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1977 Japanese Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 17 of 17 Sunday, October 23, 1977 at Fuji International Speedway, Shizuoka, Japan 73 laps on a 4.359 kilometer road course (318.207 kilometers) Time of race: 1:31:51.68 Average speed: 207.863 kph Pole time: 72.23 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 62.45 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1977 Formula One results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 1   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 1:31:51.68 73 9 2 7 12   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 73 +62.45 0 6 3 15 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 +66.39 0 4 4 12 17   Alan Jones Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 +66.61 0 3 5 5 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 72 out of fuel 0 2 6 13 16   Riccardo Patrese Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV 72 +1 lap 0 1 7 4 8   Hans-Joachim Stuck Martini Racing Brabham BT45B / Alfa Romeo 115-12 72 +1 lap 0 0 8 9 19   Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 +2 laps 0 0 9 22 50   Kunimitsu Takahashi Meiritsu Racing Team Tyrrell 007 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 +2 laps 0 0 10 6 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 +2 laps 0 0 11 11 52   Kazuyoshi Hoshino Heros Racing Corporation Kojima KE009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 +2 laps 0 0 12 23 9   Alex Ribeiro Hollywood March Racing March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +4 laps 0 0 ret 14 6   Gunnar Nilsson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 63 gearbox 0 0 ret 10 22   Clay Regazzoni Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 43 engine 0 0 ret 3 7   John Watson Martini Racing Brabham BT45B / Alfa Romeo 115-12 29 gearbox 0 0 ret 8 2   Jochen Mass Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 28 engine 0 0 ret 16 23   Patrick Tambay Theodore Racing Hong Kong Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 14 engine 0 0 ret 18 3   Ronnie Peterson Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV 5 crash 0 0 ret 20 11   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 5 crash 0 0 ret 17 27   Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 3 engine 0 0 ret 1 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 1 crash 0 0 ret 19 51   Noritake Takahara Kojima Engineering Kojima KE009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 1 crash 0 0 ret 21 18   Hans Binder Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 1 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 211.203 kph by Jody Scheckter Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   James Hunt 1 73 73 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Niki Lauda 72     2   Jody Scheckter 55   -17   3   Mario Andretti 47   -25   4   Carlos Reutemann 42   -30   5   James Hunt 40   -32   6   Jochen Mass 25   -47   7   Alan Jones 22   -50   8   Gunnar Nilsson 20   -52   8   Patrick Depailler 20   -52   10   Jacques Laffite 18   -54   11   Hans-Joachim Stuck 12   -60   12   Emerson Fittipaldi 11   -61   13   John Watson 9   -63   14   Ronnie Peterson 7   -65   15   Carlos Pace 6   -66   15   Vittorio Brambilla 6   -66   17   Clay Regazzoni 5   -67   17   Patrick Tambay 5   -67   19   Riccardo Patrese 1   -71   19   Renzo Zorzi 1   -71   19   Jean-Pierre Jarier 1   -71