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

1976 British Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 July 1976
Winner
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitBrands Hatch, 76 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 British Grand Prix was the

  • 273rd World Championship race
  • 27th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
More 1976 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth761hr 43m 27.610s 
1 Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari761hr 44m 19.660s9
2+6South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+16.180s6
3+8United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap4
4+16United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap3
5+14Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap2
6+15Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps1
7+17Austria flag lazyload Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
8+8Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo73+3 laps 
9+14France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth70+6 laps 
R Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth67DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo46DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
DQ Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari36DSQ 
DQ France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra31DSQ 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob EvansBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)31DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)16DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • The race was stopped as a result of opening lap incidents.
  • Race stewards announced that no driver would be allowed to restart the race if they hadn’t completed the first lap of the original race, or weren’t in their original cars.
  • James Hunt, Clay Regazzoni, and Jacques Laffite were all disqualified for using a spare car for the race restart.
  • Regazzoni and Laffite were disqualified during the race; Hunt‘s result initially stood but two months later was overturned, and he was disqualified.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:19.350

PosDriverConstructor
1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth
7Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
8South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth
10Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
11United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
12Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
14Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
15Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo
16Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
17Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
18USA flag lazyload Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
21Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob EvansBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
24Austria flag lazyload Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford Cosworth
26France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth
United Kingdom flag lazyload Divina GalicaSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike WildsShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
Italy flag lazyload Lella LombardiBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1976 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda61
2South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter30
3United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt26
4France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler26
5Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni16
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson10
7France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite10
8Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass10
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom Pryce7
10Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck6
11Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson4
12Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace4
13Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones4
14Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann3
15USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti3
16Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi3
17New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari64
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth43
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth31
4USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth10
5France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra10
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth7
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth4
11Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
13USA flag lazyload Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Bob Evans
Milestone race start
50th for Shadow (12th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
12th for Niki Lauda
64th for Ferrari
Podiums
21st for Niki Lauda, 12th for Jody Scheckter, 2nd for John Watson
216th for Ferrari, 52nd for Tyrrell, 2nd for Penske
Poles
21st for Niki Lauda
83rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th for Niki Lauda
76th for Ferrari
Front row starts
26th for Niki Lauda, 7th for James Hunt
Pole & win
9th and last for Niki Lauda (last Austrian driver to win from pole until 1987)
Win & fastest lap
5th for Niki Lauda
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
3rd and last for Niki Lauda (last Austrian driver to complete a hat-trick until 1987)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch circuit
  • 1976 World Championship season

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