Argentinian Grand Prix
Buenos Aires, 9 Jan 1977
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf [WR1] - Cosworth DFV V8 #20 Walter Wolf Racing |
53 | 1h 40m 11.19s |
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| 2 | Carlos Pace | Brabham BT45 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #8 Martini Racing Team Brabham |
53 | 1h 40m 54.43s |
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| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari 312T2 [029] - f12 #12 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC |
53 | 1h 40m 57.21s |
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| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 #28 Copersucar Fittipaldi |
53 | 1h 41m 06.67s |
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| 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 #5 John Player Team Lotus |
51 | wheel bearing | |||||
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 #22 Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol |
51 | 1h 40m 24.03s |
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| 7 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8 #19 Beta Team Surtees (see note 1) |
48 | out of fuel | |||||
| NC | Tom Pryce | Shadow DN8 Mk1 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 #16 Shadow Racing Team |
45 | not classified | |||||
| NC | Jacques Laffite | Ligier JS7 [01] - Matra MS76 V12 #26 Ligier Gitanes |
37 | engine | |||||
| R | Ian Scheckter | March 761B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 #10 Team Rothmans International |
45 | electrical | |||||
| R | John Watson | Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #7 Martini Racing Team Brabham |
41 | suspension | |||||
| R | Alex Dias Ribeiro | March 761B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #9 Hollywood March Racing |
39 | gear linkage | |||||
| R | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell P34 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #4 Elf Team Tyrrell |
32 | overheating | |||||
| R | James Hunt | McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #1 Marlboro Team McLaren |
31 | broken suspension support/accident | |||||
| R | Jochen Mass | McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 #2 Marlboro Team McLaren |
28 | accident | |||||
| R | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 #3 Elf Team Tyrrell |
28 | accident | |||||
| R | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 #29 Copersucar Fittipaldi |
22 | engine | |||||
| R | Niki Lauda | Ferrari 312T2 [026] - f12 #11 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC |
20 | fuel leak | |||||
| R | Hans Binder | Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 #18 Durex Team Surtees |
18 | lost nose section | |||||
| R | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8 #17 Shadow Racing Team |
2 | gearbox | |||||
| DNS | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 #6 John Player Team Lotus |
Did not start (car raced by Andretti) |
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| T | Mario Andretti | Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8 #5 John Player Team Lotus |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Carlos Pace | Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #8T Martini Racing Team Brabham |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Niki Lauda | Ferrari 312T2 [027] - f12 #11T Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8 #17 Shadow Racing Team |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Hans Binder | Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 #18T Durex Team Surtees |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T/C | Carlos Pace | Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #8T Martini Racing Team Brabham |
(Crashed in practice) | ||||||
| T/S | James Hunt | McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8 #1T Marlboro Team McLaren |
(Spare - not used in practice) | ||||||
| T/S | John Watson | Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #7T Martini Racing Team Brabham |
(Spare - not used in practice) | ||||||
| T/S | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 #19T Beta Team Surtees |
(Spare - not used in practice) | ||||||
| T/S | Jody Scheckter | Wolf [WR2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #20T Walter Wolf Racing |
(Spare - not used in practice) | ||||||
| DNA | Larry Perkins | BRM P207 [01] - P202 V12 #14 Rotary Watches Stanley BRM |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | James Hunt | (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 48.68s | ||
| 2 | John Watson | (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 | 1m 48.96s | ||
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 49.13s | ||
| 4 | Niki Lauda | (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [026] - Ferrari f12 | 1m 49.73s | ||
| 5 | Jochen Mass | (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 49.81s | ||
| 6 | Carlos Pace | (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 | 1m 49.97s | ||
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [029] - Ferrari f12 | 1m 50.02s | ||
| 8 | Mario Andretti | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 50.13s | ||
| 9 | Tom Pryce | (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN8 Mk1 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 50.65s | ||
| 10 | Gunnar Nilsson * | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 50.66s | ||
| 11 | Jody Scheckter | (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR1] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 50.76s | ||
| 12 | Clay Regazzoni | (F1) 3-litre Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 50.97s | ||
| 13 | Vittorio Brambilla | (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 51.03s | ||
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson | (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 51.34s | ||
| 15 | Jacques Laffite | (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS7 [01] - Matra MS76 V12 | 1m 51.52s | ||
| 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 51.53s | ||
| 17 | Ian Scheckter | (F1) 3-litre March 761B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 52.40s | ||
| 18 | Hans Binder | (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 53.11s | ||
| 19 | Ingo Hoffmann | (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 53.28s | ||
| 20 | Alex Dias Ribeiro | (F1) 3-litre March 761B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 53.54s | ||
| 21 | Renzo Zorzi | (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 54.19s | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Surtees TS19 [04] (Vittorio Brambilla): Alan Jones received a new car, Surtees TS19/04, in time for the 1976 Austrian GP, and raced this for the rest of the season. It was raced by Vittorio Brambilla in the South American races at the start of 1977, before being sold to Olympus Cameras for Divina Galica to race in Shellsport Group 8. It was acquired by Alo Lawler in 1978, but was quickly sold to John Cooper, then to Robin Smith. Smith updated it to "TS20S" specification in 1980, and added sports car bodywork for a couple of Can-Am events in 1981. It was sold to Ken Moore and then Rod Tolhurst, both of whom ran it in HSCC F1 in 1983 for Willie Green and John Narcisi. Its next seven owners did not race it, but it returned to competition in TGP in 1999, then raced regularly until 2012. It returned for Monaco in 2016.
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985
These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.