Season 1977 · Round 11

German Grand Prix

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1977-07-31 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 47Lap · 319.083km
11 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:31:49.300
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +14.330
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
Brabham +20.900
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Rupert Keegan L40 Mario Andretti L34 James Hunt L32 Gunnar Nilsson L31 Jochen Mass L26 Patrick Depailler L22 Jacques Laffite L21 Hector Rebaque L20 Brett Lunger L14 Ian Scheckter L9 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
47Lap 319.083km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
P15 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jacky Ickx 4 · GP #1
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P15 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L47 Lauda · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Scheckter · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Stuck · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Stuck STU 3 Stuck STU Reutemann · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Reutemann REU 4 Reutemann REU Brambilla · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Brambilla BRA 5 Brambilla BRA Tambay · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Tambay TAM 6 Tambay TAM Schuppan · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Schuppan SCH 7 Schuppan SCH Ribeiro · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Ribeiro RIB 8 Ribeiro RIB Peterson · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Peterson PET 9 Peterson PET Patrese · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Patrese PAT 10 Patrese PAT Keegan · P23 → retired L40 Keegan · retired L40 23 Keegan KEE R Keegan KEE Andretti · P7 → retired L34 Andretti · retired L34 7 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Hunt · P4 → retired L32 Hunt · retired L32 4 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Nilsson · P9 → retired L31 Nilsson · retired L31 9 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Mass · P13 → retired L26 Mass · retired L26 13 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Depailler · P15 → retired L22 Depailler · retired L22 15 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Laffite · P6 → retired L21 Laffite · retired L21 6 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Rebaque · P24 → retired L20 Rebaque · retired L20 24 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Lunger · P21 → retired L14 Lunger · retired L14 21 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Scheckter · P19 → retired L9 Scheckter · retired L9 19 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Watson · P2 → retired L8 Watson · retired L8 2 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Jarier · P12 → retired L5 Jarier · retired L5 12 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Jones · P17 → retired L0 Jones · retired L0 17 Jones JON R Jones JON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 47 1:31:49.300 9
2 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 1 47 +14.330 6
3 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 5 47 +20.900 4
4 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 47 +1:00.270 3
5 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 10 47 +1:27.370 2
6 23 Patrick Tambay Ensign 11 47 +1:29.810 1
7 18 Vern Schuppan Surtees 19 46 +1 Lap
8 9 Alex Ribeiro March 20 46 +1 Lap
9 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 14 42 Engine
10 16 Riccardo Patrese Shadow 16 42 Wheel
R 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 23 40 Accident
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 7 34 Engine
R 1 James Hunt McLaren 4 32 Fuel pump
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 9 31 Engine
R 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 13 26 Gearbox
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 15 22 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 21 Engine
R 25 Hector Rebaque Hesketh 24 20 Engine
R 30 Brett Lunger McLaren 21 14 Accident
R 10 Ian Scheckter March 19 9 Clutch
R 7 John Watson Brabham 2 8 Engine
R 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 12 5 Transmission
R 17 Alan Jones Shadow 17 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
20 Jody Scheckter
2
7 John Watson
3
11 Niki Lauda
4
1 James Hunt
5
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
6
26 Jacques Laffite
7
5 Mario Andretti
8
12 Carlos Reutemann
9
6 Gunnar Nilsson
10
19 Vittorio Brambilla
11
23 Patrick Tambay
12
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
13
2 Jochen Mass
14
3 Ronnie Peterson
15
4 Patrick Depailler
16
16 Riccardo Patrese
17
17 Alan Jones
19
18 Vern Schuppan
19
10 Ian Scheckter
20
9 Alex Ribeiro
21
30 Brett Lunger
23
24 Rupert Keegan
24
25 Hector Rebaque
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