Round 9 · 3 July 1977
1977 French Grand Prix: results
Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) won the 1977 French Grand Prix, round 9 of the championship, held on 3 July 1977 at Dijon-Prenois (France), starting from position 1. John Watson (Brabham) and James Hunt (McLaren) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:39:40.130 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | +1.550 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | +33.870 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 3 | +71.080 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 9 | +74.150 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 6 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 7 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 10 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh | 14 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 22 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 12 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 17 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 13 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 14 | Ian Scheckter | March | 20 | — | — | Not classified |
| 15 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 8 | — | — | Accident |
| 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 13 | — | — | Accident |
| 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 10 | — | — | Transmission |
| 18 | Arturo Merzario | March | 18 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 19 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | — | — | Accident |
| 20 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 15 | — | — | Engine |
| 21 | David Purley | LEC | 21 | — | — | Accident |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 19 | — | — | Accident |