1976 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	27th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	James Hunt (only title, 15th different world champion, 6th British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (4th title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Niki Lauda
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Ferrari
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
Other seasons:

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	06 March	1976 South African Grand Prix
3	USA West	Long Beach	28 March	1976 United States Grand Prix West
4	Spain	Jarama	02 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	Le Castellet	04 July	1976 French Grand Prix
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	18 July	1976 British Grand Prix
10	Germany	Nurburgring	01 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	03 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

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Boro (works team)	Larry Perkins	4-7, 12-13
Brabham (works team)	Carlos Pace	All
	Larry Perkins	14-16
	Carlos Reutemann	1-12
	Rolf Stommelen	10, 13
Brabham (privateers)	Emilio de Villota	4
	Bob Evans	9
	Loris Kessel	4-5, 7-8, 11
	Lella Lombardi	9-11
	Damien Magee	8
	Jac Nelleman	7
	Patrick Neve	5
BRM (works team)	Ian Ashley	1
Ensign (works team)	Chris Amon	2-7, 9-10
	Hans Binder	11
	Jacky Ickx	12-15
	Patrick Neve	8
Ferrari (works team)	Niki Lauda	1-10, 13-16
	Clay Regazzoni	1-10, 12-16
	Carlos Reutemann	13
Fittipaldi (works team)	Emerson Fittipaldi	All
Fittipaldi (works team)	Ingo Hoffmann	1, 3-4, 8
Hesketh (works team)	Guy Edwards	5, 8-10, 13-14
	Harald Ertl	2-16
	Alex Ribeiro	15
	Rolf Stommelen	12
Kojima (works team)	Masahiro Hasemi	16
Ligier (works team)	Jacques Laffite	All
Lotus (works team)	Mario Andretti	1, 4-5, 7-16
	Bob Evans	2-3
	Gunnar Nilsson	2-16
	Ronnie Peterson	1
Maki (works team)	Tony Trimmer	16
March (works team)	Vittorio Brambilla	All
	Lella Lombardi	1
	Arturo Merzario	3-9
	Ronnie Peterson	2-16
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	All
McLaren (works team)	James Hunt	All
McLaren (works team)	Jochen Mass	All
Parnelli (works team)	Mario Andretti	2-3
Penske (works team)	John Watson	All
Penske (privateer)	Boy Hayje	12
Shadow (works team)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
Shadow (works team)	Tom Pryce	All
Shadow (privateer)	Mike Wilds	9
Surtees (works team)	Conny Andersson	12
	Alan Jones	3-16
	Brett Lunger	2-5, 7-11, 13-15
	Noritake Takahara	16
Surtees (privateers)	Divina Galica	9
Surtees (privateers)	Henri Pescarolo	6, 8-15
Tyrrell (works team)	Patrick Depailler	All
Tyrrell (works team)	Jody Scheckter	All
Tyrrell (privateers)	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	16
	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	10-13
	Ian Scheckter	2
	Otto Stuppacher	13-15
Williams (works team)	Chris Amon	14
	Hans Binder	16
	Warwick Brown	15
	Jacky Ickx	1-6, 8-9
	Masami Kuwashima	16
	Michel Leclere	2-8
	Arturo Merzario	10-16
	Renzo Zorzi	1
Williams (privateer)	Emilio Zapico	4

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	Le Castellet	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	Le Castellet	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	Le Castellet	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

Qualifying results

See: 1976 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the last eight races counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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
No.	Driver	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1976.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the 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.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	Points
1	Ferrari	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	R	1	9		2	2	6	3	5	83
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	6	2	5	1	6	5	5	1	R	1	4	1	R	1	1	3	74 (75)
3	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	4	3	R	4	2	1	2	2	2	11	5	5	2	2	2	71
4	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	R	10	R	3	R	R	R	5	R	5	3	3	13	3	R	1	29
5	Penske-Ford Cosworth	R	5	NC	R	7	10	R	3	3	7	1	R	11	10	6	R	20
6	Ligier-Matra	R	R	4	12	3	12^R	4	14	DSQ	R	2	R	3	R	R	7	20
7	March-Ford Cosworth	4	8	10	R	R	4	7	7	R	R	6	6	1	9	5	R	19
8	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	3	7	7	8	9	7	9	8	4	8	R	4	8	11	10	10	10
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	10	R	9	4	R	9	8	4	8	4	R	R	R	7	R	R	9
10	Surtees-Ford Cosworth		11	NC	9	5	R	13	16	5	10	9	8	12	15	8	4	7
11	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	11	17^R	6	R	DNQ	6	R	R	6	13	R	R	15	R	9	R	3
12	Ensign-Ford Cosworth		14	8	5	R	13	R	18	R	R	R	R	10	13	R		2
13	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth		6	R														1
14	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth		15	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	17	7	15	8	12	16^R	20	12	8
15	Williams-Ford Cosworth	8	13	DNQ	7	11	11	R	10	DNQ	R	R	R	DNS	R	14	R
16	Boro-Ford Cosworth				13	8	DNQ	R					R	R
17	Kojima-Ford Cosworth																11
18	Brabham-Ford Cosworth				DNQ	12		R	DNQ	R	DNQ	12
19	BRM	R
20	Maki-Ford Cosworth																DNQ
No.	Constructor	BRA	ZAF	USW	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1976.

Season statistics

See: 1976 F1 World Championship Season Statistics