Race · Round 10 of 17 · 16 July 1977

1977 British Grand Prix

James Hunt won for McLaren from pole at Silverstone Circuit. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 20 °C, 0.8 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: James HuntMcLaren
Pole: James Hunt
Fastest lap: James Hunt
Entries: 3615 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	James Hunt	McLaren	—	1	68	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312T2B	3	68	Finished	6
3	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	78	5	68	Finished	4
4	Jochen Mass	McLaren	—	11	68	Finished	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	—	7	68	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS7	15	67	Finished	1
7	Alan Jones	Shadow	—	12	67	Finished	0
8	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	TS19	8	67	Finished	0
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	PC4	20	67	Finished	0
10	Patrick Nève	March	761	26	66	Finished	0
11	Gilles Villeneuve	McLaren	—	9	66	Finished	0
12	Vern Schuppan	Surtees	TS19	23	66	Finished	0
13	Brett Lunger	McLaren	M23	19	64	Finished	0
14	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	78	6	62	Engine	0
15	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	312T2B	14	62	Finished	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	—	2	60	Fuel system	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	4	59	Engine	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	22	42	Throttle	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	March	761B	17	28	Transmission	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	—	25	20	Fuel pressure	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	P34	18	16	Brakes	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RS01	21	16	Turbo	0
DNF	Ian Scheckter	March	—	24	6	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ensign	N177	16	3	Electrical	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	P34	10	3	Engine	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	308E	13	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Alex Ribeiro	March	761B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	N177	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	March	761	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Emilio de Villota	McLaren	M23	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	David Purley	LEC	CRP1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Andy Sutcliffe	March	761	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Guy Edwards	BRM	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Tony Trimmer	Surtees	TS19	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Brian McGuire	McGuire	BM1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Mikko Kozarowitzky	March	761	—	—	Accident	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout silverstone-2 · 4.719 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
James Hunt	1	1	68
Niki Lauda	3	2	68
Gunnar Nilsson	5	3	68
Jochen Mass	11	4	68
Hans-Joachim Stuck	7	5	68
Jacques Laffite	15	6	67
Alan Jones	12	7	67
Vittorio Brambilla	8	8	67
Jean-Pierre Jarier	20	9	67
Patrick Nève	26	10	66
Gilles Villeneuve	9	11	66
Vern Schuppan	23	12	66
Brett Lunger	19	13	64
Mario Andretti	6	14	62
Carlos Reutemann	14	15	62
John Watson	2	DNF	60
Jody Scheckter	4	DNF	59
Emerson Fittipaldi	22	DNF	42
Arturo Merzario	17	DNF	28
Riccardo Patrese	25	DNF	20
Patrick Depailler	18	DNF	16
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	21	DNF	16
Ian Scheckter	24	DNF	6
Patrick Tambay	16	DNF	3
Ronnie Peterson	10	DNF	3
Rupert Keegan	13	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	James Hunt	McLaren	1	1:18.490	—	0 m	—
2	John Watson	Brabham	7	1:18.770	+0.280	17 m	+0.280
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	11	1:18.840	+0.350	21 m	+0.070
4	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:18.850	+0.360	22 m	+0.010
5	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	6	1:18.950	+0.460	28 m	+0.100
6	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:19.110	+0.620	37 m	+0.160
7	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham	8	1:19.160	+0.670	40 m	+0.050
8	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	1:19.200	+0.710	43 m	+0.040
9	Gilles Villeneuve	McLaren	40	1:19.320	+0.830	50 m	+0.120
10	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell	3	1:19.420	+0.930	56 m	+0.100
11	Jochen Mass	McLaren	2	1:19.550	+1.060	64 m	+0.130
12	Alan Jones	Shadow	17	1:19.600	+1.110	67 m	+0.050
13	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh	24	1:19.640	+1.150	69 m	+0.040
14	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	12	1:19.640	+1.150	69 m	+0.000
15	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:19.750	+1.260	76 m	+0.110
16	Patrick Tambay	Ensign	23	1:19.810	+1.320	79 m	+0.060
17	Arturo Merzario	March	37	1:19.880	+1.390	84 m	+0.070
18	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:19.900	+1.410	85 m	+0.020
19	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:20.060	+1.570	94 m	+0.160
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	34	1:20.100	+1.610	97 m	+0.040
21	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:20.110	+1.620	97 m	+0.010
22	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	28	1:20.200	+1.710	103 m	+0.090
23	Vern Schuppan	Surtees	18	1:20.240	+1.750	105 m	+0.040
24	Ian Scheckter	March	10	1:20.310	+1.820	109 m	+0.070
25	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow	16	1:20.350	+1.860	112 m	+0.040
26	Patrick Nève	March	27	1:20.360	+1.870	112 m	+0.010
27	Alex Ribeiro	March	9	1:20.460	+1.970	118 m	+0.100
28	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	22	1:20.790	+2.300	138 m	+0.330
29	Brian Henton	March	38	1:20.790	+2.300	138 m	+0.000
30	Emilio de Villota	McLaren	36	1:21.530	+3.040	183 m	+0.740

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Gilles Villeneuve	McLaren	40	1:19.480	—	0 m	—	—
2	Patrick Tambay	Ensign	23	1:19.550	+0.070	4 m	+0.070	—
3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske	34	1:19.630	+0.150	9 m	+0.080	—
4	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:19.720	+0.240	14 m	+0.090	—
5	Brian Henton	March	38	1:19.820	+0.340	20 m	+0.100	—
6	Arturo Merzario	March	37	1:19.860	+0.380	23 m	+0.040	—
7	Patrick Nève	March	27	1:19.970	+0.490	29 m	+0.110	—
8	Emilio de Villota	McLaren	36	1:20.380	+0.900	53 m	+0.410	—
9	David Purley	LEC	31	1:20.630	+1.150	68 m	+0.250	—
10	Andy Sutcliffe	March	33	1:21.930	+2.450	145 m	+1.300	—
11	Guy Edwards	BRM	35	1:22.620	+3.140	186 m	+0.690	—
12	Tony Trimmer	Surtees	44	1:22.800	+3.320	197 m	+0.180	—
13	Brian McGuire	McGuire	45	1:23.760	+4.280	254 m	+0.960	—
14	Mikko Kozarowitzky	March	32	1:25.160	+5.680	337 m	+1.400	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ferrari 312T
LaudaNiki19760731Ferrari312T2 · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

March 761
StuckHansJ1976-07-31 · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1977
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Jul 1977
Layout raced: With Woodcote chicane · 4.719 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Ford
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.