Round 15 · 2 October 1977
1977 United States Grand Prix: results
James Hunt (McLaren) won the 1977 United States Grand Prix, round 15 of the championship, held on 2 October 1977 at Watkins Glen (USA), starting from position 1. Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) and Jody Scheckter (Wolf) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | 1:58:23.267 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +2.026 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | +78.879 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 7 | +100.615 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 19 | +108.138 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 6 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 8 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh | 20 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 17 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 11 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 25 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 12 | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 18 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 14 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 8 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 15 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 16 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 5 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 17 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh | 22 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 18 | Patrick Nève | March | 24 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | +5 Laps | — | +5 Laps |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 14 | — | — | Alternator |
| 21 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 12 | — | — | Accident |
| 22 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 2 | — | — | Accident |
| 23 | Ian Scheckter | March | 21 | — | — | Accident |
| 24 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 15 | — | — | Fuel pump |
| 25 | Danny Ongais | Penske | 26 | — | — | Accident |
| 26 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 13 | — | — | Accident |