Season 1977 · Round 9

French Grand Prix

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1977-07-03 · Dijon-Prenois · France · French Grand Prix · 80Lap · 304.080km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:39:40.130
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
7 John Watson
Brabham +1.550
1 James Hunt
McLaren +33.870
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Ian Scheckter L69 Jody Scheckter L66 Hans-Joachim Stuck L64 Alan Jones L60 Arturo Merzario L27 Patrick Depailler L21 Riccardo Patrese L6 David Purley L5 Jean-Pierre Jarier L4
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Dijon-Prenois Dijon, France
80Lap 304.080km 6 races held (1974–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P7 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P12 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Andretti · P1 → P1 1 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Watson · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Watson WAT 2 Watson WAT Hunt · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Hunt HUN 3 Hunt HUN Nilsson · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Nilsson NIL 4 Nilsson NIL Lauda · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Lauda LAU 5 Lauda LAU Reutemann · P6 → P6 6 Reutemann REU 6 Reutemann REU Regazzoni · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Regazzoni REG 7 Regazzoni REG Laffite · P5 → P8 · -3 5 Laffite LAF 8 Laffite LAF Mass · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Mass MAS 9 Mass MAS Keegan · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Keegan KEE 10 Keegan KEE Fittipaldi · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Fittipaldi FIT 11 Fittipaldi FIT Peterson · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Peterson PET 12 Peterson PET Brambilla · P11 → P13 · -2 11 Brambilla BRA 13 Brambilla BRA Scheckter · P20 → retired L69 Scheckter · retired L69 20 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Scheckter · P8 → retired L66 Scheckter · retired L66 8 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Stuck · P13 → retired L64 Stuck · retired L64 13 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Jones · P10 → retired L60 Jones · retired L60 10 Jones JON R Jones JON Merzario · P18 → retired L27 Merzario · retired L27 18 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Depailler · P12 → retired L21 Depailler · retired L21 12 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Patrese · P15 → retired L6 Patrese · retired L6 15 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Purley · P21 → retired L5 Purley · retired L5 21 Purley PUR R Purley PUR Jarier · P19 → retired L4 Jarier · retired L4 19 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 80 1:39:40.130 9
2 7 John Watson Brabham 4 80 +1.550 6
3 1 James Hunt McLaren 2 80 +33.870 4
4 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 3 80 +1:11.080 3
5 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 9 80 +1:14.150 2
6 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 6 79 +1 Lap 1
7 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 16 79 +1 Lap
8 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 78 +2 Laps
9 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 7 78 +2 Laps
10 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 14 78 +2 Laps
11 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 77 +3 Laps
12 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 17 77 +3 Laps
13 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 77 +3 Laps
R 10 Ian Scheckter March 20 69 Not classified
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 8 66 Accident
R 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 13 64 Accident
R 17 Alan Jones Shadow 10 60 Transmission
R 16 Arturo Merzario March 18 27 Gearbox
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 21 Accident
R 16 Riccardo Patrese Shadow 15 6 Engine
R 31 David Purley LEC 21 5 Accident
R 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 19 4 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
1 James Hunt
3
6 Gunnar Nilsson
4
7 John Watson
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
12 Carlos Reutemann
7
2 Jochen Mass
8
20 Jody Scheckter
9
11 Niki Lauda
10
17 Alan Jones
11
19 Vittorio Brambilla
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
14
24 Rupert Keegan
15
16 Riccardo Patrese
16
22 Clay Regazzoni
17
3 Ronnie Peterson
18
16 Arturo Merzario
19
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
20
10 Ian Scheckter
21
31 David Purley
22
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
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