Japanese Grand Prix
1977 · Round 17 · Oyama, Japan · Oct 23, 1977Race summary
Hunt won the race from 2nd on the grid, 62.5s ahead of Reutemann. Takahashi was the standout mover, climbing from 22nd to 9th. Scheckter lost the most ground, from 6th on the grid down to 10th (down 4 places).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | 73 | 1:31:51.680 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | 73 | +1:02.450 | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 15 | 73 | +1:06.390 | 4 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 12 | 73 | +1:06.610 | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 72 | Out of fuel | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 13 | 72 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 4 | 72 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 9 | 71 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 22 | 71 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | 71 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 11 | 71 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | 69 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| – | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 14 | 63 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 10 | 43 | Engine | 0 |
| – | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | 29 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 8 | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 16 | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 18 | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 20 | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 17 | 3 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 19 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Hans Binder | Surtees | 21 | 1 | Collision | 0 |