1977 French Grand Prix
- Date
- 3 Jul 1977
- Circuit
- Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
- Round
- 9 of 17
- Winner
- Mario Andretti (Team Lotus)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 80 | 1:39:40.13 | 9 | |
| 2 | 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 80 | +1.55 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | 80 | +33.87 | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 3 | 80 | +1:11.08 | 3 | |
| 5 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 9 | 80 | +1:14.15 | 2 | |
| 6 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 6 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 16 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 7 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 10 | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh | 14 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 11 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 22 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 17 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| N | 10 | Ian Scheckter | March | 20 | 69 | Not classified | 0 | |
| R | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 8 | 66 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 13 | 64 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 10 | 60 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | 37 | Arturo Merzario | March | 18 | 27 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | 21 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 15 | 6 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 31 | David Purley | LEC | 21 | 5 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 19 | 4 | Accident | 0 | |
| F | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 27 | Patrick Nève | March | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 25 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 18 | Larry Perkins | Surtees | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 39 | Hector Rebaque | Hesketh | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 18 | Patrick Tambay | Surtees | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 35 | Conny Andersson | BRM | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | 33 |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 3 | 32 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | 32 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | 28 |
| 5 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | John Watson | Brabham | 0 | 9 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari | 2 | 50 |
| 2 | Team Lotus | 4 | 43 |
| 3 | Wolf | 2 | 32 |
| 4 | McLaren | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Brabham | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Tyrrell | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Ligier | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Fittipaldi | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Shadow | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Surtees | 0 | 3 |