1977 French GP

LXIII Grand Prix de France

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details
Date	Sunday 3 July 1977
Start time	14:00
Event	French GP
Circuit	Dijon
Event Format	Race of 80 laps
Championship	World Championship
Race number	#9 of 17 in 1977 #289 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps	80
Circuit Perimeter	3800 m
Race Distance	3800 × 80 = 304.000 km
Grid Format	2-2-2-2
Pole Position	Right
First Corner	Right
Track Direction	Clockwise
Weather
Weather	Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries	29
Qualifiers	22
Finishers	13
Debutants	Patrick Tambay (Driver)
Milestones	Duckhams – 100th Race Entry (Lubricant Manufacturer) Marlboro Team McLaren – 50th Race Entry (Entrant) Arturo Merzario – 50th Race Entry (Driver)
Records Broken	1. Most 20th Place Qualifications – March (23), 2. Most Failures to Qualify in a Season – March (14)
Records Extended	1. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores – Ferrari (232), 2. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores – Ferrari (364), 3. Most 5th Place Finishes – Ferrari (39), 4. Most 6th Place Finishes – Ferrari (45), 5. Most Race Entries – Lotus (756), 6. Most 6th Place Qualifications – Ferrari (59), 7. Most 9th Place Qualifications – Ferrari (35)

World Championship standings