1977 German Grand Prix

The 1977 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheimring on 31 July 1977. It was the eleventh race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

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1977 German Grand Prix
Race 11 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date	31 July 1977
Official name	XXXIX Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.790 km (4.219[1] miles)
Distance	47 laps, 319.083 km (198.246 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford
Time	1:53.07
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time	1:55.99 on lap 28
Podium
First	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford
Third	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Lap leaders

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The German Grand Prix was moved to Hockenheim following Niki Lauda's accident at the Nürburgring in 1976. This was the second time the race was held at Hockenheim, the first being in 1970.

The 47-lap race was won by Lauda, driving a Ferrari. Jody Scheckter finished second in a Wolf-Ford, having started from pole position, while Hans-Joachim Stuck was third in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo.

During the race, Penske driver Hans Heyer participated despite not qualifying. Mechanical issues forced Heyer to retire on lap 9, which caused his participation to be discovered. He was disqualified, making him the only driver to not qualify, not finish and be disqualified in a single race.^[2]

In qualifying, Jody Scheckter took his first pole of the season, ahead of John Watson and then Niki Lauda who headed the second row. The start of the race was given by the German national flag due to red/green lights being damaged by a service vehicle, which as a result caused an accident near the back of the grid between Alan Jones and Clay Regazzoni (putting both drivers out on the spot).^[3] 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 which was caused by a broken fuel pump on lap 33, thus 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, whilst the rest of the points were rounded-out with Lauda's teammate Carlos Reutemann, Vittorio Brambilla in the Surtees and Patrick Tambay in the Ensign. This was the 100th World Championship race victory for tyre manufacturer Goodyear.^[4]

• This was the Formula One World Championship debut and only Grand Prix for German driver Hans Heyer.
• This was the 200th Grand Prix start for a Swiss driver. In those 200 races, Swiss drivers had won 6 Grands Prix, achieved 31 podium finishes, 7 pole positions, 17 fastest laps and 2 Grand Slams.
• This race saw the first pole position set by Wolf and the first for a Canadian constructor.
• This was the 10th German Grand Prix victory for Ferrari as a constructor and as an engine supplier.
• To date, this is the last Formula One Grand Prix where the race was started by the drop of a flag. Since this race, every race has been started using a traffic light sequence.

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Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 48 2 Jody Scheckter 38 3 Mario Andretti 32 4 Carlos Reutemann 31 5 James Hunt 22 Source: [6]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 65 (67) 2 Lotus-Ford 47 3 Wolf-Ford 38 4 McLaren-Ford 34 5 Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Source: [6]

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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.