1977_Argentine_Grand_Prix

1977 Argentine Grand Prix

1977 Argentine Grand Prix

Motor car race

The 1977 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 9, 1977. It was the first round of the 1977 Formula One season.[1]

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Jody Scheckter celebrating the victory.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

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Race

Report

The 1977 season started in Argentina, and it was reigning world champion James Hunt who started off his title defence with pole position in his McLaren. Countryman John Watson shared the front row with him in the Brabham, and Patrick Depailler in the six-wheeled Tyrrell was third on the grid.

Watson took the lead at the start with Hunt second. Watson led for the first 10 laps until Hunt moved ahead and pulled away, with Mario Andretti's Lotus third, but soon the other McLaren of Jochen Mass took the place. Mass had to retire soon after with an engine failure which caused him to spin, and a suspension failure took teammate and race leader Hunt out three laps later. Watson took the lead again, but he also had suspension failures and let teammate Carlos Pace through. Watson eventually retired, and Pace struggled towards the end due to heat in his cockpit and was passed by Jody Scheckter's Wolf and Andretti, but the latter retired then with a wheel bearing failure. Scheckter took the first win of 1977, with Pace second, and home hero Carlos Reutemann completing the podium for Ferrari.

Classification

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Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. [1]
    "1977 Argentine Grand Prix Entry list".
  2. [2]
    "1977 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 166. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  4. [4]
    "Argentina 1977 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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