Race · Round 9 of 17 · 3 July 1977

1977 French Grand Prix

Mario Andretti won for Team Lotus from pole at Dijon-Prenois. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Dijon-PrenoisDijon, France
Winner: Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus
Pole: Mario Andretti
Fastest lap: Mario Andretti
Entries: 3013 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	78	1	80	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	John Watson	Brabham	—	4	80	Finished	6
3	James Hunt	McLaren	—	2	80	Finished	4
4	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	78	3	80	Finished	3
5	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312T2B	9	80	Finished	2
6	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	312T2B	6	79	Finished	1
7	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	N177	16	79	Finished	0
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS7	5	78	Finished	0
9	Jochen Mass	McLaren	—	7	78	Finished	0
10	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	308E	14	78	Finished	0
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	22	77	Finished	0
12	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	P34	17	77	Finished	0
13	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	TS19	11	77	Finished	0
NC	Ian Scheckter	March	—	20	69	NC	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	8	66	Accident	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	—	13	64	Accident	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Shadow	—	10	60	Transmission	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	March	761B	18	27	Gearbox	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	P34	12	21	Accident	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	—	15	6	Engine	0
DNF	David Purley	LEC	CRP1	21	5	Accident	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	PC4	19	4	Accident	0
DNQ	Alex Ribeiro	March	761B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Patrick Nève	March	761	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	M23	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	308E	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Larry Perkins	Surtees	TS19	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh	308E	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Patrick Tambay	Surtees	TS19	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Conny Andersson	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 dijon-2 · 3.801 km · 12 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
Mario Andretti	1	1	80
John Watson	4	2	80
James Hunt	2	3	80
Gunnar Nilsson	3	4	80
Niki Lauda	9	5	80
Carlos Reutemann	6	6	79
Clay Regazzoni	16	7	79
Jacques Laffite	5	8	78
Jochen Mass	7	9	78
Rupert Keegan	14	10	78
Emerson Fittipaldi	22	11	77
Ronnie Peterson	17	12	77
Vittorio Brambilla	11	13	77
Ian Scheckter	20	NC	69
Jody Scheckter	8	DNF	66
Hans-Joachim Stuck	13	DNF	64
Alan Jones	10	DNF	60
Arturo Merzario	18	DNF	27
Patrick Depailler	12	DNF	21
Riccardo Patrese	15	DNF	6
David Purley	21	DNF	5
Jean-Pierre Jarier	19	DNF	4

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:12.210	—	—
2	James Hunt	McLaren	1	1:12.730	+0.520	+0.520
3	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	6	1:12.790	+0.580	+0.060
4	John Watson	Brabham	7	1:12.830	+0.620	+0.040
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:13.300	+1.090	+0.470
6	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	12	1:13.360	+1.150	+0.060
7	Jochen Mass	McLaren	2	1:13.410	+1.200	+0.050
8	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:13.450	+1.240	+0.040
9	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	11	1:13.520	+1.310	+0.070
10	Alan Jones	Shadow	17	1:13.560	+1.350	+0.040
11	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	1:13.610	+1.400	+0.050
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:13.660	+1.450	+0.050
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	8	1:13.670	+1.460	+0.010
14	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	24	1:13.710	+1.500	+0.040
15	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	16	1:13.870	+1.660	+0.160
16	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	22	1:13.900	+1.690	+0.030
17	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	3	1:13.920	+1.710	+0.020
18	Arturo Merzario	March	37	1:13.920	+1.710	+0.000
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	34	1:14.170	+1.960	+0.250
20	Ian Scheckter	March	10	1:14.240	+2.030	+0.070
21	David Purley	LEC	31	1:14.390	+2.180	+0.150
22	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	28	1:14.450	+2.240	+0.060
23	Alex Ribeiro	March	9	1:14.600	+2.390	+0.150
24	Patrick Nève	March	27	1:14.740	+2.530	+0.140
25	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:14.830	+2.620	+0.090
26	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	25	1:15.060	+2.850	+0.230
27	Larry Perkins	Surtees	18	1:15.130	+2.920	+0.070
28	Héctor Rebaque	Hesketh	39	1:15.880	+3.670	+0.750
29	Patrick Tambay	Surtees	18	1:16.060	+3.850	+0.180
30	Conny Andersson	BRM	35	1:16.170	+3.960	+0.110

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

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The cars in this race

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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

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2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 1977
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 3 Jul 1977
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.