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1976 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitOsterreichring, 54 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 275th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Osterreichring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth541hr 30m 07.860s9
2+3(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra54+10.790s6
3+1(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth54+11.980s4
4-3(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+12.440s3
5+4(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth54+21.490s2
6-3(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth54+34.340s1
7+5(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+59.450s 
8+12(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
9+13(FRA) Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52+2 laps 
10+6(USA) Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
11+12(ITA) Alessandro Pesenti-RossiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)51+3 laps 
12+12(ITA) Lella LombardiBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)50+4 laps 
R (AUT) Hans BinderEnsign-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
NC (CHE) Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)44+10 laps 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo40DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo0DNF 

Notes

  • Brett Lunger ended lap 51 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.020

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
3(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
4(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
7(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
8(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
9(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
10(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
12(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo
15(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16(USA) Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth
17(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
19(AUT) Hans BinderEnsign-Ford Cosworth
20(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(ITA) Alessandro Pesenti-RossiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24(ITA) Lella LombardiBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(CHE) Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda61
2(GBR) James Hunt38
3(ZAF) Jody Scheckter36
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler26
5(GBR) John Watson19
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni16
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite16
8(DEU) Jochen Mass14
9(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson10
10(GBR) Tom Pryce7
11(BRA) Carlos Pace7
12(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck6
13(USA) Mario Andretti5
14(AUS) Alan Jones4
15(ARG) Carlos Reutemann3
16(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi3
17(NZL) Chris Amon2
18(DEU) Rolf Stommelen1
=(SWE) Ronnie Peterson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari64
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth49
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth43
4Penske-Ford Cosworth19
5Ligier-Matra16
6Lotus-Ford Cosworth12
7Brabham-Alfa Romeo9
8Shadow-Ford Cosworth7
9March-Ford Cosworth7
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth4
11Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3
12Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
13Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Hans Binder
Last start
Loris Kessel
Lella Lombardi
Wins
1st for John Watson (58th different winner, 12th British driver; last win until 1981; only win for Penske)
1st and only for Penske (22nd different winner)
Podiums
3rd for John Watson (last for Penske)
3rd for Jacques Laffite
2nd for Gunnar Nilsson
104th for Lotus
3rd and last for Penske
2nd for Ligier
Poles
6th for James Hunt
10th for McLaren (8th constructor to take ten pole positions)
Fastest laps
4th for James Hunt (first for McLaren)
11th for McLaren
Front row starts
9th for James Hunt
1st for John Watson (90th different front row starter, 18th British driver; only front row start for Penske)