1977 Australian Grand Prix
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Date
6 February 1977
Official name
XLII Australian Grand Prix
Location
Oran Park Raceway, Sydney
Course
Permanent racing facility
| 1977 Australian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 of the 1977 Rothmans International Series | |||
 | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 6 February 1977 | ||
| Official name | XLII Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Oran Park Raceway, Sydney | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.620 km (1.628 miles) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 151.96 km (94.424 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
| Time | 1'05.7 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alan Jones | Lola-Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1'06.4 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
| Second | Chevron-Chevrolet | ||
| Third | Matich-Repco Holden | ||
The 1977 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park International Raceway[1] in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 6 February 1977. It was the forty second Australian Grand Prix and also the first round of the 1977 Rothmans International Series. The race was open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars.[2]
The race was won by Warwick Brown (Lola T430), his first and only Australian Grand Prix victory. Alan Jones (Lola T332) actually finished his 58th and final lap 40 seconds ahead of Brown, however officials penalised Jones 60 seconds for jumping the start and he was officially classified in 4th place.
Results as follows:[3]
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Car / engine | Qual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Warwick Brown |
Lola T430 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.7 | — |
| 2 | 6 | Alan Jones |
Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:06.0 | +0.3 |
| 3 | 4 |  Peter Gethin |
Chevron B24 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:06.1 | +0.4 |
| 4 | 2 | John Goss |
Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:06.1 | +0.4 |
| 5 | 16 | Max Stewart |
Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:06.9 | +1.2 |
| 6 | 5 | Kevin Bartlett |
Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:07.3 | +1.6 |
| 7 | 1 | Vern Schuppan |
Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:07.3 | +1.6 |
| 8 | 84 | Alfredo Costanzo |
Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:07.7 | +2.0 |
| 9 | 12 | Garrie Cooper |
Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:08.0 | +2.3 |
| 10 | 15 | Terry Hook |
Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:09.8 | +4.1 |
| 11 | 17 | Ken Shirvington |
Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:10.4 | +4.7 |
| 12 | 10 | Chris Milton |
Gardos OR2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:10.9 | +5.2 |
| 13 | 14 | Jon Davison |
Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.1 | +5.4 |
| 14 | 62 | Dave Powell |
Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.3 | +5.6 |
| 15 | 19 | John Edmonds |
Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.7 | +6.0 |
| 16 | 8 |  Graeme Lawrence |
Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | DNP | |
| 17 | 77 | John McCormack |
McLaren M23 / Leyland 5.0L V8 | DNP | |
| – | 7 | John Leffler |
Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | DNP | engine[4] |