The 1977 Japanese Grand Prix was Round 17 of the 1977 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Fuji Speedway, Japan on Sunday, 23 October 1977. Mario Andretti started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and James Hunt was the race winner in the McLaren Ford.
1977 Japanese Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jacky Ickx | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 73 | 1:31:51.680 | 1:31:51.680 | - | - | 2 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Ferrari | Goodyear | 73 | +1:02.450 | 1:32:54.130 | +1:02.450 | +1:02.450 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 73 | +1:06.390 | 1:32:58.070 | +1:06.390 | +3.940 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 17 | Alan Jones | Australia | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 73 | +1:06.610 | 1:32:58.290 | +1:06.610 | +0.220 | 12 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 72 | Out of Fuel | 1 lap | 1 lap | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 13 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 4 | ||||||
| 8 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 71 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 9 | |||||
| 9 | 50 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Tyrrell Ford | Dunlop | 71 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 22 | ||||||
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 71 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:14.300 | 71 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 52 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Japan | Kojima Ford | Bridgestone | 71 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | Brazil | March Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 2 laps | 23 | |||||
| DNF | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 63 | Gearbox | 10 laps | 6 laps | 14 | |||||
| DNF | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 43 | Engine | 30 laps | 20 laps | 10 | |||||
| DNF | 7 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 29 | Gearbox | 44 laps | 14 laps | 3 | |||||
| DNF | 2 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 28 | Engine | 45 laps | 1 lap | 8 | |||||
| DNF | 23 | Patrick Tambay | France | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 14 | Engine | 59 laps | 14 laps | 16 | |||||
| DNF | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 5 | Accident | 68 laps | 9 laps | 18 | |||||
| DNF | 11 | Gilles Villeneuve | Canada | Ferrari | Goodyear | 5 | Accident | 68 laps | 20 | ||||||
| DNF | 27 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 3 | Engine | 70 laps | 2 laps | 17 | |||||
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Collision | 72 laps | 2 laps | 1 | |||||
| DNF | 51 | Noritake Takahara | Japan | Kojima Ford | Bridgestone | 1 | Collision | 72 laps | 19 | ||||||
| DNF | 18 | Hans Binder | Austria | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Collision | 72 laps | 21 |