1977 Tony Brise Memorial Trophy

The 1977 Tony Brise Memorial Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race and the inaugural running of the Tony Brise Memorial Trophy, held at the Silverstone Circuit on the 23rd July, 1977.

A season high of 50 entries had been received for the British Grand Prix, reaching the limit on the number of entries allowed in the rules at the time. Of those 50 entries, only 22 were safe from Pre-Qualifying, and of those who competed in the extra Friday morning session, only 6 would progress into Qualifying proper. The fact that a large number of these entries were British or British based, and that a majority of them would not progress from Pre-Qualifying was not lost on the British Racing Drivers Club, who began searching for a way to give these smaller teams more exposure both to the thousands of spectators present and the people watching at home on television. Into the second full season of broadcasting, more and more viewers were tuning in to watch the races - and the BRDC were aware of this, given the success of the previous two runnings of the BRDC International Trophy non-championship race. Looking to exploit the patriotic nature of the British spectators and the cult interest in the pre-qualifying highlights program on Saturday mornings, the BRDC announced that all teams who failed to pre-qualify for the British Grand Prix along with a select few runners from the ShellSport F5000 series would compete in a non-championship race on Saturday afternoon. The trophy was named in honour of Tony Brise, a British rising star in Formula One who was tragically killed just two years prior in the same plane crash as Graham Hill.

Standings after 25 laps

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Car	Grid	Time
1	Template:GBR Robert Kagan	Penthouse British Formula One Racing Team	March-Ford	2	36:32.135
2	Leonhard von Gottorp	Hesketh Racing	Hesketh-Ford	6	+0.911
3	Riccardo Patrese	LEC Refrigeration Racing	LEC-Ford	3	+1.566
4	Template:GBR Brian Henton	Hesketh Racing	Hesketh-Ford	8	+13.657
5	Bruno Giacomelli	LEC Refrigeration Racing	LEC-Ford	5	+15.041
6	Template:GBR Stephen South	Penthouse British Formula One Racing Team	March-Ford	4	+25.416
7	Template:FRA Gabriel Château	Iberia Airlines	March-Ford	9	+27.622
8	Template:FRA Henri Pescarolo	Team Penske	Penske-Ford	12	+37.434
9	Emilio de Villota	Iberia Airlines	March-Ford	10	+40.146
10	Template:AUT Harald Ertl	North Star Racing	Lola-Ford	14	+1:05.944
11	Gijs van Lennep	F&S Properties	Lola-Ford	13	+1:19.516
12	Boy Hayje	F&S Properties	Lola-Ford	15	+1:22.069
13	Template:GBR Val Musetti	Brian McGuire Racing	McGuire-Ford	16	+1 lap
14	Template:AUS Brian McGuire	Brian McGuire Racing	McGuire-Ford	16	+1 lap
15	William Ferguson	North Star Racing	Lola-Ford	17	+1 lap
16	Renzo Zorzi	Dywa Cars	Dywa-Renzo	20	+1 lap
17	Template:GBR Divina Galica	B&S Fabrications	March-Renzo	19	+1 lap
Ret	Template:SUI Loris Kessel	Jolly Club of Switzerland	Apollon-Ford	23	Retired [?]
	Alex Ribeiro	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow-Alfa Romeo	11	Retired [?]
	Template:GBR Ian Ashley	B&S Fabrications	March-Renzo	22	Retired [?]
	Template:AUT Otto Stuppacher	Wheatcroft Racing	Wheatcroft-Renzo	26	Retired [?]
	Alberto Colombo	Dywa Cars	Dywa-Renzo	24	Retired [?]
	Template:GBR John Watson	Shadow Racing Team	March-Ford	1	Retired [?]
	Bertram Schäfer	Team Penske	Penske-Ford	7	Retired [?]
	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club of Switzerland	Apollon-Ford	21	Retired [?]
	Michael Tyrrell	Wheatcroft Racing	Wheatcroft-Renzo	25	Retired [?]