| 1977 Dutch Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 13 of 17 in the1977 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | August 28, 1977 | ||
| Official name | XXIVGrote Prijs van Nederland | ||
| Location | Zandvoort | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.226 km (2.626 miles) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:18.65 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:19.99 on lap 72 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ligier-Matra | ||
| Third | Wolf-Ford | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1977 Dutch Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held atCircuit Zandvoort on 28 August 1977.
In qualifying,Mario Andretti took his fifth pole of the season withJacques Laffite alongside on the front row, andJames Hunt third. At the start, Hunt jumped both the front row starters to lead but before the end of the first lap, Andretti tried to drive alongside him but some aggressive defending from Hunt forced him to lift, and Laffite took advantage to get second. Five laps later, Andretti had got back past Laffite and was attacking Hunt, who again defended aggressively but this time Andretti did not lift and they collided. Hunt was out on the spot, whereas Andretti spun and rejoined fourth. Brian Henton was disqualified after he was push started after he spun off.[1]
This left Laffite leading from theFerraris ofNiki Lauda andCarlos Reutemann. The latter had a long battle with Andretti for third, repeatedly exchanging places, until theLotus driver's engine blew up. Soon after, Lauda passed Laffite to take the lead, and he went on build a gap and win comfortably. Laffite finished second. After Andretti's demise, Reutemann ran third until the second Lotus ofGunnar Nilsson attacked him, and the two collided with Nilsson out and Reutemann rejoining at the back. This sensationally leftPatrick Tambay in theEnsign third, but he ran out of fuel on the last lap, thus handing the place to Scheckter.
This meant that Lauda had a 21-point lead over Scheckter with four races left.
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