Pit Lane F1
1977 Season - Round 7 - 1977-06-05
Gunnar Nilsson won the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix for Team Lotus, with Niki Lauda (Ferrari) second and Ronnie Peterson (Tyrrell) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Harald Ertl (Hesketh) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P25 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 16-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 12 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix, completing round 7 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 3 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 11 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 8 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Vittorio Brambilla |
| Surtees |
| 12 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 17 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 18 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 9 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 5 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 25 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Patrick Nève | March | 24 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 26 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Larry Perkins | Surtees | 23 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | David Purley | LEC | 20 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Arturo Merzario | March | 14 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Boy Lunger | March | 27 | Not classified | 0 |
| 16 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 4 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 6 | Accident | 0 |
| 18 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh | 19 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 15 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Ian Scheckter | March | 21 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | Electrical | 0 |
| 25 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| 26 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | Accident | 0 |
