 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - FD04 yakashandiswa kusvikira Fittipaldi F5 yagadzirira. Mwaka wacho wakatanga pa 1977 Argentine Grand Prix. Fittipaldi akapedza ari wechina uye Hoffmann akarega nokuda kwokukundikana kweinjini. MuBrazil, Fittipaldi akapedza ari wechina uye Hoffmann ari wechinomwe. Fittipaldi akapedza ari wechigumi pa1977 South African Grand Prix, wechishanu kuUnited States West uye wechi14 pa1977 Spanish Grand Prix. Fittipaldi akarega basa nechinetso cheinjini muMonacoipapo akashandisa F5 muBelgian FD04 yakamhanya kamwe zvakare, naFittipaldi paSweden Grand Prix kwaakapedza 18th. FD04 yakatsiviwa neFittipaldi F5 kubva kuFrench Grand Prix zvichienda mberi. 