Pit Lane F1
1977 Season - Round 17 - 1977-10-23
James Hunt won the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix for McLaren, with Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari) second and Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Kunimitsu Takahashi (Tyrrell) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P22 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 13-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 12 drivers failing to finish.
23 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix, completing round 17 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 15 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Alan Jones |
| Shadow |
| 12 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | Out of fuel | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 13 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 4 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 9 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 22 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 11 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 14 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 16 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 8 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 18 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 20 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 19 | Collision | 0 |
| 23 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 21 | Collision | 0 |
