Race · Round 11 of 17 · 31 July 1977

1977 German Grand Prix

Niki Lauda won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Hockenheimring. 15 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Hans-Joachim Stuck.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Niki LaudaFerrari
Pole: Jody Scheckter
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 3010 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312T2B	3	47	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	1	47	Finished	6
3	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	—	5	47	Finished	4
4	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	312T2B	8	47	Finished	3
5	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	TS19	10	47	Finished	2
6	Patrick Tambay	Ensign	N177	11	47	Finished	1
7	Vern Schuppan	Surtees	TS19	19	46	Finished	0
8	Alex Ribeiro	March	761B	20	46	Finished	0
9	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	P34	14	42	Engine	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	—	16	42	Wheel	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	308E	23	40	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	78	7	34	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	—	4	32	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	78	9	31	Engine	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	McLaren	—	13	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	P34	15	22	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS7	6	21	Engine	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh	308E	24	20	Engine	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	M23	21	14	Accident	0
DNF	Ian Scheckter	March	—	18	9	Clutch	0
DSQ	Hans Heyer	Penske	PC4	PL	9	Illegal race entry	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	—	2	8	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	PC4	12	5	Transmission	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Shadow	—	17	0	Accident	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	N177	22	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Patrick Nève	March	761	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Emilio de Villota	McLaren	M23	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	March	761B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Teddy Pilette	BRM	—	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout hockenheimring-1 · 6.79 km · 14 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Niki Lauda	3	1	47
Jody Scheckter	1	2	47
Hans-Joachim Stuck	5	3	47
Carlos Reutemann	8	4	47
Vittorio Brambilla	10	5	47
Patrick Tambay	11	6	47
Vern Schuppan	19	7	46
Alex Ribeiro	20	8	46
Ronnie Peterson	14	9	42
Riccardo Patrese	16	10	42
Rupert Keegan	23	DNF	40
Mario Andretti	7	DNF	34
James Hunt	4	DNF	32
Gunnar Nilsson	9	DNF	31
Jochen Mass	13	DNF	26
Patrick Depailler	15	DNF	22
Jacques Laffite	6	DNF	21
Héctor Rebaque	24	DNF	20
Brett Lunger	21	DNF	14
Ian Scheckter	18	DNF	9
Hans Heyer	PL	DSQ	9
John Watson	2	DNF	8
Jean-Pierre Jarier	12	DNF	5
Alan Jones	17	DNF	0
Clay Regazzoni	22	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:53.070	—	—
2	John Watson	Brabham	7	1:53.340	+0.270	+0.270
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	11	1:53.530	+0.460	+0.190
4	James Hunt	McLaren	1	1:53.680	+0.610	+0.150
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	8	1:53.910	+0.840	+0.230
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:53.970	+0.900	+0.060
7	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:53.990	+0.920	+0.020
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	12	1:54.270	+1.200	+0.280
9	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	6	1:54.440	+1.370	+0.170
10	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	1:54.530	+1.460	+0.090
11	Patrick Tambay	Ensign	23	1:54.770	+1.700	+0.240
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	34	1:55.190	+2.120	+0.420
13	Jochen Mass	McLaren	2	1:55.250	+2.180	+0.060
14	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	3	1:55.700	+2.630	+0.450
15	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:55.920	+2.850	+0.220
16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	16	1:56.090	+3.020	+0.170
17	Alan Jones	Shadow	17	1:56.220	+3.150	+0.130
18	Ian Scheckter	March	10	1:56.350	+3.280	+0.130
19	Vern Schuppan	Surtees	18	1:56.540	+3.470	+0.190
20	Alex Ribeiro	March	9	1:56.630	+3.560	+0.090
21	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:56.640	+3.570	+0.010
22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	22	1:56.680	+3.610	+0.040
23	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	24	1:56.890	+3.820	+0.210
24	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh	25	1:57.180	+4.110	+0.290
25	Patrick Nève	March	27	1:57.260	+4.190	+0.080
26	Emilio de Villota	McLaren	36	1:57.390	+4.320	+0.130
27	Hans Heyer	Penske	35	1:57.580	+4.510	+0.190
28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	28	1:58.530	+5.460	+0.950
29	Arturo Merzario	March	37	1:59.130	+6.060	+0.600
30	Teddy Pilette	BRM	40	1:59.550	+6.480	+0.420

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ferrari 312T
LaudaNiki19760731Ferrari312T2 · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

March 761
StuckHansJ1976-07-31 · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 1977
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 31 Jul 1977
Layout raced: Forest circuit · 6.79 km · 14 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.