Season 1977 · Round 17

Japanese Grand Prix

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1977-10-23 · Fuji Speedway · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 73Lap · 318.207km
1 James Hunt
McLaren 1:31:51.680
Team win 9pt P1 · P16
12 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari +1:02.450
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +1:06.390
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Gunnar Nilsson L63 Clay Regazzoni L43 John Watson L29 Jochen Mass L28 Patrick Tambay L14 Ronnie Peterson L5 Gilles Villeneuve L5 Jean-Pierre Jarier L3 Mario Andretti L1 Noritake Takahara L1 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Fuji Speedway Oyama, Japan
73Lap 318.207km 4 races held (1976–) Lap record 1:18.426 · Felipe Massa (2008)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P10 James Hunt 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P10 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P31 Riccardo Patrese 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
P100 Mario Andretti 2 starts · → Esteban Gutiérrez -1
P100 Ronnie Peterson 2 starts · → Esteban Gutiérrez -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L73 Hunt · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Hunt HUN 1 Hunt HUN Reutemann · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Depailler · P15 → P3 · +12 15 Depailler DEP 3 Depailler DEP Jones · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Jones JON 4 Jones JON Laffite · P5 → P5 5 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Patrese · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Stuck · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Stuck STU 7 Stuck STU Brambilla · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Brambilla BRA 8 Brambilla BRA Takahashi · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Takahashi TAK 9 Takahashi TAK Scheckter · P6 → P10 · -4 6 Scheckter SCH 10 Scheckter SCH Hoshino · P11 → P11 11 Hoshino HOS 11 Hoshino HOS Ribeiro · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Ribeiro RIB 12 Ribeiro RIB Nilsson · P14 → retired L63 Nilsson · retired L63 14 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Regazzoni · P10 → retired L43 Regazzoni · retired L43 10 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Watson · P3 → retired L29 Watson · retired L29 3 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Mass · P8 → retired L28 Mass · retired L28 8 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Tambay · P16 → retired L14 Tambay · retired L14 16 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Peterson · P18 → retired L5 Peterson · retired L5 18 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Villeneuve · P20 → retired L5 Villeneuve · retired L5 20 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Jarier · P17 → retired L3 Jarier · retired L3 17 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Andretti · P1 → retired L1 Andretti · retired L1 1 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Takahara · P19 → retired L1 Takahara · retired L1 19 Takahara TAK R Takahara TAK Binder · P21 → retired L1 Binder · retired L1 21 Binder BIN R Binder BIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 James Hunt McLaren 2 73 1:31:51.680 9
2 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 7 73 +1:02.450 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 15 73 +1:06.390 4
4 17 Alan Jones Shadow 12 73 +1:06.610 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 72 Out of fuel 2
6 16 Riccardo Patrese Shadow 13 72 +1 Lap 1
7 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 4 72 +1 Lap
8 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 9 71 +2 Laps
9 50 Kunimitsu Takahashi Tyrrell 22 71 +2 Laps
10 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 6 71 +2 Laps
11 52 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kojima 11 71 +2 Laps
12 9 Alex Ribeiro March 23 69 +4 Laps
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 14 63 Gearbox
R 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 10 43 Engine
R 7 John Watson Brabham 3 29 Gearbox
R 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 8 28 Engine
R 23 Patrick Tambay Ensign 16 14 Engine
R 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 18 5 Accident
R 11 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 20 5 Accident
R 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 17 3 Engine
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1 Collision
R 51 Noritake Takahara Kojima 19 1 Collision
R 18 Hans Binder Surtees 21 1 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
1 James Hunt
3
7 John Watson
4
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
20 Jody Scheckter
7
12 Carlos Reutemann
8
2 Jochen Mass
9
19 Vittorio Brambilla
10
22 Clay Regazzoni
11
52 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
12
17 Alan Jones
13
16 Riccardo Patrese
14
6 Gunnar Nilsson
15
4 Patrick Depailler
16
23 Patrick Tambay
17
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
18
3 Ronnie Peterson
19
51 Noritake Takahara
20
11 Gilles Villeneuve
21
18 Hans Binder
22
50 Kunimitsu Takahashi
23
9 Alex Ribeiro
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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