1977 Spanish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 5 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | May 8, 1977 | ||
| Location | Jarama, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.404 km (2.115 mi) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 255.3 km (158.63 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:18.70 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | |
| Time | 1:20.81 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Wolf-Ford | ||
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The 1977 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuito del Jarama on 8 May 1977. The 75-lap race was the fifth round of the 1977 Formula One season. It was won by Lotus-Ford driver Mario Andretti. Carlos Reutemann took his Ferrari home in second place, whilst Jody Scheckter completed the podium in third position for the Wolf-Ford team.
Report
Mario Andretti continued his recent form with pole position and Jacques Laffite's Ligier springing a surprise, beating Niki Lauda to second, however Lauda was unable to take part in the race due to a broken rib. At the start, Andretti took the lead with Laffite following. Laffite gave chase to Andretti in the early stages but had to pit with a deflating tyre, leaving Andretti to romp to victory with Carlos Reutemann second. Hunt inherited third but retired with a misfire, giving it to John Watson until he lost places due to a spin, leaving Jody Scheckter to take the final spot on the podium.
According to the BBC, this was the first victory by a ground effect Formula One car.
The British Williams Grand Prix Engineering team made their Grand Prix debut by entering a single March 761 chassis for Belgian driver Patrick Nève.
Classification
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "1977 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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