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Home / Seasons / 1976 F1 World Championship Season / 1976 Belgian Grand Prix

1976 Belgian Grand Prix

269th World Championship race, 23rd World Championship Belgian Grand Prix, 3rd World Championship race at Zolder

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1975 Belgian Grand Prix

1977 Belgian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 16 May 1976
Winner:Austria flag Niki Lauda
Italy flag Ferrari
Pole position:Austria flag Niki Lauda
Italy flag Ferrari
Fastest lap:Austria flag Niki Lauda
Italy flag Ferrari
Circuit:Zolder, 70 laps
Round:5 of 16

Race Result

  • (P): privateer entry
Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Austria flag Niki LaudaFerrari701hr 42m 53.230s9
2 Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari70+3.460s6
3+3France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra70+35.380s4
4+3South Africa flag Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1m 31.080s3
5+11Australia flag Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap2
6+12Germany flag Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap1
7+10United Kingdom flag John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
8+12Australia flag Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
9+5France flag Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
10+3United Kingdom flag Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
11+14France flag Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
12+11Switzerland flag Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)63+7 laps 
R USA flag Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth62DNF 
R Brazil flag Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo58DNF 
R New Zealand flag Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R United Kingdom flag James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R Germany flag Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Austria flag Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R France flag Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R Belgium flag Patrick NeveBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)24DNF 
R Italy flag Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo17DNF 
R Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R Sweden flag Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth6DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Austria flag Niki LaudaFerrari1:26.550
2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:26.600
3United Kingdom flag James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:26.740
4France flag Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:26.910
5Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:26.930
6France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:27.140
7South Africa flag Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.190
8New Zealand flag Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:27.540
9Brazil flag Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:27.660
10Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth1:27.720
11USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:27.750
12Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:28.300
13United Kingdom flag Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth1:28.370
14France flag Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth1:28.380
15Germany flag Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth1:28.410
16Australia flag Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:28.440
17United Kingdom flag John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth1:28.440
18Germany flag Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:28.500
19Belgium flag Patrick NeveBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:28.800
20Australia flag Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth1:28.810
21Italy flag Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth1:28.840
22Sweden flag Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth1:28.990
23Switzerland flag Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:29.090
24Austria flag Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth1:29.400
25France flag Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:29.460
26USA flag Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:29.760

Qualifying Result

  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Austria flag Niki LaudaFerrari1:26.550 
2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:26.6000.050
3United Kingdom flag James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:26.7400.190
4France flag Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:26.9100.360
5Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:26.9300.380
6France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:27.1400.590
7South Africa flag Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.1900.640
8New Zealand flag Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:27.5400.990
9Brazil flag Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:27.6601.110
10Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth1:27.7201.170
11USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:27.7501.200
12Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:28.3001.750
13United Kingdom flag Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth1:28.3701.820
14France flag Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth1:28.3801.830
15Germany flag Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth1:28.4101.860
16Australia flag Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:28.4401.890
17United Kingdom flag John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth1:28.4401.890
18Germany flag Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:28.5001.950
19Belgium flag Patrick NeveBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:28.8002.250
20Australia flag Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth1:28.8102.260
21Italy flag Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth1:28.8402.290
22Sweden flag Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth1:28.9902.440
23Switzerland flag Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:29.0902.540
24Austria flag Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth1:29.4002.850
25France flag Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:29.4602.910
26USA flag Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:29.7603.210
Did not qualify
27Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:29.8103.260
28Belgium flag Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:30.6104.060
29United Kingdom flag Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford Cosworth1:30.7704.220

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag Niki Lauda39
2United Kingdom flag James Hunt15
=Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni15
4France flag Patrick Depailler10
5Germany flag Jochen Mass8
6South Africa flag Jody Scheckter8
7France flag Jacques Laffite7
8United Kingdom flag Tom Pryce4
=Sweden flag Gunnar Nilsson4
10Germany flag Hans-Joachim Stuck3
=Argentina flag Carlos Reutemann3
12United Kingdom flag John Watson2
=New Zealand flag Chris Amon2
=Australia flag Alan Jones2
15USA flag Mario Andretti1
=Brazil flag Emerson Fittipaldi1
=Brazil flag Carlos Pace1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag Ferrari42
2United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth19
3United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth16
4France flag Ligier-Matra7
5United Kingdom flag Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
=United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
7United Kingdom flag Brabham-Alfa Romeo3
8United Kingdom flag March-Ford Cosworth3
9USA flag Penske-Ford Cosworth2
=United Kingdom flag Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
=United Kingdom flag Surtees-Ford Cosworth2
12USA flag Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1
=Brazil flag Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Loris Kessel, Patrick Neve
Wins
Driver: 10th for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 62nd for Ferrari
Race 1-2
Constructor: 31st for Ferrari
Podiums
Driver: 21st for Clay Regazzoni, 18th for Niki Lauda, 2nd for Jacques Laffite
Constructor: 212th & 213rd for Ferrari, 1st for Ligier (33rd different podium finisher)
Poles
Driver: 19th for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 81st for Ferrari
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 31st for Ferrari
Fastest laps
Driver: 7th for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 73rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
Driver: 23rd for Niki Lauda, 20th for Clay Regazzoni
Pole & win
Driver: 7th for Niki Lauda
Win & fastest lap
Driver: 4th for Niki Lauda
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
Driver: 2nd for Niki Lauda

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Zolder Circuit
  • 1976 World Championship season

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