# 1977 Formula 1 season

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World Champion: **Niki Lauda** (Ferrari, Austria).

## Specs and regulations
- Engine: 3.0 L naturally aspirated or 1.5 L turbo
- Points: 9 points for a win (9-6-4-3-2-1)
- Races: 17
- Key change: Renault brings the first turbo engine to F1.

## Calendar and winners
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Circuit | Winner | Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentine Grand Prix | 1977-01-09 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 2 | Brazilian Grand Prix | 1977-01-23 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 3 | South African Grand Prix | 1977-03-05 | Kyalami | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 4 | United States Grand Prix West | 1977-04-03 | Long Beach | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 5 | Spanish Grand Prix | 1977-05-08 | Jarama | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | 1977-05-22 | Circuit de Monaco | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 7 | Belgian Grand Prix | 1977-06-05 | Zolder | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus |
| 8 | Swedish Grand Prix | 1977-06-19 | Scandinavian Raceway | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 9 | French Grand Prix | 1977-07-03 | Dijon-Prenois | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 10 | British Grand Prix | 1977-07-16 | Silverstone Circuit | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 11 | German Grand Prix | 1977-07-31 | Hockenheimring | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 12 | Austrian Grand Prix | 1977-08-14 | Red Bull Ring | Alan Jones | Shadow |
| 13 | Dutch Grand Prix | 1977-08-28 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 14 | Italian Grand Prix | 1977-09-11 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 15 | United States Grand Prix | 1977-10-02 | Watkins Glen | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 16 | Canadian Grand Prix | 1977-10-09 | Mosport International Raceway | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 17 | Japanese Grand Prix | 1977-10-23 | Fuji Speedway | James Hunt | McLaren |

## Drivers' standings (final)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Niki Lauda](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/lauda.md) | Ferrari | 70 | 3 |
| 2 | [Jody Scheckter](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/scheckter.md) | Wolf | 55 | 3 |
| 3 | [Mario Andretti](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mario-andretti.md) | Team Lotus | 47 | 4 |
| 4 | [Carlos Reutemann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/reutemann.md) | Ferrari | 41 | 1 |
| 5 | [James Hunt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hunt.md) | McLaren | 40 | 3 |
| 6 | [Jochen Mass](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mass.md) | McLaren | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | [Alan Jones](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jones.md) | Shadow | 22 | 1 |
| 8 | [Gunnar Nilsson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/nilsson.md) | Team Lotus | 20 | 1 |
| 9 | [Patrick Depailler](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/depailler.md) | Tyrrell | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | [Jacques Laffite](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/laffite.md) | Ligier | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | [Hans-Joachim Stuck](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/stuck.md) | Brabham | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | [Emerson Fittipaldi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/emerson-fittipaldi.md) | Fittipaldi | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | [John Watson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/watson.md) | Brabham | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | [Ronnie Peterson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/peterson.md) | Tyrrell | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | [Carlos Pace](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/pace.md) | Brabham | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | [Vittorio Brambilla](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/brambilla.md) | Surtees | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | [Clay Regazzoni](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/regazzoni.md) | Ensign | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | [Patrick Tambay](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/tambay.md) | Ensign | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | [Jean-Pierre Jarier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jarier.md) | Ligier | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | [Riccardo Patrese](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/patrese.md) | Shadow | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | [Renzo Zorzi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/zorzi.md) | Shadow | 1 | 0 |
| - | [Rupert Keegan](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/keegan.md) | Hesketh | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Patrick Nève](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/neve.md) | March | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Vern Schuppan](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/schuppan.md) | Surtees | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ingo Hoffmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hoffmann.md) | Fittipaldi | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Danny Ongais](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ongais.md) | Penske | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Alex Ribeiro](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ribeiro.md) | March | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hans Binder](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/binder.md) | Penske | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Brett Lunger](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/lunger.md) | McLaren | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Harald Ertl](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ertl.md) | Hesketh | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jackie Oliver](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/oliver.md) | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Kunimitsu Takahashi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/takahashi.md) | Tyrrell | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ian Scheckter](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ian-scheckter.md) | March | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Brian Henton](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/henton.md) | Boro | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jacky Ickx](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ickx.md) | Ensign | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Gilles Villeneuve](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gilles-villeneuve.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Kazuyoshi Hoshino](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hoshino.md) | Kojima | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Larry Perkins](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/perkins.md) | Surtees | 0 | 0 |
| - | [David Purley](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/purley.md) | LEC | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Emilio de Villota](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/villota.md) | McLaren | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Arturo Merzario](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/merzario.md) | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ian Ashley](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ashley.md) | Hesketh | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tom Pryce](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/pryce.md) | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bruno Giacomelli](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/giacomelli.md) | McLaren | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jean-Pierre Jabouille](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jabouille.md) | Renault | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Boy Lunger](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hayje.md) | March | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hector Rebaque](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rebaque.md) | Hesketh | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Noritake Takahara](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/takahara.md) | Kojima | 0 | 0 |

## Constructors' standings (final)
| Pos | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Ferrari](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ferrari.md) | 84 | 4 |
| 2 | [Team Lotus](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/team-lotus.md) | 62 | 5 |
| 3 | [McLaren](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/mclaren.md) | 56 | 3 |
| 4 | [Wolf](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/wolf.md) | 55 | 3 |
| 5 | [Brabham](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/brabham.md) | 27 | 0 |
| 6 | [Tyrrell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/tyrrell.md) | 27 | 0 |
| 7 | [Shadow](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/shadow.md) | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | [Ligier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ligier.md) | 18 | 1 |
| 9 | [Fittipaldi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/fittipaldi.md) | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | [Ensign](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ensign.md) | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | [Surtees](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/surtees.md) | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | [Penske](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/penske.md) | 1 | 0 |
| - | [March](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/march.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hesketh](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/hesketh.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Kojima](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/kojima.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [LEC](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/lec.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [BRM](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/brm.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Boro](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/boro.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Renault](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/renault.md) | 0 | 0 |

[1976 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1976.md) · [1978 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1978.md)