1977 жылғы Бельгия Гран-присі: Нильссонның жеңісі

Formula One race

The 1977 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 5 June 1977. It was the seventh race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 70 lap race was won by Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson, driving a Lotus Ford. Austrian driver Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, while Nilsson's fellow Swede, Ronnie Peterson, finished third in the six wheeled Tyrrell Ford. This was to be Nilsson's only Formula One victory, before his career was cut short by cancer and he died in October 1978.

Pos. DriverConstructorTimeNo1 Mario AndrettiLotus Ford1:24,6412 John WatsonBrabham Alfa Romeo1:26,1823 Gunnar NilssonLotus Ford1:26,4534 Jody ScheckterWolf Ford1:26,4845 Patrick DepaillerTyrrell Ford1:26,7156 Jochen MassMcLaren Ford1:26,8167 Carlos ReutemannFerrari1:26,8578 Ronnie PetersonTyrrell Ford1:26,9589 James HuntMcLaren Ford1:27,04910 Jacques LaffiteLigier Matra1:27,051011 Niki LaudaFerrari1:27,111112 Vittorio BrambillaSurtees Ford1:27,231213 Clay RegazzoniEnsign Ford1:27,281314 Arturo MerzarioMarch Ford1:27,331415 Riccardo PatreseShadow Ford1:27,351516 Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi Ford1:27,471617 Alan JonesShadow Ford1:27,551718 Hans Joachim StuckBrabham Alfa Romeo1:27,751819 Rupert KeeganHesketh Ford1:28,021920 David PurleyLEC Ford1:28,102021 Ian ScheckterMarch Ford1:28,502122 Brett LungerMcLaren Ford1:28,512223 Larry PerkinsSurtees Ford1:28,532324 Patrick NèveMarch Ford1:28,672425 Harald ErtlHesketh Ford1:29,022526 Jean Pierre JarierPenske Ford1:29,1126 Cut off27 Boy HayjeMarch Ford1:29,462728 Emilio de VillotaMcLaren Ford1:30,12—29 Conny AnderssonB. R. M.1:30,24—30 Alex RibeiroMarch Ford1:30,24—31 Bernard de DryverMarch Ford1:30,42—32 Héctor RebaqueHesketh Ford1:33,30—

In qualifying Mario Andretti took a comfortable pole position with John Watson just beating the second Lotus of Gunnar Nilsson to second. The race was wet due to rain earlier in the day. Watson took the lead into the first corner, but later in the lap, Andretti locked up into the chicane and ran into the back of the Brabham, knocking both drivers out of the race with Jody Scheckter taking over the lead. Scheckter led the early stages ahead of Nilsson, whereas Carlos Reutemann made an early charge but spun off. The track began to dry and everyone had to pit for tyres, and those who stopped early were the ones who benefited, as now Niki Lauda was leading from Jochen Mass and Scheckter was down to fifth. Mass spun off from second, handing it to Nilsson who then went on to catch and pass Lauda before driving away to his first career victory. Behind second placed Lauda, Ronnie Peterson completed the podium for Team Tyrrell after Scheckter retired with an engine failure. This remains the only F1 race in which two Swedes shared the podium. David Purley stayed out later than most drivers and was running third by lap 21. After he finally pitted, he emerged in front of race leader Lauda. He was likely unaware that Lauda was a lap ahead and did not let him through, holding the leader up for a few laps. This may have cost Lauda victory and the two were involved in an argument after the race.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus Ford 70 1:55:05.71 3 9 2 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 70 + 14.19 11 6 3 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell Ford 70 + 19.95 8 4 4 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees Ford 70 + 24.98 12 3 5 17 Alan Jones Shadow Ford 70 + 1:15.47 17 2 6 8 Hans Joachim Stuck Brabham Alfa Romeo 69 + 1 Lap 18 1 7 1 James Hunt McLaren Ford 69 + 1 Lap 9   8 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell Ford 69 + 1 Lap 5   9 25 Harald Ertl Hesketh Ford 69 + 1 Lap 25   10 27 Patrick Nève March Ford 68 + 2 Laps 24   11 34 Jean Pierre Jarier Penske Ford 68 + 2 Laps 26   12 18 Larry Perkins Surtees Ford 67 + 3 Laps 23   13 31 David Purley LEC Ford 67 + 3 Laps 20   14 37 Arturo Merzario March Ford 65 + 5 Laps 14   NC 33 Boy Hayje March Ford 63 + 7 Laps 27   Ret 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf Ford 62 Engine 4   Ret 2 Jochen Mass McLaren Ford 39 Accident 6   Ret 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier Matra 32 Engine 10   Ret 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign Ford 29 Engine 13   Ret 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 14 Accident 7   Ret 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh Ford 14 Accident 19   Ret 16 Riccardo Patrese Shadow Ford 12 Accident 15   Ret 10 Ian Scheckter March Ford 8 Accident 21   Ret 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Ford 2 Electrical 16   Ret 5 Mario Andretti Lotus Ford 0 Collision 1   Ret 7 John Watson Brabham Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 2   DNS 30 Brett Lunger McLaren Ford   Engine 22   DNQ 36 Emilio de Villota McLaren Ford     DNQ 9 Alex Ribeiro March Ford     DNQ 35 Conny Andersson BRM     DNQ 38 Bernard de Dryver March Ford     DNQ 39 Héctor Rebaque Hesketh Ford        Source: