United States Grand Prix
1977 · Round 15 · New York State, United States · Oct 2, 1977Race summary
Hunt won the race from 1st on the grid, 2.026s ahead of Andretti. Regazzoni was the standout mover, climbing from 19th to 5th. Peterson lost the most ground, from 5th on the grid down to 16th (down 11 places).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | 59 | 1:58:23.267 | 9 |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | 59 | +2.026 | 6 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | 59 | +1:18.879 | 4 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 7 | 59 | +1:40.615 | 3 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 19 | 59 | +1:48.138 | 2 |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 6 | 58 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 58 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh | 20 | 58 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 16 | 58 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 17 | 57 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 25 | 57 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | 57 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 18 | 57 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 8 | 56 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | 56 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 5 | 56 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh | 22 | 55 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Patrick Nève | March | 24 | 55 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | 54 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 14 | 30 | Alternator | 0 |
| – | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 12 | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 2 | 14 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Ian Scheckter | March | 21 | 10 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 15 | 8 | Fuel pump | 0 |
| – | Danny Ongais | Penske | 26 | 6 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Shadow | 13 | 3 | Accident | 0 |