1977 German Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Germany 1977 was held on July 31 in Hockenheim and was the eleventh round of the Formula 1 season 1977.
- 3.1 Start -up
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
For the eleventh World Championship race at the Hockenheimring, the permanently replaced the no longer appropriate for security aspects for the Formula 1 Nürburgring Nordschleife from this year as the venue for the German Grand Prix, met again a strong field of participants, whose 30 pilots of a 24 starting places trying to qualify. The unusually high number of small private teams who had a pre-qualification made two weeks earlier at the Grand Prix of Great Britain was required, but not attained.
The Renault team decided after the unfortunate debut at the British Grand Prix not to participate at the Germany GP. Instead, one convened to further testing to develop the car.
The ATS Racing team expanded at the home Grand Prix his involvement in two coaches of the type Penske PC4 and was therefore the local racing driver Hans Heyer the chance of his Formula 1 debut. Teddy Pilette took over the BRM P207 by Guy Edwards. In addition, Héctor Rebaque returned to the cockpit of the second plant - Hesketh.
Training
Jody Scheckter drove for the first time this year and for the second time overall on the pole position. The second place secured, as already several times this season, Brabham driver John Watson. It was followed by the championship leader Niki Lauda next titleholder James Hunt in the second row. Hans -Joachim Stuck and Jacques Laffite formed the third row.
Race
After a few meters the race for Clay Regazzoni and Alan Jones ended by a collision.
At the top of the boot order was maintained during the first rounds until Watson turned out in the seventh round due to an engine failure. Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti overtook meanwhile, the sixth-placed Laffite.
Lauda joined on the leading Scheckter and finally was able to overtake him on lap 13. Hunt also tried to overtake the South Africans, but he defended himself successfully until Hunt was forced to retire in the 33rd lap due to an engine problem. This stucco came in third place ahead of Reutemann. As Andretti also failed because of an engine failure, Vittorio Brambilla took fifth place ahead of Patrick Tambay, who thus achieved his first points result in Formula 1. However, this was only possible because of the previously sixth-placed Ronnie Peterson a few laps before the end of the race also fell victim to an engine failure.
Hans -Joachim Stuck was the first time after a Grand Prix on the podium. Guest driver Hans Heyer, who had begun the race, although he had missed qualifying, retired after nine laps from because of a broken shift lever, but was disqualified anyway due to his illegal participation.
Message list
Classifications
Line-up
1 Hans Heyer started despite not qualifying illegally from last place.
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).