Season 1977 · Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

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1977-08-14 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 320.868km
17 Alan Jones
Shadow 1:37:16.490
Team win 9pt P1 · P22
11 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +20.130
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
Brabham +34.500
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Jody Scheckter L45 James Hunt L43 Patrick Tambay L41 Gunnar Nilsson L38 Arturo Merzario L29 Jacques Laffite L21 Mario Andretti L11 Ian Scheckter L2 Clay Regazzoni L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 320.868km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P3 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Jones · P14 → P1 · +13 14 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Lauda · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Stuck · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Stuck STU 3 Stuck STU Reutemann · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Reutemann REU 4 Reutemann REU Peterson · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Peterson PET 5 Peterson PET Mass · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Mass MAS 6 Mass MAS Keegan · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Keegan KEE 7 Keegan KEE Watson · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Watson WAT 8 Watson WAT Nève · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Nève NÈV 9 Nève NÈV Lunger · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Lunger LUN 10 Lunger LUN Fittipaldi · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Fittipaldi FIT 11 Fittipaldi FIT Binder · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Binder BIN 12 Binder BIN Depailler · P10 → P13 · -3 10 Depailler DEP 13 Depailler DEP Jarier · P18 → P14 · +4 18 Jarier JAR 14 Jarier JAR Brambilla · P13 → P15 · -2 13 Brambilla BRA 15 Brambilla BRA Schuppan · P25 → P16 · +9 25 Schuppan SCH 16 Schuppan SCH de Villota · P26 → P17 · +9 26 de Villota DE 17 de Villota DE Scheckter · P8 → retired L45 Scheckter · retired L45 8 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Hunt · P2 → retired L43 Hunt · retired L43 2 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Tambay · P7 → retired L41 Tambay · retired L41 7 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Nilsson · P16 → retired L38 Nilsson · retired L38 16 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Merzario · P21 → retired L29 Merzario · retired L29 21 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Laffite · P6 → retired L21 Laffite · retired L21 6 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Andretti · P3 → retired L11 Andretti · retired L11 3 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Scheckter · P24 → retired L2 Scheckter · retired L2 24 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Regazzoni · P11 → retired L0 Regazzoni · retired L0 11 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 17 Alan Jones Shadow 14 54 1:37:16.490 9
2 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 54 +20.130 6
3 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 4 54 +34.500 4
4 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 5 54 +34.750 3
5 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 15 54 +1:12.090 2
6 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 9 53 +1 Lap 1
7 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 20 53 +1 Lap
8 7 John Watson Brabham 12 53 +1 Lap
9 27 Patrick Nève March 22 53 +1 Lap
10 30 Brett Lunger McLaren 17 53 +1 Lap
11 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 53 +1 Lap
12 18 Hans Binder Penske 19 53 +1 Lap
13 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 10 53 +1 Lap
14 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 18 52 +2 Laps
15 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 13 52 +2 Laps
16 18 Vern Schuppan Surtees 25 52 +2 Laps
17 36 Emilio de Villota McLaren 26 50 Accident
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 8 45 Spun off
R 1 James Hunt McLaren 2 43 Engine
R 23 Patrick Tambay Ensign 7 41 Engine
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 38 Engine
R 16 Arturo Merzario Shadow 21 29 Gearbox
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 21 Oil leak
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 11 Engine
R 10 Ian Scheckter March 24 2 Accident
R 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 11 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 Niki Lauda
2
1 James Hunt
3
5 Mario Andretti
4
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
5
12 Carlos Reutemann
6
26 Jacques Laffite
7
23 Patrick Tambay
8
20 Jody Scheckter
9
2 Jochen Mass
10
4 Patrick Depailler
11
22 Clay Regazzoni
12
7 John Watson
13
19 Vittorio Brambilla
14
17 Alan Jones
15
3 Ronnie Peterson
16
6 Gunnar Nilsson
17
30 Brett Lunger
18
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
19
18 Hans Binder
20
24 Rupert Keegan
21
16 Arturo Merzario
22
27 Patrick Nève
23
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
24
10 Ian Scheckter
25
18 Vern Schuppan
26
36 Emilio de Villota
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