1977 Australian Grand Prix

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.

Warwick Brown won the race driving this Lola T430 (pictured in 2008)