The 1977 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 28 August 1977.
| 1977 Dutch Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 13 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | August 28, 1977 | ||
| Official name | XXIV Grote Prijs van Nederland | ||
| Location | Zandvoort | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.226 km (2.626 miles) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:18.65 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:19.99 on lap 72 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ligier-Matra | ||
| Third | Wolf-Ford | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
Report
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In qualifying, Mario Andretti took his fifth pole of the season with Jacques Laffite alongside on the front row, and James Hunt third. At the start, Hunt jumped both the front row starters to lead but before the end of the first lap, Andretti tried to drive alongside him but some aggressive defending from Hunt forced him to lift, and Laffite took advantage to get second. Five laps later, Andretti had got back past Laffite and was attacking Hunt, who again defended aggressively but this time Andretti did not lift and they collided. Hunt was out on the spot, whereas Andretti spun and rejoined fourth. Brian Henton was disqualified after he was push started after he spun off.[1]
This left Laffite leading from the Ferraris of Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann. The latter had a long battle with Andretti for third, repeatedly exchanging places, until the Lotus driver's engine blew up. Soon after, Lauda passed Laffite to take the lead, and he went on build a gap and win comfortably. Laffite finished second. After Andretti's demise, Reutemann ran third until the second Lotus of Gunnar Nilsson attacked him, and the two collided with Nilsson out and Reutemann rejoining at the back. This sensationally left Patrick Tambay in the Ensign third, but he ran out of fuel on the last lap, thus handing the place to Scheckter.
This meant that Lauda had a 21-point lead over Scheckter with four races left.
Classification
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Race
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Notes
edit- This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Dutch driver Michael Bleekemolen.
- This was the 5th podium finish for Ligier.
- This was the 6th Dutch Grand Prix win for Ferrari. It broke the previous record set by Lotus at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained. Numbers without parentheses are retained points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
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- ^ a b "Dutch GP, 1977 Race Report - GP Encyclopedia - F1 History on Grandprix.com". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ "1977 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "1977 Dutch Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 28 August 1977. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Netherlands 1977 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.