1977 Canadian Grand Prix

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1977 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Mosport.svg
Race details
DateOctober 9, 1977
Location Mosport Park, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.957 km (2.459 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 316.56 km (196.72 miles)
Weather Cold with temperatures approaching 12 °C (54 °F); wind speeds up to 12.8 kilometres per hour (8.0 mph) [1]
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:11.385
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford
Time 1:13.299 on lap 56
Podium
First Wolf-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1977 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1977 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 9, 1977, at Mosport Park. It was the 16th and penultimate race of the 1977 Formula One season. [2]

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The field arrived in Canada without Niki Lauda who, having clinched the Drivers' Championship at the previous race at Watkins Glen, and having already announced his intention to drive for Brabham in 1978, abruptly quit Ferrari following the team's decision to run a third car for Gilles Villeneuve.

In qualifying, Lotus's Mario Andretti took his sixth pole position of the season, with McLaren's James Hunt alongside him on the front row. Ronnie Peterson was third in his six-wheeled Tyrrell, ahead of Gunnar Nilsson in the second Lotus. The top ten was completed by Jochen Mass in the second McLaren, Patrick Depailler in the second Tyrrell, the Shadows of Alan Jones and Riccardo Patrese, Jody Scheckter in the Wolf, and John Watson in the Brabham. But the safety of the bumpy, high-speed Mosport Park track was in question: during practice Ian Ashley's Hesketh crested one of these bumps on the Mario Andretti straight; it flipped, vaulted the barrier and crashed into a television tower, seriously injuring Ashley and ending his Formula One career. The Englishman survived, but it took 40 minutes to remove him from the car and an additional 30 minutes passed until a helicopter arrived. These problems were underlined later that day when Mass crashed at the first corner into a barrier that flattened upon impact. [3]

At the start of the race, Andretti led away from Hunt, with Mass charging up to third. Andretti and Hunt then proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field, such that by three-quarter distance, they were coming up to lap third-placed Mass. As they did so, Hunt pulled ahead of Andretti, only to collide with his McLaren team-mate after a misunderstanding. Unable to continue, a visibly furious and agitated Hunt waved his fist at Mass, before punching a marshal who was trying to usher him away. He was subsequently fined $2000 for assaulting a marshal and $750 for walking back to the pit lane in an "unsafe manner".. [4] Gilles Villeneuve made his debut with Ferrari at this race and started seventeenth after a qualifying crash leading into Moss corner. He had risen to eighth place before spinning in Moss corner on lap 72, dropping back to tenth. [3]

There was drama in the final four laps. On lap 77, Andretti's engine blew and laid oil in turn 9 as he pulled into the pits. Patrese spun his Shadow in the turn 9 oil and into the second Hesketh of Rupert Keegan, which had crashed earlier in the race and had been left on the side of the track. Vittorio Brambilla then hit the oil and also spun his Surtees, collecting the wreckages of Keegan's and Patrese's cars. Danny Ongais was next in the Interscope Penske, but was able to continue. Finally Villeneuve spun, staying on the track only to break a driveshaft trying to pull away and retiring. [5] [3]

Andretti's retirement meant that Scheckter inherited the win, with Depailler second and the recovered Mass completing the podium. Jones was fourth ahead of Patrick Tambay in the Ensign, while Brambilla was classified sixth, just ahead of Ongais.

Classification

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:11,3851
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:11,9422
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford1:12,7523
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:12,9754
5 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:13,1165
6 Flag of France.svg Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:13,2076
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan JonesShadow-Ford1:13,3477
8 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo PatreseShadow-Ford1:13,4358
9 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford1:13,4979
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:13,50010
11 Flag of France.svg Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:13,73911
12 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:13,89012
13 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:13,95313
14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford1:13,99914
15 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford1:14,22915
16 Flag of France.svg Patrick TambayEnsign-Ford1:14,46416
17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:14,46517
18 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Ian ScheckterMarch-Ford1:14,85518
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:14,85719
20 Flag of the United States.svg Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford1:14,93020
21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick NèveMarch-Ford1:15,51021
22 Flag of the United States.svg Danny OngaisPenske-Ford1:15,59922
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford1:15,77023
24 Flag of Austria.svg Hans BinderSurtees-Ford1:16,56824
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian AshleyHesketh-Ford1:16,640DNS
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert KeeganHesketh-Ford1:17,00025
Cut-off
27 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:18,999

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
120 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford G 801:40:00.0099
24 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford G 80+ 6.7766
32 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford G 80+ 15.7654
417 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Shadow-Ford G 80+ 46.6973
523 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Ensign-Ford G 80+ 1:03.26162
619 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford G 78Accident151
714 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Ongais Penske-Ford G 78+2 Laps22
89 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Alex Ribeiro March-Ford G 78+2 Laps23
95 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 77Engine1
1016 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Shadow-Ford G 76Spun Off8
1130 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford G 76Engine20
1221 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari G 76Transmission17
Ret1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford G 61Accident2
Ret27 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Nève March-Ford G 56Engine21
Ret3 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford G 34Fuel Leak3
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford G 32Accident25
Ret18 Flag of Austria.svg Hans Binder Surtees-Ford G 31Accident24
Ret10 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Ian Scheckter March-Ford G 29Engine18
Ret28 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 29Engine19
Ret12 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari G 20Fuel System12
Ret8 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 19Engine13
Ret6 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford G 17Accident4
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra G 12Transmission11
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 1Suspension10
Ret22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford G 0Accident14
DNS25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Ashley Hesketh-Ford G Driver Injured
DNQ15 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M
Source: [6] [7]

Championship standings after the race

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