Season 1977 · Round 10

British Grand Prix

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1977-07-16 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 68Lap · 320.871km
1 James Hunt
McLaren 1:31:46.060
Team win 12pt P1 · P4 · P11 · P13
11 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +18.310
6 Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus +19.570
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
John Watson L60 Jody Scheckter L59 Emerson Fittipaldi L42 Arturo Merzario L28 Riccardo Patrese L20 Patrick Depailler L16 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L16 Ian Scheckter L6 Ronnie Peterson L3 Patrick Tambay L3 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
68Lap 320.871km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P10 Ronnie Peterson 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P19 Jacky Ickx 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P24 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L68 Hunt · P1 → P1 1 Hunt HUN 1 Hunt HUN Lauda · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Nilsson · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Nilsson NIL 3 Nilsson NIL Mass · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Mass MAS 4 Mass MAS Stuck · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Stuck STU 5 Stuck STU Laffite · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Jones · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Jones JON 7 Jones JON Brambilla · P8 → P8 8 Brambilla BRA 8 Brambilla BRA Jarier · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Jarier JAR 9 Jarier JAR Nève · P26 → P10 · +16 26 Nève NÈV 10 Nève NÈV Villeneuve · P9 → P11 · -2 9 Villeneuve VIL 11 Villeneuve VIL Schuppan · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Schuppan SCH 12 Schuppan SCH Lunger · P19 → P13 · +6 19 Lunger LUN 13 Lunger LUN Andretti · P6 → P14 · -8 6 Andretti AND 14 Andretti AND Reutemann · P14 → P15 · -1 14 Reutemann REU 15 Reutemann REU Watson · P2 → retired L60 Watson · retired L60 2 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Scheckter · P4 → retired L59 Scheckter · retired L59 4 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Fittipaldi · P22 → retired L42 Fittipaldi · retired L42 22 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Merzario · P17 → retired L28 Merzario · retired L28 17 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Patrese · P25 → retired L20 Patrese · retired L20 25 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Depailler · P18 → retired L16 Depailler · retired L16 18 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Jabouille · P21 → retired L16 Jabouille · retired L16 21 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Scheckter · P24 → retired L6 Scheckter · retired L6 24 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Peterson · P16 → retired L3 Peterson · retired L3 16 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Tambay · P10 → retired L3 Tambay · retired L3 10 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Keegan · P13 → retired L0 Keegan · retired L0 13 Keegan KEE R Keegan KEE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 James Hunt McLaren 1 68 1:31:46.060 9
2 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 68 +18.310 6
3 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 5 68 +19.570 4
4 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 11 68 +47.760 3
5 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 7 68 +1:11.730 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 67 +1 Lap 1
7 17 Alan Jones Shadow 12 67 +1 Lap
8 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 8 67 +1 Lap
9 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 20 67 +1 Lap
10 27 Patrick Nève March 26 66 +2 Laps
11 11 Gilles Villeneuve McLaren 9 66 +2 Laps
12 18 Vern Schuppan Surtees 23 66 +2 Laps
13 30 Brett Lunger McLaren 19 64 +4 Laps
14 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 62 Engine
15 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 14 62 +6 Laps
R 7 John Watson Brabham 2 60 Fuel system
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 59 Engine
R 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 42 Throttle
R 16 Arturo Merzario March 17 28 Transmission
R 16 Riccardo Patrese Shadow 25 20 Fuel pressure
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 18 16 Brakes
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 21 16 Turbo
R 10 Ian Scheckter March 24 6 Accident
R 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 16 3 Engine
R 23 Patrick Tambay Ensign 10 3 Electrical
R 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 13 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 James Hunt
2
7 John Watson
3
11 Niki Lauda
4
20 Jody Scheckter
5
6 Gunnar Nilsson
6
5 Mario Andretti
7
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
8
19 Vittorio Brambilla
9
11 Gilles Villeneuve
10
23 Patrick Tambay
11
2 Jochen Mass
12
17 Alan Jones
13
24 Rupert Keegan
14
12 Carlos Reutemann
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
3 Ronnie Peterson
17
16 Arturo Merzario
18
4 Patrick Depailler
19
30 Brett Lunger
20
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
21
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
22
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
23
18 Vern Schuppan
24
10 Ian Scheckter
25
16 Riccardo Patrese
26
27 Patrick Nève
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.
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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