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1976 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 40 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 265th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Interlagos
More 1976 season
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Previous race1975 United States Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari401hr 45m 16.780s9
2+7(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40+21.470s6
3+9(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth40+23.840s4
4+10(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth40+1m 28.170s3
5+8(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40+1m 56.460s2
6 (DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40+1m 58.270s1
7-3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari40+2m 15.240s 
8+11(BEL) Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
9+8(ITA) Renzo ZorziWilliams-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
10 (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo39+1 lap 
11+9(BRA) Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
12+3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo37DNF 
13-8(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth37+3 laps 
14+8(ITA) Lella LombardiMarch-Ford Cosworth36+4 laps 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra14DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (GBR) Ian AshleyBRM2DNF 

Notes

  • Carlos Reutemann ended lap 37 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:32.500

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
3(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
4(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
6(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
8(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
9(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
12(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
13(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
15(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo
16(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Renzo ZorziWilliams-Ford Cosworth
18(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
19(BEL) Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth
20(BRA) Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Ian AshleyBRM
22(ITA) Lella LombardiMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda9
2(FRA) Patrick Depailler6
3(GBR) Tom Pryce4
4(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck3
5(ZAF) Jody Scheckter2
6(DEU) Jochen Mass1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari9
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth6
3Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
4March-Ford Cosworth3
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Ingo Hoffmann
Ligier
Wins
8th for Niki Lauda
59th for Ferrari
Podiums
14th for Niki Lauda
3rd for Patrick Depailler
2nd and last for Tom Pryce
207th for Ferrari
45th for Tyrrell
5th for Shadow
Poles
1st for James Hunt (49th different polesitter, 11th British driver)
5th for McLaren
Fastest laps
2nd for Jean-Pierre Jarier (last until 1978; last for Shadow)
2nd and last for Shadow
Front row starts
20th for Niki Lauda (13th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st Austrian driver)
3rd for James Hunt (first for McLaren)