1977 Pau Grand Prix

1977 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 30 May 1977
Official name XXXVII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 59 laps, 167.206 km (103.896 miles)
Pole position
Driver Martini-Renault
Time 1:13.38
Fastest lap
Driver France Didier Pironi Martini-Renault
Time 1:14.57
Podium
First Martini-Renault
Second Martini-Renault
Third Chevron-BMW

The 1977 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 30 May 1977 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by René Arnoux, driving the Martini MK22. Didier Pironi finished second and Riccardo Patrese third.

With the race initially being run at 73 laps, the race was stopped after 59 laps after colossal rain made the circuit virtually undrivable.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid
1 4 France René Arnoux Martini-Renault 59 1hr 14min 52.52sec  
2 5 France Didier Pironi Martini-Renault 59 + 0.42 s
3 17 Italy Riccardo Patrese Chevron-BMW 59 + 18.54 s
4 28 Italy Alberto Colombo March-BMW 58 + 1 lap
5 25 Italy Gaudenzio Mantova March-BMW 58 + 1 lap
6 32 Argentina Ricardo Zunino March-Hart 57 + 2 laps
7 9 Germany Klaus Ludwig Kauhsen-Renault 57 + 2 laps
8 16 Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Ralt-BMW 56 + 3 laps
9 26 United Kingdom Brian Henton Boxer-Hart 56 + 3 laps
10 1 France Jacques Laffite Chevron-Hart 56 + 3 laps
11 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Chevron-Hart 55 + 4 laps
12 11 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Ralt-Ferrari 54 + 5 laps
13 34 Sweden Freddy Kottulinsky Ralt-BMW 54 + 5 laps
Ret 33 Italy Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi March-BMW 34 Fuel pressure
Ret 3 Italy Bruno Giacomelli March-BMW 26 Suspension
Ret 8 France Michel Leclère Kauhsen-Renault 21 Steering
Ret 10 Italy Giancarlo Martini Martini-Renault 12 Accident
Ret 36 France Patrick Tambay Chevron-Hart 0 Accident
Ret 38 France Xavier Lapeyre Martini-BMW 0 Accident
Ret 15 United States Eddie Cheever Ralt-BMW 0 Accident
DNQ 12 Italy Lamberto Leoni Ralt-Ferrari Did not qualify
DNQ 22 United States Wink Bancroft Chevron-Hart Did not qualify
DNQ 23 France Michel Pignard Chevron-Chrysler Did not qualify
DNQ 24 United Kingdom Norman Dickson March-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ 27 Belgium Bernard de Dryver March-BMW Did not qualify
Fastest Lap: Didier Pironi (Martini-Renault) - 1:14.57
Sources:[1]
Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1977
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "F2 Register - Index".