# 1977 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E﻿ / ﻿43.7346500°N 7.421333°E﻿ / 43.7346500; 7.421333
The 1977 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 22 May 1977. It was the sixth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
The 76-lap race was won by South African driver Jody Scheckter, driving a Wolf-Ford. It was Scheckter's second victory of the season, and the 100th World Championship race victory for the Ford-backed Cosworth DFV engine. Austrian Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, with Argentinian teammate Carlos Reutemann third.

## Report

John Watson took his first career pole for Brabham with Jody Scheckter also on the front row and Carlos Reutemann third. It was Scheckter who got the best start to beat Watson to the first corner, with Reutemann running third in the early stages until he was passed by his teammate Niki Lauda. Watson ran second to Scheckter until mid-race when he had to retire with gearbox trouble, allowing Lauda to close in on Scheckter but the latter was flawless and held on to take his second win of the season. Lauda had to be satisfied with second, with Reutemann completing the podium.
Shadow driver Riccardo Patrese made his first career start in the race, qualifying 15th and finishing 9th. Patrese would drive in a record 257 Grands Prix (256 starts) during his career which ended after the 1993 season, a career which included winning at Monaco for Brabham in 1982.

## Classification
### Qualifying classification

| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | No |
| 1 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:29.86 | 1 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | 1:30.27 | 2 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:30.44 | 3 |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:30.72 | 4 |
| 5 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:30.73 | 5 |
| 6 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1:30.76 | 6 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 1:30.85 | 7 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:31.16 | 8 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford | 1:31.36 | 9 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:31.50 | 10 |
| 11 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford | 1:32.04 | 11 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske-Ford | 1:32.32 | 12 |
| 13 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | 1:32.37 | 13 |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford | 1:32.40 | 14 |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford | 1:32.52 | 15 |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1:32.65 | 16 |
| 17 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign-Ford | 1:33.25 | 17 |
| 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:33.39 | 18 |
| 19 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford | 1:33.49 | 19 |
| 20 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford | 1:33.78 | 20 |
| Cut-off |||||
| 21 | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford | 1:34.46 | — |
| 22 | Boy Hayje | March-Ford | 1:34.48 | — |
| 23 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford | 1:34.74 | — |
| 24 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | 1:35.00 | — |
| 25 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford | 1:36.62 | — |
| 26 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford | 1:46.30 | — |

### Race classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | 76 | 1:57:52.77 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 76 | + 0.89 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 76 | + 32.80 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford | 76 | + 34.60 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 76 | + 35.55 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford | 76 | + 36.61 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 76 | + 1:04.44 | 16 | |
| 8 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford | 76 | + 1:08.64 | 14 | |
| 9 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford | 75 | + 1 Lap | 15 | |
| 10 | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign-Ford | 75 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
| 11 | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske-Ford | 74 | + 2 Laps | 12 | |
| 12 | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford | 73 | + 3 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | 51 | Gearbox | 13 | |
| Ret | 7 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 48 | Gearbox | 1 | |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 46 | Gearbox | 8 | |
| Ret | 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford | 41 | Fuel System | 19 | |
| Ret | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 37 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 25 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 19 | Electrical | 5 | |
| Ret | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford | 10 | Brakes | 4 | |
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford | | | | |
| DNQ | 33 | Boy Hayje | March-Ford | | | | |
| DNQ | 25 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford | | | | |
| DNQ | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | | Left for the Indianapolis 500 | | |
| DNQ | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford | | | | |
| DNQ | 10 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford | | | | |
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