Season
1977
Race
17. Japanese Grand Prix
1977 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 35.3717, 138.927
- Altitude
- 583 m
- Race number
- 297
R
23/10/1977 00:00 · Asia/Tokyo · 73 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | +1 | 73 | 1:31:51.680 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | +5 | 73 | 1:32:54.130 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 15 | +12 | 73 | 1:32:58.070 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 12 | +8 | 73 | 1:32:58.290 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | = | 72 | — | 2 | Out of fuel | — | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 13 | +7 | 72 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 4 | -3 | 72 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 9 | +1 | 71 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 22 | +13 | 71 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | -4 | 71 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 11 | = | 71 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | +11 | 69 | — | 0 | +4 Laps | — | |
| 13 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 14 | +1 | 63 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 10 | -4 | 43 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 15 | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | -12 | 29 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 16 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 8 | -8 | 28 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 16 | -1 | 14 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 18 | = | 5 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 19 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 20 | +1 | 5 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 17 | -3 | 3 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 21 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | -20 | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 22 | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 19 | -3 | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 23 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 21 | -2 | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | — |