1977 Brazilian Grand Prix

The Brazilian Grand Prix 1977 was the 2nd round of the 1977 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 23rd.

Carlos Reutemann won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by James Hunt, who originally had the pole position, and Niki Lauda completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 13th position of the grid.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 15 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Carlos Pace, John Watson, Jacques Laffite, Patrick Depailler, Jochen Mass, Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni, and Vittorio Brambilla, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Tom Pryce, Alex Ribeiro, and Jody Scheckter, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Hans Binder, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 32, Mario Andretti, who had issues with the ignition on lap 19, Ian Scheckter, who had a transmission problem on lap 1, and Larry Perkins, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 1.

Qualifying