French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 3rd July 1977 Local
Sun 3rd July 1977 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1977

Round
Round 9

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Location

Dijon-Prenois

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The 1977 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 3 July 1977. It was race 9 of 17 in both the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
The 80-lap race was won by American driver Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, after he started from pole position. Northern Irishman John Watson led for most of the race in his Brabham-Alfa Romeo, before Andretti passed him on the final lap. Watson finished 1.55 seconds behind the American, with Englishman James Hunt third in his McLaren-Ford.
Austrian Niki Lauda finished fifth in his Ferrari to take the lead of the Drivers' Championship from South African Jody Scheckter, who failed to finish in his Wolf-Ford.

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1 /Mario Andretti /Lotus-Ford /1:39:40.13
2 /John Watson /Brabham-Alfa Romeo /+ 1.55
3 /James Hunt /McLaren-Ford /+ 33.87
4 /Gunnar Nilsson /Lotus-Ford /+ 1:11.08
5 /Niki Lauda /Ferrari /+ 1:14.15
6 /Carlos Reutemann /Ferrari /+ 1 Lap
7 /Clay Regazzoni /Ensign-Ford /+ 1 Lap
8 /Jacques Laffite /Ligier-Matra /+ 2 Laps
9 /Jochen Mass /McLaren-Ford /+ 2 Laps
10 /Rupert Keegan /Hesketh-Ford /+ 2 Laps