1977 Pau Grand Prix

The 1977 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 30 May 1977 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by René Arnoux, driving the Martini MK22. Didier Pironi finished second and Riccardo Patrese third.

With the race initially being run at 73 laps, the race was stopped after 59 laps after colossal rain made the circuit virtually undrivable.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Vehicle	Laps	Time/Retired
1	4	René Arnoux	Martini-Renault	59	1hr 14min 52.52sec
2	5	Didier Pironi	Martini-Renault	59	+ 0.42 s
3	17	Riccardo Patrese	Chevron-BMW	59	+ 18.54 s
4	28	Alberto Colombo	March-BMW	58	+ 1 lap
5	25	Gaudenzio Mantova	March-BMW	58	+ 1 lap
6	32	Ricardo Zunino	March-Hart	57	+ 2 laps
7	9	Klaus Ludwig	Kauhsen-Renault	57	+ 2 laps
8	16	Ingo Hoffmann	Ralt-BMW	56	+ 3 laps
9	26	Brian Henton	Boxer-Hart	56	+ 3 laps
10	1	Jacques Laffite	Chevron-Hart	56	+ 3 laps
11	21	Keke Rosberg	Chevron-Hart	55	+ 4 laps
12	11	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Ralt-Ferrari	54	+ 5 laps
13	34	Freddy Kottulinsky	Ralt-BMW	54	+ 5 laps
Ret	33	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	March-BMW	34	Fuel pressure
Ret	3	Bruno Giacomelli	March-BMW	26	Suspension
Ret	8	Michel Leclère	Kauhsen-Renault	21	Steering
Ret	10	Giancarlo Martini	Martini-Renault	12	Accident
Ret	36	Patrick Tambay	Chevron-Hart	0	Accident
Ret	38	Xavier Lapeyre	Martini-BMW	0	Accident
Ret	15	Eddie Cheever	Ralt-BMW	0	Accident
DNQ	12	Lamberto Leoni	Ralt-Ferrari		Did Not Qualify
DNQ	22	Wink Bancroft	Chevron-Hart		Did Not Qualify
DNQ	23	Michel Pignard	Chevron-Chrysler		Did Not Qualify
DNQ	24	Norman Dickson	March-BMW		Did Not Qualify
DNQ	27	Bernard de Dryver	March-BMW		Did Not Qualify
Fastest Lap: Didier Pironi (Martini-Renault) - 1:14.57
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Preceded by 1976 Pau Grand Prix	Pau Grand Prix 1977	Succeeded by 1978 Pau Grand Prix

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