1977 Italian Grand Prix
# 1977 Italian Grand Prix

The 1977 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 11, 1977.

## Qualifying

### Qualifying classification

| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren–Ford | 1:38.08 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:38.15 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf–Ford | 1:38.29 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Lotus–Ford | 1:38.37 |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1:38.54 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow–Ford | 1:38.68 |
| 7 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign–Ford | 1:38.68 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier–Matra | 1:38.77 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | McLaren–Ford | 1:38.86 |
| 10 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees–Ford | 1:38.92 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham–Alfa Romeo | 1:39.05 |
| 12 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell–Ford | 1:39.17 |
| 13 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell–Ford | 1:39.18 |
| 14 | John Watson | Brabham–Alfa Romeo | 1:39.21 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren–Ford | 1:39.42 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Shadow–Ford | 1:39.50 |
| 17 | Ian Scheckter | March–Ford | 1:39.62 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske–Ford | 1:39.63 |
| 19 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus–Ford | 1:39.85 |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:40.03 |
| 21 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign–Ford | 1:40.19 |
| 22 | Brett Lunger | McLaren–Ford | 1:40.26 |
| 23 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh–Ford | 1:40.28 |
| 24 | Patrick Nève | March–Ford | 1:40.51 |
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| 25 | Alex Ribeiro | March–Ford | 1:40.79 |
| 26 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi–Ford | 1:40.97 |
| 27 | Lamberto Leoni | Surtees–Ford | 1:41.03 |
| 28 | Brian Henton | Boro–Ford | 1:41.13 |
| 29 | Emilio de Villota | McLaren–Ford | 1:41.21 |
| 30 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh–Ford | 1:41.22 |
| 31 | Teddy Pilette | BRM | 1:41.92 |
| 32 | Hans Binder | Penske–Ford | 1:43.10 |
| 33 | Loris Kessel | Apollon–Ford | 1:46.68 |
| 34 | Giorgio Francia | Brabham–Alfa Romeo | 1:49.67 |

## Race

### Report

The fact that it was Ferrari's home race did not deter James Hunt who took pole, whereas Carlos Reutemann cheered the home fans by starting second in front of Jody Scheckter. Scheckter took the lead after a brilliant start, and in second place was Clay Regazzoni's Ensign who got an even better one. Regazzoni however did not have the pace and soon dropped down the order, whereas Mario Andretti was on the move, passing Hunt on the second lap, and Scheckter a few laps later to take the lead. Hunt dropped back with brake troubles as the race progressed, and Scheckter retired when his engine failed, leaving Reutemann and Niki Lauda in second and third. Lauda was soon past Reutemann, and the latter had to retire when he spun off on oil on the track left by the car of debutant Bruno Giacomelli, handing third to Alan Jones. The race finished in that order; with Andretti taking a dominant victory from Lauda, who closed in on the championship, and Jones who took his second podium in three races. By finishing 2nd, Ferrari won the Constructor's Championship with three races left.

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | G | 52 | 1:27:50.30 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | G | 52 | +16.96 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford | G | 52 | +23.63 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford | G | 52 | +28.48 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | G | 52 | +30.11 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 52 | +1:19.22 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 | Patrick Nève | March-Ford | G | 50 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
| 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | G | 50 | + 2 Laps | 8 | |
| 9 | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford | G | 48 | + 4 Laps | 23 | |
| Ret | 10 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford | G | 41 | Transmission | 17 | |
| Ret | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | G | 39 | Spun Off | 2 | |
| Ret | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford | G | 39 | Spun Off | 6 | |
| Ret | 14 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren-Ford | G | 38 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | G | 31 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | G | 26 | Spun Off | 1 | |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 24 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | G | 23 | Engine | 3 | |
| Ret | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | M | 23 | Engine | 20 | |
| Ret | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske-Ford | G | 19 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford | G | 9 | Engine | 21 | |
| Ret | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford | G | 5 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | G | 4 | Suspension | 22 | |
| Ret | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford | G | 4 | Engine | 19 | |
| Ret | 7 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | G | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 18 | Lamberto Leoni | Surtees-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 38 | Brian Henton | Boro-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 36 | Emilio de Villota | McLaren-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 25 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 35 | Teddy Pilette | BRM | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 33 | Hans Binder | Penske-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 41 | Loris Kessel | Apollon-Ford | G | | | | |
| DNQ | 21 | Giorgio Francia | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | G | | | | |
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## Championship standings after the race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Niki Lauda | 69 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | 42 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | 41 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 35 |
| 5 | James Hunt | 22 |
| Source: |||
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ferrari | 86 (88) |
| 2 | Lotus-Ford | 56 |
| 3 | Wolf-Ford | 42 |
| 4 | McLaren-Ford | 38 |
| 5 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 27 |
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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.
