Fittipaldi stretches lead in Spain
Emerson Fittipaldi increased his lead in the drivers' standings by winning round four of the championship as Montjuich Park played host to the Spanish Grand Prix
View ArticleFittipaldi emerges victorious from the rain
Emerson Fittipaldi, who had led the championship in the early stages of the season, reminded Niki Lauda he was not about to relinquish his title without a fight with a gutsy victory at a sodden British...
View ArticleReutemann up to second with 'Ring win
Carlos Reutemann won a German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring which was notable for the high attrition rate - only nine of the 24 starters finished - caused by a succession of punctures resulting from a...
View ArticleBrambilla takes maiden win in appalling conditions
The 37-year-old Italian Vittorio Brambilla, who had more than once threatened to record his maiden victory earlier in the season, finally did so at the Austrian Grand Prix
View ArticleHunt holds off Regazzoni to slice Lauda's lead
James Hunt celebrated his 29th birthday with victory at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, and in so doing closed the gap on Niki Lauda in the drivers' championship to three points with four races...
View ArticlePeterson wins on Lauda's remarkable return
Ronnie Peterson's wretched luck with his March was put to one side for a day as he won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, his third victory in the race in four seasons. But all the media attention before...
View ArticlePryce tragedy overshadows Lauda victory
Niki Lauda recorded his first victory since his horrific crash at the Nürburgring the previous summer, but the South African Grand Prix was overshadowed by the tragic death of the highly-rated young...
View ArticleAndretti capitalises on Scheckter's misfortune
Mario Andretti achieved a hugely popular victory at Long Beach, passing Jody Scheckter in the closing stages to complete his ambition of winning on home turf
View ArticleScheckter survives late scare to hold off Lauda
Jody Scheckter opened up a seven-point lead over Niki Lauda in the drivers' championship with victory in the Monaco Grand Prix, underlining the improvement the once-wild South African had made since...
View ArticleLate Andretti pit stop hands Laffite victory
The wide-open 1977 season continued in Sweden where Jacques Laffite won for Ligier - the sixth different winner in the eighth race of the season - with Jochen Mass taking his best result for McLaren in...
View ArticleJones secures first win for Shadow
Alan Jones recorded his first win at the Austrian Grand Prix, a result which also provided a welcome boost to the lesser-funded teams as it was Shadow's first victory
View ArticleVilleneuve outlines future title credentials
Gilles Villeneuve recorded his third win of the season in the USA Grand Prix at a wet Watkins Glen. The title had already gone to his Ferrari team-mate Jody Scheckter but Villeneuve was determined to...
View ArticleArnoux eases to Interlagos victory
Rene Arnoux, driving a turbocharged Renault, won the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, with Elio de Angelis second for Lotus and new championship favourite Alan Jones back in third
View ArticleArnoux inherits easy Renault victory
Renault's Rene Arnoux followed his win at Interlagos with victory at the South African Grand Prix
View ArticlePiquet's victory overshadowed by nasty Regazzoni crash
Nelson Piquet was the winner of the USA Grand Prix at Long Beach, but a serious accident for Clay Regazzoni left a black cloud hanging over the race
View ArticleDominant Pironi takes maiden win at Zolder
Didier Pironi won the Belgian Grand Prix, the first race of the European season, having led from start to finish at the tight circuit of Zolder
View ArticleReutemann wins after early pile-up
Carlos Reutemann won an action-packed and wet Monaco Grand Prix for Williams, a race marked by a spectacular four-car first-corner pile-up
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