• Rewind to ... the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix
  • Fuji's failed finale

  • October 4, 2011: ESPNF1 looks back at the second Japanese Grand Prix held at the Fuji Speedway, when tragedy led to a decade off the Formula One calendar

  • Japanese Grand Prix
  • Hunt wins but two die as Villeneuve crashes

  • October 23, 1977: Twelve months earlier James Hunt had secured the world championship with third place in a nail- biting end to the season. A year on and he won the final race in Japan, but with the title already Niki Lauda's it was a slightly hollow victory

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