1977 British Grand Prix

1977 British Grand Prix
Race 10 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date 16 July 1977
Official name XXX John Player British Grand Prix[1]
Location Silverstone Circuit
Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.719 km (2.932 miles)
Distance 68 laps, 320.871 km (199.380 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:18.49[2]
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford
Time 1:19.60 on lap 48
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1977. It was the tenth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 68-lap race was won from pole position by local driver James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, with Austrian driver Niki Lauda second in a Ferrari and Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson third in a Lotus-Ford. The race marked the debut of Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, as well as the first outing for the first turbocharged Formula One car, the Renault RS01, driven by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who retired when the turbocharger had failed after 16 laps. It was also the last race to be given the honorific designation of the European Grand Prix.

  1. ^ "1977 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes". The Programme Covers Project.
  2. ^ "British Grand Prix 1977". motorsport-stats.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2015.