Formula 1 1977 Austrian Grand Prix

1 17 Alan Jones Shadow 54 14 1:37:16.49 9
2 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 54 1 +20.13 6
3 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 54 4 +34.5 4
4 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 54 5 +34.75 3
5 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 54 15 +72.09 2
6 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 53 9 1
7 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 53 20
8 7 John Watson Brabham 53 12
9 27 Patrick Nève March 53 22
10 30 Brett Lunger McLaren 53 17
11 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 53 23
12 33 Hans Binder Penske 53 19
13 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 53 10
14 34 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 52 18
15 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 52 13
16 18 Vern Schuppan Surtees 52 25
17 36 Emilio de Villota McLaren 50 26
18 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 45 8
19 1 James Hunt McLaren 43 2
20 23 Patrick Tambay Ensign 41 7
21 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 38 16
22 16 Arturo Merzario Shadow 29 21
23 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 21 6
24 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 3
25 10 Ian Scheckter March 2 24
26 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 11
27 38 Brian Henton March
28 39 Ian Ashley Hesketh
29 25 Hector Rebaque Hesketh
30 9 Alex Ribeiro March

[@BluegrassIsCool]

I saw Alan Jones at the Long Beach Grand Prix earlier in the 1977 season, in his first race for Shadow. At one point in practice, he whipped through a section of track so fast I turned to the guy next to me and said "He's going to be World Champion someday."

[@J_S209]

AJ … not European so unnoticed but he was an awesome, fast, smooth driver and an unlikely World Champion.

[@vincenzabenvegnu9876]

Great cars, great drivers, great times!

[@beeemm2578]

The best..of everything

[@studlydudly]

Andretti and Nielson were driving the Lotus 78, complete with early ground effect technology, no doubt giving them a nice grip advantage in the wet conditions.

[@richhh123]

Rip Drunken Trumpet Guy

[@Dannzt]

And not a track limit violation in sight

[@thedonsz9186]

You can't violate something that doesn't exist

[@NazarovVv]

That Lotus has so so much more downforce than the rest of the grid. I've always read about it, now I've seen it

[@Annoyingbirds]

Rip Niki

[@beeemm2578]

3:07 Andretti blowing by Lauda...then making him look like he's in reverse...lol 🤯

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Andretti was approaching 40yrs of age. That was considered "old" then in the 1970s.

[@beeemm2578]

Yep absolutely. We know better now. That age means still got the skill, but now have the experience.

[@hmdwgf]

The organizers didn’t have the Australian national anthem on hand, so they played “Happy Birthday” for Jones instead. Not the worst choice of music?

[@simonkevnorris]

When Jack Brabham won the British GP in 1966 they played Walzing Matilda!

[@thethirdman225]

The only win for a Shadow.

[@thethirdman225]

I don't think Alan Jones speaks German!