Race · Round 2 of 17 · 23 January 1977

1977 Brazilian Grand Prix

Carlos Reutemann won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 15 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Carlos ReutemannFerrari
Pole: James Hunt
Fastest lap: James Hunt
Entries: 227 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	312T2B	2	40	Finished	9
2	James Hunt	McLaren	—	1	40	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312T2B	13	40	Finished	4
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	16	39	Finished	3
5	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	78	10	39	Finished	2
6	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow	—	18	39	Finished	1
7	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi	—	19	38	Finished	0
DNF	Tom Pryce	Shadow	—	12	33	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	Brabham	—	5	33	Accident	0
DNF	Hans Binder	Surtees	TS19	20	32	Suspension	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	—	7	30	Accident	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS7	14	26	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	P34	6	23	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	78	3	19	Ignition	0
DNF	Alex Ribeiro	March	761B	21	16	Engine	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	McLaren	—	4	12	Accident	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	N177	9	12	Accident	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	P34	8	12	Accident	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	15	11	Engine	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	TS19	11	11	Accident	0
DNF	Ian Scheckter	March	—	17	1	Transmission	0
DNF	Larry Perkins	BRM	—	22	1	Overheating	0

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

F1DB layout interlagos-1 · 7.873 km · 26 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
Carlos Reutemann	2	1	40
James Hunt	1	2	40
Niki Lauda	13	3	40
Emerson Fittipaldi	16	4	39
Gunnar Nilsson	10	5	39
Renzo Zorzi	18	6	39
Ingo Hoffmann	19	7	38
Tom Pryce	12	DNF	33
Carlos Pace	5	DNF	33
Hans Binder	20	DNF	32
John Watson	7	DNF	30
Jacques Laffite	14	DNF	26
Patrick Depailler	6	DNF	23
Mario Andretti	3	DNF	19
Alex Ribeiro	21	DNF	16
Jochen Mass	4	DNF	12
Clay Regazzoni	9	DNF	12
Ronnie Peterson	8	DNF	12
Jody Scheckter	15	DNF	11
Vittorio Brambilla	11	DNF	11
Ian Scheckter	17	DNF	1
Larry Perkins	22	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	James Hunt	McLaren	1	2:30.110	—	—
2	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	12	2:30.180	+0.070	+0.070
3	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	2:30.350	+0.240	+0.170
4	Jochen Mass	McLaren	2	2:30.360	+0.250	+0.010
5	Carlos Pace	Brabham	8	2:30.570	+0.460	+0.210
6	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	2:30.690	+0.580	+0.120
7	John Watson	Brabham	7	2:31.090	+0.980	+0.400
8	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	3	2:31.630	+1.520	+0.540
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	22	2:31.690	+1.580	+0.060
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	6	2:32.140	+2.030	+0.450
11	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	2:32.190	+2.080	+0.050
12	Tom Pryce	Shadow	16	2:32.220	+2.110	+0.030
13	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	11	2:32.370	+2.260	+0.150
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	2:32.430	+2.320	+0.060
15	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	2:32.810	+2.700	+0.380
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	28	2:32.940	+2.830	+0.130
17	Ian Scheckter	March	10	2:33.460	+3.350	+0.520
18	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow	17	2:34.620	+4.510	+1.160
19	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi	29	2:35.570	+5.460	+0.950
20	Hans Binder	Surtees	18	2:35.790	+5.680	+0.220
21	Alex Ribeiro	March	9	2:36.190	+6.080	+0.400
22	Larry Perkins	BRM	14	2:42.220	+12.110	+6.030

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.

Photographs from this race

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

Everything filed under 1977 Brazilian Grand Prix on Wikimedia Commons

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.

Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1977
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 23 Jan 1977
Layout raced: Original long circuit · 7.96 km · 26 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.