1977 German Grand Prix

In qualifying, Jody Scheckter took his first pole of the season, ahead of John Watson and then Niki Lauda who headed the second row. The start of the race was given by a green flag due to red/green lights being damaged by a service vehicle, which as a result caused an accident near the back of the grid between Alan Jones and Clay Regazzoni (putting both drivers out on the spot).[2] Scheckter kept the lead at the first corner with both Watson and Lauda keeping their positions. Watson put pressure on Scheckter until his engine failed on the eighth lap, giving second to Lauda who passed Scheckter soon after and began to pull away. Scheckter battled for second with James Hunt until the defending champion retired with an engine failure which was caused by a broken fuel pump on lap 33, thus giving third to Watson's teammate and home driver Hans-Joachim Stuck. That was how it stayed to the end; Lauda winning from Scheckter and Stuck, whilst the rest of the points were rounded-out with Lauda's teammate Carlos Reutemann, Vittorio Brambilla in the Surtees and Patrick Tambay in the Ensign.

• German Hans Heyer did not qualify, but started anyway from the pit lane, only to retire with a mechanical failure. He was later disqualified.[1]
• This was the 100th World Championship race victory for tyre manufacturer Goodyear.[4]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 48 2 Jody Scheckter 38 3 Mario Andretti 32 4 Carlos Reutemann 31 5 James Hunt 22 Source: [5]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 65 (67) 2 Lotus-Ford 47 3 Wolf-Ford 38 4 McLaren-Ford 34 5 Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Source: [5]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 8 results from the first 9 races and the best 7 results from the remaining 8 races were retained. Numbers without parentheses are retained points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.