Report The 1977 season started in Argentina, and it was reigning world champion
James Hunt who started off his title defence with pole position in his
McLaren. Countryman
John Watson shared the front row with him in the
Brabham, and
Patrick Depailler in the six-wheeled
Tyrrell was third on the grid. Watson took the lead at the start with Hunt second. Watson led for the first 10 laps until Hunt moved ahead and pulled away, with
Mario Andretti's
Lotus third, but soon the other McLaren of
Jochen Mass took the place. Mass had to retire soon after with an engine failure which caused him to spin, and a suspension failure took teammate and race leader Hunt out three laps later. Watson took the lead again, but he also had suspension failures and let teammate
Carlos Pace through. Watson eventually retired, and Pace struggled towards the end due to heat in his cockpit and was passed by
Jody Scheckter's
Wolf and Andretti, but the latter retired then with a wheel bearing failure. Scheckter took the first win of 1977, with Pace second, and home hero
Carlos Reutemann completing the podium for
Ferrari.
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