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United States Grand Prix

1977 Toyota United States Grand Prix

Round 15 of 17Watkins Glen International, Watkins GlenOct 2 197759 laps

Podium

ANDLotus

HUNMcLaren

SCHWolf

Key facts

WinnerHUN1:58:23.267 from P1

PoleHUN1:40.863

Fastest lapPET1:51.854 on lap 56

Finishers19 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	1	–	59	1:58:23.267	9	–
2	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	4	▲2	59	+2.026s	6	–
3	SCHJody Scheckter	Wolf	9	▲6	59	+78.879s	4	–
4	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	7	▲3	59	+100.615s	3	–
5	REGClay Regazzoni	Ensign	19	▲14	59	+108.138s	2	–
6	REUCarlos Reutemann	Ferrari	6	–	58	+1 lap	1	–
7	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	10	▲3	58	+1 lap		–
8	KEERupert Keegan	Hesketh	20	▲12	58	+1 lap		–
9	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	16	▲7	58	+1 lap		–
10	LUNBrett Lunger	McLaren	17	▲7	57	+2 laps		–
11	BINHans Binder	Surtees	25	▲14	57	+2 laps		–
12	WATJohn Watson	Brabham	3	▼9	57	+2 laps		–
13	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	▲5	57	+2 laps		–
14	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	8	▼6	56	+3 laps		–
15	RIBAlex Ribeiro	March	23	▲8	56	+3 laps		–
16	PETRonnie Peterson	Tyrrell	5	▼11	56	+3 laps		1:51.854
17	ASHIan Ashley	Hesketh	22	▲5	55	+4 laps		–
18	NEVPatrick Nève	March	24	▲6	55	+4 laps		–
19	BRAVittorio Brambilla	Surtees	11	▼8	54	+5 laps		–
DNF	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	14		30	Alternator		–
DNF	NILGunnar Nilsson	Lotus	12		17	Accident		–
DNF	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	2		14	Accident		–
DNF	ISCIan Scheckter	March	21		10	Accident		–
DNF	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	15		8	Fuel pump		–
DNF	ONGDanny Ongais	Penske	26		6	Accident		–
DNF	JONAlan Jones	Shadow	13		3	Accident		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	1:40.863
2	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	1:41.138	+0.275s
3	WATJohn Watson	Brabham	1:41.193	+0.330s
4	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	1:41.481	+0.618s
5	PETRonnie Peterson	Tyrrell	1:41.908	+1.045s
6	REUCarlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:41.952	+1.089s
7	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1:42.089	+1.226s
8	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:42.238	+1.375s
9	SCHJody Scheckter	Wolf	1:42.315	+1.452s
10	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:42.640	+1.777s
11	BRAVittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1:42.786	+1.923s
12	NILGunnar Nilsson	Lotus	1:42.815	+1.952s
13	JONAlan Jones	Shadow	1:43.019	+2.156s
14	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:43.069	+2.206s
15	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	1:43.242	+2.379s
16	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	1:43.516	+2.653s
17	LUNBrett Lunger	McLaren	1:43.698	+2.835s
18	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:43.938	+3.075s
19	REGClay Regazzoni	Ensign	1:44.208	+3.345s
20	KEERupert Keegan	Hesketh	1:44.550	+3.687s
21	ISCIan Scheckter	March	1:44.702	+3.839s
22	ASHIan Ashley	Hesketh	1:45.100	+4.237s
23	RIBAlex Ribeiro	March	1:45.473	+4.610s
24	NEVPatrick Nève	March	1:45.845	+4.982s
25	BINHans Binder	Surtees	1:45.880	+5.017s
26	ONGDanny Ongais	Penske	1:46.070	+5.207s
27	TAMPatrick Tambay	Ensign	1:49.435	+8.572s

Watkins Glen International

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1977. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1976	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
1973	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
1972	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1971	François Cevert	Tyrrell
1970	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus
1969	Jochen Rindt	Lotus
1968	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus

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