Season 1977 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1977 Season R2 →
1977-01-09 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 53Lap · 307.930km
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf 1:40:11.190
Team win 9pt P1
8 Carlos Pace
Brabham +43.240
12 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari +46.020
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Ian Scheckter L45 Tom Pryce L45 John Watson L41 Alex Ribeiro L39 Jacques Laffite L37 Patrick Depailler L32 James Hunt L31 Jochen Mass L28 Ronnie Peterson L28 Ingo Hoffmann L22 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
53Lap 307.930km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P4 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jody Scheckter 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P2 Clay Regazzoni 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Scheckter · P11 → P1 · +10 11 Scheckter SCH 1 Scheckter SCH Pace · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Pace PAC 2 Pace PAC Reutemann · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Fittipaldi · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Fittipaldi FIT 4 Fittipaldi FIT Andretti · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Andretti AND 5 Andretti AND Regazzoni · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Regazzoni REG 6 Regazzoni REG Brambilla · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Brambilla BRA 7 Brambilla BRA Scheckter · P17 → retired L45 Scheckter · retired L45 17 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Pryce · P9 → retired L45 Pryce · retired L45 9 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Watson · P2 → retired L41 Watson · retired L41 2 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Ribeiro · P20 → retired L39 Ribeiro · retired L39 20 Ribeiro RIB R Ribeiro RIB Laffite · P15 → retired L37 Laffite · retired L37 15 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Depailler · P3 → retired L32 Depailler · retired L32 3 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Hunt · P1 → retired L31 Hunt · retired L31 1 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Mass · P5 → retired L28 Mass · retired L28 5 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Peterson · P14 → retired L28 Peterson · retired L28 14 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Hoffmann · P19 → retired L22 Hoffmann · retired L22 19 Hoffmann HOF R Hoffmann HOF Lauda · P4 → retired L20 Lauda · retired L20 4 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Binder · P18 → retired L18 Binder · retired L18 18 Binder BIN R Binder BIN Zorzi · P21 → retired L2 Zorzi · retired L2 21 Zorzi ZOR R Zorzi ZOR Nilsson · P10 → P21 · -11 10 Nilsson NIL 21 Nilsson NIL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 11 53 1:40:11.190 9
2 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 6 53 +43.240 6
3 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 7 53 +46.020 4
4 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 53 +55.480 3
5 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 8 51 Wheel bearing 2
6 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 12 51 +2 Laps 1
7 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 13 48 Out of fuel
R 10 Ian Scheckter March 17 45 Electrical
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 9 45 Not classified
R 7 John Watson Brabham 2 41 Suspension
R 9 Alex Ribeiro March 20 39 Transmission
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 37 Not classified
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 3 32 Overheating
R 1 James Hunt McLaren 1 31 Suspension
R 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 5 28 Spun off
R 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 14 28 Spun off
R 29 Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi 19 22 Engine
R 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 4 20 Fuel system
R 18 Hans Binder Surtees 18 18 Accident
R 16 Renzo Zorzi Shadow 21 2 Gearbox
W 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 10 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 James Hunt
2
7 John Watson
3
4 Patrick Depailler
4
11 Niki Lauda
5
2 Jochen Mass
6
8 Carlos Pace
7
12 Carlos Reutemann
8
5 Mario Andretti
9
16 Tom Pryce
10
6 Gunnar Nilsson
11
20 Jody Scheckter
12
22 Clay Regazzoni
13
19 Vittorio Brambilla
14
3 Ronnie Peterson
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
17
10 Ian Scheckter
18
18 Hans Binder
19
29 Ingo Hoffmann
20
9 Alex Ribeiro
21
16 Renzo Zorzi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15