's teammate Carlos Reutemann, Vittorio Brambilla in the Surtees and Patrick Tambay in the Ensign. This was the 100th World Championship race victory for tyre manufacturer Goodyear.^[4]

Classification

Qualifying classification

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	1:53.07	1
2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:53.34	2
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1:53.53	3
4	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1:53.68	4
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:53.91	5
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:53.97	6
7	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	1:53.99	7
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:54.27	8
9	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	1:54.44	9
10	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	1:54.53	10
11	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford	1:54.77	11
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford	1:55.19	12
13	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1:55.25	13
14	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	1:55.70	14
15	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1:55.92	15
16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford	1:56.09	16
17	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	1:56.22	17
18	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	1:56.35	18
19	Vern Schuppan	Surtees-Ford	1:56.54	19
20	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	1:56.63	20
21	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	1:56.64	21
22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	1:56.68	22
23	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	1:56.89	23
24	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh-Ford	1:57.18	24
Cut-off
25	Patrick Nève	March-Ford	1:57.26	—
26	Emilio de Villota	McLaren-Ford	1:57.39	—
27	Hans Heyer	Penske-Ford	1:57.58	PL
28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:58.53	—
29	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	1:59.13	—
30	Teddy Pilette	BRM	1:59.55	—

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	47	1:31:49.3	3	9
2	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	47	+ 14.33	1	6
3	8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	47	+ 20.90	5	4
4	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	47	+ 1:00.27	8	3
5	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	47	+ 1:27.37	10	2
6	23	Patrick Tambay	Ensign-Ford	47	+ 1:29.81	11	1
7	18	Vern Schuppan	Surtees-Ford	46	+ 1 Lap	19
8	9	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	46	+ 1 Lap	20
9	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	42	Engine	14
10	16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow-Ford	42	Wheel	16
Ret	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh-Ford	40	Accident	23
Ret	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	34	Engine	7
Ret	1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	32	Fuel Pump	4
Ret	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	31	Engine	9
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	26	Gearbox	13
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	22	Engine	15
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	21	Engine	6
Ret	25	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh-Ford	20	Engine	24
Ret	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	14	Accident	21
Ret	10	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	9	Clutch	18
Ret	7	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	8	Engine	2
Ret	34	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford	5	Transmission	12
Ret	17	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford	0	Accident	17
Ret	22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	0	Accident	22
DSQ	35	Hans Heyer	Penske-Ford	9	Gear linkage, took part illegally	PL
DNQ	27	Patrick Nève	March-Ford
DNQ	36	Emilio de Villota	McLaren-Ford
DNQ	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford
DNQ	40	Teddy Pilette	BRM
Source:^[5]

Notes

This was the Formula One World Championship debut and only Grand Prix for German driver Hans Heyer.
This was the 200th Grand Prix start for a Swiss driver. In those 200 races, Swiss drivers had won 6 Grands Prix, achieved 31 podium finishes, 7 pole positions, 17 fastest laps and 2 Grand Slams.
This race saw the first pole position set by Wolf and the first for a Canadian constructor.
This was the 10th German Grand Prix victory for Ferrari as a constructor and as an engine supplier.
To date, this is the last Formula One Grand Prix where the race was started by the drop of a flag. Since this race, every race has been started using a traffic light sequence.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Niki Lauda	48
2	Jody Scheckter	38
3	Mario Andretti	32
4	Carlos Reutemann	31
5	James Hunt	22
Source: ^[6]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	65 (67)
2	Lotus-Ford	47
3	Wolf-Ford	38
4	McLaren-Ford	34
5	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	23
Source: ^[6]

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

^ "1977 German Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
^ "Strange but true: F1's weirdest and most amazing records". formula1.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^ "1977 German Grand Prix race report". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "1977: Consistency secures Niki Lauda a second title". ESPN. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "1977 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Germany 1977 – Championship". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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