1977 Swedish Grand Prix

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1977 Swedish Grand Prix
Race 8 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Circuit Anderstorp.png
Race details
Date19 June 1977
Location Scandinavian Raceway, Anderstorp
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.018 [1] km (2.497 miles)
Distance 72 laps, 289.296 km (179.760 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
 Lotus-Ford
Time 1:25.404
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford
Time 1:27.607
Podium
First
 Ligier-Matra
Second
 McLaren-Ford
Third
 Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1977 Swedish Grand Prix

The 1977 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Scandinavian Raceway on 19 June 1977. [2] It was the eighth race of the 1977 Formula One season.

Contents

The 72-lap race was won by Frenchman Jacques Laffite, driving a Ligier-Matra. This is generally considered to have been the first all-French victory in the Formula One World Championship [3] as well as the first Formula One victory for a French-licensed team [4] and a French engine.

German driver Jochen Mass finished second in a McLaren-Ford, with Argentinian Carlos Reutemann third in a Ferrari.

Report

The Swedish race was full of anticipation after Gunnar Nilsson's win last time out, but once again in qualifying, it was his teammate Mario Andretti leading the way from John Watson, with James Hunt heading the second row.

At the start of the race, Watson led into the first corner, followed by Jody Scheckter. Soon, however, Andretti passed both of them and opened up a lead. Watson and Scheckter battled for second until they collided, forcing Scheckter to retire and Watson to have to pit for repairs. James Hunt, who was now in second, began to drop back; he was passed by a charging Jacques Laffite and his teammate, Jochen Mass.

Andretti's dominance ended after a fuel metering problem Andretti, however, was dominant until he had to pit due to a fuel metering problem with two laps left. In doing so, he handed the lead to Laffite, who went on to take his first ever Formula One victory ahead of Mass and Carlos Reutemann.

Laffite's victory in his Gitanes-sponsored Ligier-Matra marked the first all-French victory in World Championship history. [5]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
15 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:25.404—
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:25.545+0.141
31 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:25.626+0.222
420 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 1:25.681+0.277
58 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:26.127+0.723
64 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.209+0.805
76 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:26.227+0.823
826 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:26.259+0.855
92 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:26.380+0.976
103 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.383+0.979
1117 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Shadow-Ford 1:26.529+1.125
1212 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:26.542+1.138
1319 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 1:26.573+1.169
1422 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 1:26.616+1.212
1511 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:26.826+1.422
1616 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 1:27.492+2.088
1734 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford 1:27.537+2.133
1828 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:27.620+2.216
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Purley LEC-Ford 1:27.716+2.312
2027 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Nève March-Ford 1:27.758+2.354
2110 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter March-Ford 1:27.806+2.402
2230 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 1:28.205+2.801
2325 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:28.377+2.973
2424 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford 1:28.404+3.000
Cut-off
259 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Alex Ribeiro March-Ford 1:28.463+3.059
2636 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford 1:28.708+3.304
2718 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Surtees-Ford 1:28.766+3.362
2833 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Boy Hayje March-Ford 1:29.086+3.682
2939 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Hesketh-Ford 1:29.889+4.485
3035 Flag of Sweden.svg Conny Andersson BRM 1:30.286+4.882
3132 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kozarowitzky March-Ford 1:31.079+5.675

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
126 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 721:46:55.52089
22 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 72+ 8.44996
312 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 72+ 14.369 [a] 124
44 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 72+ 16.30863
57 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 72+ 18.73522
65 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 72+ 25.27711
722 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 72+ 31.26614 
834 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske-Ford 72+ 1:04.56717 
916 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 72+ 1:22.47916 
108 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham-Alfa Romeo 71+ 1 lap5 
1130 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 71+ 1 lap22 
121 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 71+ 1 lap3 
1324 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan Hesketh-Ford 71+ 1 lap24 
1431 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Purley LEC-Ford 70+ 2 laps19 
1527 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Nève March-Ford 69+ 3 laps20 
1625 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 68+ 4 laps23 
1717 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Shadow-Ford 67+ 5 laps11 
1828 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 66+ 6 laps18 
196 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 64Wheel bearing7 
Ret10 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter March-Ford 61Transmission21 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 52Fuel pressure13 
Ret11 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 47Handling15 
Ret20 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 29Accident4 
Ret3 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell-Ford 7Ignition10 
DNQ9 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Alex Ribeiro March-Ford     
DNQ36 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford     
DNQ18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Surtees-Ford     
DNQ33 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Boy Hayje March-Ford     
DNQ39 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Hesketh-Ford     
DNQ35 Flag of Sweden.svg Conny Andersson BRM     
DNQ32 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kozarowitzky March-Ford     
Source: [6] [7]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Notes

  1. ↑ Formula1.com in early 2022 listed it as 14.367, but the archived version says 14.369 which is also confirmed by a contemporary report in the Motorsport magazine.

References

  1. ↑ Jenkinson, Denis (July 1977). "The Swedish Grand Prix: A very good race". Motor Sport . pp. 795–796. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "1977 Swedish Grand Prix Entry list".
  3. ↑ Team, car, engine and driver were French and tyres American (Goodyear). Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Renault achieved victory at the 1979 French Grand Prix with an all-French Renault car and French Michelin tyres.
  4. ↑ Jackie Stewart achieved victory at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix with the French Matra MS10 car, but the car was entered by the British privateer team Matra International.
  5. ↑ "Grand Prix Results: Swedish GP, 1977". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "1977 Swedish Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Swedish Grand Prix". Motorsport: 795–796. July 1977. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  8. 1 2 "Sweden 1977 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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