43°44′4.74″N7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E /43.7346500; 7.421333
| 1977 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 6 of 17 in the1977 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 22 May 1977 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.312 km (2.057 miles) | ||
| Distance | 76 laps, 251.712 km (156.406 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | ||
| Time | 1:29.86 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | |
| Time | 1:31.07 on lap 35 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Wolf-Ford | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1977 Monaco Grand Prix was aFormula Onemotor race held atMonaco on 22 May 1977. It was the sixth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.[1]
The 76-lap race was won by South African driverJody Scheckter, driving aWolf-Ford. It was Scheckter's second victory of the season, and the 100th World Championship race victory for the Ford-backedCosworth DFV engine.[2] AustrianNiki Lauda finished second in aFerrari, with Argentinian teammateCarlos Reutemann third.
John Watson took his first career pole forBrabham withJody Scheckter also on the front row andCarlos Reutemann third. It was Scheckter who got the best start to beat Watson to the first corner, with Reutemann running third in the early stages until he was passed by his teammateNiki Lauda. Watson ran second to Scheckter until mid-race when he had to retire with gearbox trouble, allowing Lauda to close in on Scheckter but the latter was flawless and held on to take his second win of the season. Lauda had to be satisfied with second, with Reutemann completing the podium.
Shadow driverRiccardo Patrese made his first career start in the race, qualifying 15th and finishing 9th. Patrese would drive in a record 257 Grands Prix (256 starts) during his career which ended after the1993 season, a career which included winning atMonaco forBrabham in1982.
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | No |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:29.86 | 1 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | 1:30.27 | 2 |
| 3 |  Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:30.44 | 3 |
| 4 |  Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:30.72 | 4 |
| 5 |  Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:30.73 | 5 |
| 6 |  Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1:30.76 | 6 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 1:30.85 | 7 |
| 8 |  Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:31.16 | 8 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford | 1:31.36 | 9 |
| 10 |  Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:31.50 | 10 |
| 11 |  Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford | 1:32.04 | 11 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske-Ford | 1:32.32 | 12 |
| 13 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | 1:32.37 | 13 |
| 14 |  Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford | 1:32.40 | 14 |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford | 1:32.52 | 15 |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1:32.65 | 16 |
| 17 |  Jacky Ickx | Ensign-Ford | 1:33.25 | 17 |
| 18 |  Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:33.39 | 18 |
| 19 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford | 1:33.49 | 19 |
| 20 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford | 1:33.78 | 20 |
| Cut-off | ||||
| 21 | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford | 1:34.46 | — |
| 22 |  Boy Hayje | March-Ford | 1:34.48 | — |
| 23 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford | 1:34.74 | — |
| 24 |  Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | 1:35.00 | — |
| 25 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford | 1:36.62 | — |
| 26 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford | 1:46.30 | — |
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