1977 British Grand Prix

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
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	James Hunt;
Time	1:18.49
Fastest lap
Driver	James Hunt
Time	1:19.60 on lap 48
Podium
First	James Hunt;
Second	Niki Lauda;
Third	Gunnar Nilsson;
	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.

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

[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.

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