Surprisingly, the new Wolf team, born from the ashes of Frank Williams Racing Cars and Hesketh, made excellent use of its legacy with Jody Scheckter finishing second to Niki Lauda.
Lauda je zato prestopil v Braham že pred koncem sezone 1977, ko je z lahkoto postal prvak, preden mu je na zadnjih dirkah sezone Enzo Ferrari odrekel dirkalnik.