1977 Japanese Grand Prix

1977 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 17 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date 23 October 1977
Official name XII Japanese Grand Prix
Location Fuji Speedway
Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.359 km (2.709 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 318.207[1] km (197.725 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:12.23
Fastest lap
Driver South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford
Time 1:14.30 on lap 71
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 23 October 1977 at Fuji. It was the 17th and final race of the 1977 Formula One World Championship. At the time, this was the last Japanese Grand Prix due to traveling and financial issues (in those days, in order to get to Japan from Europe required going through Anchorage, Alaska in the United States or through Hong Kong, as both the Soviet Union and Red China banned Western aircraft from flying in their airspace) and safety concerns with the Mount Fuji circuit, it was also the last Japanese Grand Prix to be held at Fuji Speedway until 2007. The race would return in 1987, held at the better spectated and safer Suzuka Circuit.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Japan 1977". StatsF1.com.

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