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Race of Champions

Brands Hatch, 20 Mar 1977

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 James Hunt McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#1 Marlboro Team McLaren
40 53m 54.35s
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf [WR3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Walter Wolf Racing
40 54m 17.87s
3 John Watson Brabham BT45B [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#7 Martini Racing Team Brabham
40 55m 12.95s
4 Brian Henton March 761 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#38 British F1 Racing Team
39 54m 11.99s
5 Jackie Oliver Shadow DN8 Mk2 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team
39 54m 20.02s
6 David Purley Lec CRP1 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8
#31 LEC Refrigeration
39 54m 20.33s
7 Boy Hayje March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#33 RAM Racing
39 54m 28.36s
8 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 308E [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#24 Penthouse Rizla Racing
39 55m 07.99s
9 Tony Trimmer Surtees TS19 [05] - Cosworth DFV V8
#36 Melchester Racing
38
10 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell P34 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell
37 engine
11 Bob Evans Penske PC3 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#37 Hexagon Racing
37
12 Divina Galica Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8
#13 Shellsport-Whiting Team Surtees
(see note 1)
37
13 Clay Regazzoni Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol
35 not classified
R Mario Andretti Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus
33 electrics
R Alex Dias Ribeiro March 761B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Hollywood March Racing
18 misfire
R Vittorio Brambilla Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Beta Team Surtees
10 electrics
DNS Larry Perkins BRM P207 [01] - P202 V12
#14 Rotary Watches Stanley BRM
Did not start
(practice only - suspension failure)
T/C Vittorio Brambilla Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Beta Team Surtees
(Crashed 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
#20 Walter Wolf Racing
(Spare - not used in practice)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45B [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 19.05s
2 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 19.39s
3 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 19.60s
4 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 20.18s
5 Ronnie Peterson (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 20.33s
6 Clay Regazzoni (F1) 3-litre Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 21.82s
7 Jackie Oliver (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN8 Mk2 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 21.88s
8 Tony Trimmer (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [05] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 22.51s
9 Rupert Keegan (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308E [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 22.58s
10 Brian Henton (F1) 3-litre March 761 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 22.90s
11 Bob Evans (F1) 3-litre Penske PC3 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 23.17s
12 Boy Hayje (F1) 3-litre March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 23.71s
13 David Purley (F1) 3-litre Lec CRP1 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.64s
14 Larry Perkins * (F1) 3-litre BRM P207 [01] - BRM P202 V12 1m 25.14s
15 Divina Galica (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 26.09s
16 Alex Dias Ribeiro (F1) 3-litre March 761B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 27.47s
17 Vittorio Brambilla (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 29.15s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Surtees TS19 [04] (Divina Galica): 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 Non-championship events 1966-1983

These 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 (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help with our research.