1977 German Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | July 31, 1977 | ||
| Official name | XXXIX Großer Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location | Hockenheimring | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.789 km (4.218 mi) | ||
| Distance | 47 laps, 319.083 km (198.246 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Wolf-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:53.07 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:55.99 on lap 28 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Wolf-Ford | ||
| Third | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | ||
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The 1977 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheimring on July 31, 1977. After Niki Lauda's near-fatal accident at the dangerous Nürburgring in 1976, the German Grand Prix was moved to Hockenheim and was held there every year except for one until 2007, and this was the second year the race was held there (the first being 1970).
Report
In qualifying, Jody Scheckter took his first pole of the season, ahead of John Watson and then Niki Lauda who headed the second row. Scheckter kept the lead at the first corner with both Watson and Lauda keeping their positions. Watson put pressure on Scheckter until his engine failed on the eighth lap, giving second to Lauda who passed Scheckter soon after and began to pull away. Scheckter battled for second with James Hunt until the defending champion retired with an engine failure, giving third to Watson's teammate and home driver Hans-Joachim Stuck. That was how it stayed to the end; Lauda winning from Scheckter and Stuck.
Classification
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Notes
- German Hans Heyer did not qualify, but started anyway from the pit lane, only to retire with a mechanical failure. He was later disqualified.[2]
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
- ↑ "1977 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Strange but true: F1's weirdest and most amazing records". formula1.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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