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Brazilian Grand Prix

Interlagos, 23 Jan 1977

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 312T2 [029] - f12
#12 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		40 1h 45m 07.72s
2 James Hunt McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#1 Marlboro Team McLaren 		40 1h 45m 18.43s
3 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 [026] - f12
#11 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		40 1h 45m 55.23s
4 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28 Copersucar Fittipaldi 		39 1h 45m 08.32s
5 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 John Player Team Lotus 		39 1h 45m 43.54s
6 Renzo Zorzi Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17 Shadow Racing Team 		39 1h 47m 35.24s
7 Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#29 Copersucar Fittipaldi 		38 1h 46m 22.86s
R Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		33 accident
R Tom Pryce Shadow DN8 Mk1 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team 		33 engine
R Hans Binder Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Durex Team Surtees 		32 suspension
R John Watson Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#7 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		30 accident
R Jacques Laffite Ligier JS7 [01] - Matra MS76 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes 		26 accident
R Patrick Depailler Tyrrell P34 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 Elf Team Tyrrell 		23 accident
R Mario Andretti Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus 		19 ignition
R Alex Dias Ribeiro March 761B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Hollywood March Racing 		16 engine
R Jochen Mass McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8
#2 Marlboro Team McLaren 		12 accident
R Clay Regazzoni Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol
 		12 accident
R Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell 		12 accident
R Vittorio Brambilla Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8
#19 Beta Team Surtees (see note 1) 		11 accident
R Jody Scheckter Wolf [WR1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Walter Wolf Racing 		11 engine
R Larry Perkins BRM P207 [01] - P202 V12
#14 Rotary Watches Stanley BRM 		1 water leak
R Ian Scheckter March 761B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 Team Rothmans International
 		1 transmission
T Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 [027] - f12
#11T Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
 		(Only used in practice)
T Hans Binder Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18T Durex Team Surtees 		(Only used in practice)
T/S James Hunt McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#1T Marlboro Team McLaren 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Jody Scheckter Wolf [WR2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20T Walter Wolf Racing 		(Spare - not used in practice)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 30.11s
2 Carlos Reutemann (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [029] - Ferrari f12 2m 30.18s
3 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 30.35s
4 Jochen Mass (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 30.36s
5 Carlos Pace (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 2m 30.57s
6 Patrick Depailler (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 30.69s
7 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 2m 31.09s
8 Ronnie Peterson (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 31.63s
9 Clay Regazzoni (F1) 3-litre Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 31.69s
10 Gunnar Nilsson (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 32.14s
11 Vittorio Brambilla (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 32.19s
12 Tom Pryce (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN8 Mk1 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 32.22s
13 Niki Lauda (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [026] - Ferrari f12 2m 32.37s
14 Jacques Laffite (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS7 [01] - Matra MS76 V12 2m 32.43s
15 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR1] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 32.81s
16 Emerson Fittipaldi (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 32.94s
17 Ian Scheckter (F1) 3-litre March 761B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 33.46s
18 Renzo Zorzi (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 34.62s
19 Ingo Hoffmann (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 35.57s
20 Hans Binder (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 35.79s
21 Alex Dias Ribeiro (F1) 3-litre March 761B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 36.19s
22 Larry Perkins (F1) 3-litre BRM P207 [01] - BRM P202 V12 2m 42.22s

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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.