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1977 / LAUDA

A scrolling recap of 1977 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Niki Lauda closed the year on 72 points, a 17-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1977
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17
Niki Lauda	0	4	13	19	19	25	31	31	33	39	48	54	63	69	72	72	72
Jody Scheckter	9	9	15	19	23	32	32	32	32	32	38	38	42	42	46	55	55
Mario Andretti	2	2	2	11	20	22	22	23	32	32	32	32	32	41	47	47	47
Carlos Reutemann	4	13	13	13	19	23	23	27	28	28	31	34	35	35	36	36	42
James Hunt	0	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	22	22	22	22	22	31	31	40
Jochen Mass	0	0	2	2	5	8	8	14	14	17	17	18	18	21	21	25	25
Alan Jones	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	12	12	16	16	19	22
Gunnar Nilsson	0	2	2	2	4	4	13	13	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Patrick Depailler	0	0	4	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	20
Jacques Laffite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	18

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Ferrari ended on 95 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1977
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	FERRARI	95
P2	LOTUS–FORD	62
P3	MCLAREN–FORD	60
P4	WOLF–FORD	55
P5	BRABHAM–ALFA ROMEO	27
P6	TYRRELL–FORD	27
P7	SHADOW–FORD	23
P8	LIGIER–MATRA	18
P9	FITTIPALDI–FORD	11
P10	ENSIGN–FORD	10
P11	SURTEES–FORD	6
P12	PENSKE–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1977
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17
Niki Lauda	—	P6	P2	P1	P3	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Jody Scheckter	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2
Mario Andretti	P5	P7	P8	P4	P2	P4	P4	P4	P2	P2	P3	P4	P4	P3	P2	P3	P3
Carlos Reutemann	P3	P1	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4
James Hunt	—	P3	P4	P5	P5	P5	P6	P9	P7	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5
Jochen Mass	—	—	P8	P9	P9	P6	P7	P5	P6	P7	P7	P7	P7	P6	P6	P6	P6
Alan Jones	—	—	—	—	—	P11	P13	P14	P15	P16	P16	P8	P9	P9	P9	P8	P7
Gunnar Nilsson	—	P7	P8	P9	P10	P10	P5	P6	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7	P7	P8
Patrick Depailler	—	—	P7	P7	P7	P8	P9	P7	P8	P9	P9	P11	P12	P12	P12	P10	P9
Jacques Laffite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P8	P9	P8	P8	P10	P8	P8	P8	P9	P10
Hans-Joachim Stuck	—	—	—	—	P11	P11	P14	P16	P16	P14	P11	P9	P10	P10	P10	P11	P11
Emerson Fittipaldi	P4	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P7	P10	P11	P11	P12	P13	P11	P11	P11	P12	P12
John Watson	—	—	P11	P11	P11	P11	P15	P14	P10	P10	P10	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P13
Ronnie Peterson	—	—	—	—	—	—	P11	P12	P13	P13	P15	P15	P15	P14	P14	P14	P14
Carlos Pace	P2	P3	P5	P8	P8	P9	P10	P11	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

14 drivers stood on a podium.

8 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 ARGENTIN

1 SCHECKTER

2 PACE

3 REUTEMANN

R02 BRAZIL

1 REUTEMANN

2 HUNT

3 LAUDA

R03 SOUTH AF

1 LAUDA

2 SCHECKTER

3 DEPAILLER

R04 UNITED S

1 ANDRETTI

2 LAUDA

3 SCHECKTER

R05 SPAIN

1 ANDRETTI

2 REUTEMANN

3 SCHECKTER

R06 MONACO

1 SCHECKTER

2 LAUDA

3 REUTEMANN

R07 BELGIUM

1 NILSSON

2 LAUDA

3 PETERSON

R08 SWEDEN

1 LAFFITE

2 MASS

3 REUTEMANN

R09 FRANCE

1 ANDRETTI

2 WATSON

3 HUNT

R10 GREAT BR

1 HUNT

2 LAUDA

3 NILSSON

R11 GERMANY

1 LAUDA

2 SCHECKTER

3 STUCK

R12 AUSTRIA

1 JONES

2 LAUDA

3 STUCK

R13 NETHERLA

1 LAUDA

2 LAFFITE

3 SCHECKTER

R14 ITALY

1 ANDRETTI

2 LAUDA

3 JONES

R15 UNITED S

1 HUNT

2 ANDRETTI

3 SCHECKTER

R16 CANADA

1 SCHECKTER

2 DEPAILLER

3 MASS

R17 JAPAN

1 HUNT

2 REUTEMANN

3 DEPAILLER

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1977
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Gran Premio de Argentina 1977	Gran Premio de Argentina 1977	SCHECKTER	PACE	REUTEMANN
R02 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1977	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1977	REUTEMANN	HUNT	LAUDA
R03 · The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa 1977	The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa 1977	LAUDA	SCHECKTER	DEPAILLER
R04 · 1977 Long Beach Grand Prix	1977 Long Beach Grand Prix	ANDRETTI	LAUDA	SCHECKTER
R05 · Gran Premio de España 1977	Gran Premio de España 1977	ANDRETTI	REUTEMANN	SCHECKTER
R06 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1977	Grand Prix de Monaco 1977	SCHECKTER	LAUDA	REUTEMANN
R07 · 1977 Belgian Grand Prix	1977 Belgian Grand Prix	NILSSON	LAUDA	PETERSON
R08 · Gislaved Sveriges Grand Prix 1977	Gislaved Sveriges Grand Prix 1977	LAFFITE	MASS	REUTEMANN
R09 · Grand Prix de France 1977	Grand Prix de France 1977	ANDRETTI	WATSON	HUNT
R10 · 1977 John Player British Grand Prix	1977 John Player British Grand Prix	HUNT	LAUDA	NILSSON
R11 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1977	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1977	LAUDA	SCHECKTER	STUCK
R12 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1977	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1977	JONES	LAUDA	STUCK
R13 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1977	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1977	LAUDA	LAFFITE	SCHECKTER
R14 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1977	Gran Premio d'Italia 1977	ANDRETTI	LAUDA	JONES
R15 · 1977 Toyota United States Grand Prix	1977 Toyota United States Grand Prix	HUNT	ANDRETTI	SCHECKTER
R16 · Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1977	Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1977	SCHECKTER	DEPAILLER	MASS
R17 · 1977 Japanese Grand Prix	1977 Japanese Grand Prix	HUNT	REUTEMANN	DEPAILLER

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

17

DRIVERS

21

WINNERS

8

PODIUM·DRIVERS

14

POINTS·SHARED

425

CHAMPION

Niki Lauda

72 PTS · 3 WINS

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