1976 F1 World Championship Season

1975 F1 World Championship

1977 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	James Hunt (1st title, 15th different world champion, 6th British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (4th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	James Hunt (6) Niki Lauda (5) Clay Regazzoni (1) Jody Scheckter (1) John Watson (1) Ronnie Peterson (1) Mario Andretti (1)
Winning constructors:	Ferrari (6) McLaren (6) Tyrrell (1) Penske (1) March (1) Lotus (1)
First-time winners (driver):	John Watson
First-time winners (constructor):	Penske

1976 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Interlagos	25 January	1976 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	South Africa	Kyalami	6 March	1976 South African Grand Prix
3	USA West	Long Beach	28 March	1976 United States Grand Prix West
4	Spain	Jarama	2 May	1976 Spanish Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Zolder	16 May	1976 Belgian Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	30 May	1976 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	13 June	1976 Swedish Grand Prix
8	France	Paul Ricard	4 July	1976 French Grand Prix
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	18 July	1976 British Grand Prix
10	Germany	Nurburgring	1 August	1976 German Grand Prix
11	Austria	Osterreichring	15 August	1976 Austrian Grand Prix
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	29 August	1976 Dutch Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	12 September	1976 Italian Grand Prix
14	Canada	Mosport	3 October	1976 Canadian Grand Prix
15	USA CT	Watkins Glen	10 October	1976 United States Grand Prix
16	Japan DT	Fuji	24 October	1976 Japanese Grand Prix

Race Winners

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Interlagos	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	18.470s
2	South Africa	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	1.300s
3	USA West	Long Beach	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1	42.414s
4	Spain	Jarama	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	30.970s
5	Belgium	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	3.460s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	11.130s
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	19.766s
8	France	Paul Ricard	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	12.700s
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	16.180s
10	Germany	Nurburgring	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	27.700s
11	Austria	Osterreichring	John Watson	Penske-Ford Cosworth	2	10.790s
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	0.920s
13	Italy	Monza	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth	8	2.300s
14	Canada	Mosport	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	6.331s
15	USA	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	8.030s
16	Japan	Fuji	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	1 lap

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Interlagos	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.020s
2	South Africa	Kyalami	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	0.010s
3	USA West	Long Beach	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1	0.193s
4	Spain	Jarama	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.320s
5	Belgium	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.050s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.260s
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	0.349s
8	France	Paul Ricard	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.280s
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.060s
10	Germany	Nurburgring	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.900s
11	Austria	Osterreichring	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	0.820s
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.080s
13	Italy	Monza	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	3	0.030s
14	Canada	Mosport	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.394s
15	USA	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.248s
16	Japan	Fuji	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.030s

Fastest Laps

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Interlagos	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2	South Africa	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
3	USA West	Long Beach	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
4	Spain	Jarama	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
5	Belgium	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
8	France	Paul Ricard	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
10	Germany	Nurburgring	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11	Austria	Osterreichring	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
13	Italy	Monza	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth
14	Canada	Mosport	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
15	USA	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
16	Japan	Fuji	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra

1976 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	James Hunt	McLaren	69
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	68	-1
3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	49	-20
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	39	-30
5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	31	-38
6	Mario Andretti	Lotus	22	-47
7	John Watson	Penske	20	-49
=	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	20	-49
9	Jochen Mass	McLaren	19	-50
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus	11	-58
11	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus March	10	-59
=	Tom Pryce	Shadow	10	-59
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	8	-61
14	Carlos Pace	Brabham	7	-62
=	Alan Jones	Surtees	7	-62
16	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham Ferrari	3	-66
=	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	3	-66
18	Chris Amon	Ensign	2	-67
19	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham Hesketh	1	-68
=	Vittorio Brambilla	March	1	-68

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best seven results from the first eight races and best seven results from last eight races counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	83
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	74 (75)	-9
3	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	71	-12
4	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	29	-54
5	Penske-Ford Cosworth	20	-63
6	Ligier-Matra	20	-63
7	March-Ford Cosworth	19	-64
8	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	10	-73
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	9	-74
10	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	7	-76
11	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	3	-80
12	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	2	-81
13	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth	1	-82

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors only received points for their highest placed car.
Only the best seven results from the first eight races and best seven results from last eight races counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	Avg.	Best
1	Niki Lauda	2	2	4	2	1	1	5	2	1	2			5	6	5	3	2.93	1
2	James Hunt	1	1	3	1	3	14	8	1	2	1	1	2	27	1	1	2	4.31	1
3	Patrick Depailler	9	6	2	3	4	4	4	3	5	3	13	14	4	4	7	13	6.12	2
4	Clay Regazzoni	4	9	1	5	2	2	11	4	4	5		5	9	12	14	7	6.27	1
5	Jody Scheckter	13	12	11	14	7	5	1	9	8	8	10	8	2	7	2	5	7.62	1
6	Ronnie Peterson	18	10	6	16	10	3	9	6	7	11	3	1	8	2	3	9	7.62	1
7	Vittorio Brambilla	7	5	8	6	5	9	15	11	10	13	7	7	16	3	4	8	8.38	3
8	Jacques Laffite	11	8	12	8	6	8	7	13	13	6	5	10	1	9	12	11	8.75	1
9	Mario Andretti	16	13	15	9	11		2	7	3	12	9	6	14	5	11	1	8.93	1
10	Carlos Pace	10	14	13	11	9	13	10	5	16	7	8	9	3	10	10	6	9.63	3
11	Masahiro Hasemi																10	10.00	10
12	John Watson	8	3	9	13	17	17	17	8	11	19	2	4	29	14	8	4	11.44	2
13	Tom Pryce	12	7	5	22	13	15	12	16	20	18	6	3	15	13	9	14	12.50	3
14	Jochen Mass	6	4	14	4	18	11	13	14	12	9	12	15	28	11	17	12	12.50	4
15	Carlos Reutemann	15	11	10	12	12	20	16	10	15	10	14	12	7				12.62	7
16	Chris Amon		18	17	10	8	12	3		6	17				26			13.00	3
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	14	17	18	17	15	6	20	17	17	4	11	18	6	8	6	18	13.25	4
18	Gunnar Nilsson		25	20	7	22	16	6	12	14	16	4	13	12	15	20	16	14.53	4
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	3	15	7	15	14	10	14	15	23	23	18	20	17	18	16	15	15.19	3
20	Ian Scheckter		16															16.00	16
21	Rolf Stommelen										15		25	11				17.00	11
22	Renzo Zorzi	17																17.00	17
23	Alan Jones			19	20	16	19	18	18	19	14	15	16	18	20	18	20	17.86	14
24	Emerson Fittipaldi	5	21	16	19	27	7	21	21	21	20	17	17	20	17	15	23	17.94	5
25	Larry Perkins				24	20	23	22					19	13	19	13	17	18.89	13
26	Jacky Ickx	19	19	25	21	28	21		19	27			11	10	16	19		19.58	10
27	Arturo Merzario			23	18	21	25	19	20	9	21	21	23	25	25	25	19	21.00	9
28	Ian Ashley	21																21.00	21
29	Boy Hayje												21					21.00	21
30	Kazuyoshi Hoshino																21	21.00	21
31	Hans Binder											19					25	22.00	19
32	Alex Ribeiro															22		22.00	22
33	Michel Leclere		22	21	23	25	18	25	22									22.29	18
34	Patrick Neve					19			26									22.50	19
35	Brett Lunger		20	27	25	26		24	23	18	24	16		24	22	24		22.75	16
36	Bob Evans		23	24						22								23.00	22
37	Warwick Brown															23		23.00	23
38	Harald Ertl		24	26	29	24	24	23	29	24	22	20	24	19	23	21	22	23.60	19
39	Henri Pescarolo						22		24	26	28	22	22	22	21	26		23.67	21
40	Noritake Takahara																24	24.00	24
41	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi										26	23	27	21				24.25	21
42	Ingo Hoffmann	20		22	30				28									25.00	20
43	Guy Edwards					29			25	25	25			23	24			25.17	23
44	Lella Lombardi	22								30	27	24						25.75	22
45	Loris Kessel				26	23		26	30			25						26.00	23
46	Conny Andersson												26					26.00	26
47	Masami Kuwashima																26	26.00	26
48	Otto Stuppacher													26	27	27		26.67	26
49	Emilio Zapico				27													27.00	27
50	Jac Nellemann							27										27.00	27
51	Damien Magee								27									27.00	27
52	Tony Trimmer																27	27.00	27
53	Emilio de Villota				28													28.00	28
54	Divina Galica									28								28.00	28
55	Mike Wilds									29								29.00	29

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	Points
1	James Hunt	R	2	R	1	R	R	5	1	DSQ	1	4	1	R	1	1	3	69
2	Niki Lauda	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	R	1	R			4	8	3	R	68
3	Jody Scheckter	5	4	R	R	4	2	1	6	2	2	R	5	5	4	2	R	49
4	Patrick Depailler	2	9	3	R	R	3	2	2	R	R	R	7	6	2	R	2	39
5	Clay Regazzoni	7	R	1	11	2	14^R	6	R	DSQ	9		2	2	6	7	5	31
6	Mario Andretti	R	6	R	R	R		R	5	R	12	5	3	R	3	R	1	22
7	John Watson	R	5	NC	R	7	10	R	3	3	7	1	R	11	10	6	R	20
=	Jacques Laffite	R	R	4	12	3	12^R	4	14	DSQ	R	2	R	3	R	R	7	20
9	Jochen Mass	6	3	5	R	6	5	11	15	R	3	7	9	R	5	4	R	19
10	Gunnar Nilsson		R	R	3	R	R	R	R	R	5	3	R	13	12	R	6	11
11	Ronnie Peterson	R	R	10	R	R	R	7	19^R	R	R	6	R	1	9	R	R	10
=	Tom Pryce	3	7	R	8	10	7	9	8	4	8	R	4	8	11	R	R	10
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	4	12	R	R	R	4	R	7	R	R	R	R	R	R	5	R	8
14	Carlos Pace	10	R	9	6	R	9	8	4	8	4	R	R	R	7	R	R	7
=	Alan Jones			NC	9	5	R	13	R	5	10	R	8	12	16	8	4	7
16	Carlos Reutemann	12^R	R	R	4	R	R	R	11	R	R	R	R	9				3
=	Emerson Fittipaldi	13	17^R	6	R	DNQ	6	R	R	6	13	R	R	15	R	9	R	3
18	Chris Amon		14	8	5	R	13	R		R	R				DNS			2
19	Rolf Stommelen										6		12	R				1
=	Vittorio Brambilla	R	8	R	R	R	R	10	R	R	R	R	6	7	14	R	R	1
	Harald Ertl		15	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	R	7	R	8	R	16^R	DNS	13	8
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	R	R	7	R	9	8	12	12	9	11	R	10	19	18	10	10
	Jacky Ickx	8	16	DNQ	7	DNQ	DNQ		10	DNQ			R	10	13	R
	Larry Perkins				13	8	DNQ	R					R	R	17	R	R
	Henri Pescarolo						DNQ		R	R	DNQ	9	11	17	19	NC
	Arturo Merzario			DNQ	R	R	DNQ	14^R	9	R	R	R	R	DNS	R	R	R
	Renzo Zorzi	9
	Noritake Takahara																9
	Michel Leclere		13	DNQ	10	11	11	R	13
	Brett Lunger		11	DNQ	DNQ	R		15	16	R	R	10^R		14	15	11
	Bob Evans		10	DNQ						R
	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi										14	11	DNQ	18
	Ingo Hoffmann	11		DNQ	DNQ				DNQ
	Masahiro Hasemi																11
	Loris Kessel				DNQ	12		R	DNQ			NC
	Lella Lombardi	14								DNQ	DNQ	12
	Alex Ribeiro															12
	Warwick Brown															14
	Guy Edwards					DNQ			17	R	15			DNS	20
	Patrick Neve					R			18
	Hans Binder											R					R
	Ian Ashley	R
	Ian Scheckter		R
	Boy Hayje												R
	Conny Andersson												R
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino																R
	Otto Stuppacher													DNS	DNQ	DNQ
	Masami Kuwashima																DNS
	Emilio Zapico				DNQ
	Emilio de Villota				DNQ
	Jac Nellemann							DNQ
	Damien Magee								DNQ
	Divina Galica									DNQ
	Mike Wilds									DNQ
	Tony Trimmer																DNQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1976 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1976 F1 World Championship Season Statistics