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

1976 Dutch Grand Prix

DateSunday, 29 August 1976
Winner
  • James Hunt
  • McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Ronnie Peterson
  • March-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Clay Regazzoni
  • Ferrari
CircuitZandvoort, 75 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Dutch Grand Prix was the:

  • 276th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Dutch Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Zandvoort
More 1976 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth751hr 44m 52.090s9
2+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari75+0.920s6
3+3(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth75+2.090s4
4-1(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth75+6.940s3
5+3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+22.460s2
6+1(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth75+45.030s1
7+7(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+56.280s 
8+8(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
9+6(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
10+10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
11+11(FRA) Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)74+1 lap 
12+13(DEU) Rolf StommelenHesketh-Ford Cosworth72+3 laps 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R (NLD) Boy HayjePenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)63DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo53DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra53DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R (AUS) Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo11DNF 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (SWE) Conny AnderssonSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth5DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.310

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
4(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
5(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
6(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
7(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
8(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
10(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
11(BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth
12(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo
13(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
15(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
17(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
19(AUS) Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
21(NLD) Boy HayjePenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(FRA) Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth
24(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
25(DEU) Rolf StommelenHesketh-Ford Cosworth
26(SWE) Conny AnderssonSurtees-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(ITA) Alessandro Pesenti-RossiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda61
2(GBR) James Hunt47
3(ZAF) Jody Scheckter38
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler26
5(CHE) Clay Regazzoni22
6(GBR) John Watson19
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite16
8(DEU) Jochen Mass14
9(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson10
10(GBR) Tom Pryce10
11(USA) Mario Andretti9
12(BRA) Carlos Pace7
13(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck6
14(AUS) Alan Jones4
15(ARG) Carlos Reutemann3
16(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi3
17(NZL) Chris Amon2
18(DEU) Rolf Stommelen1
=(SWE) Ronnie Peterson1
=(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari70
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth52
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth51
4Penske-Ford Cosworth19
5Ligier-Matra16
6Lotus-Ford Cosworth16
7Shadow-Ford Cosworth10
8Brabham-Alfa Romeo9
9March-Ford Cosworth8
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth4
11Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3
12Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
13Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Conny Andersson (only start)
Boy Hayje
Milestone race start
50th for Jean-Pierre Jarier (31st driver to start 50 races, 5th French driver)
Wins
5th for James Hunt
19th for McLaren
Podiums
22nd for Clay Regazzoni
14th for James Hunt
3rd for Mario Andretti (first for Lotus, first podium since 1971)
217th for Ferrari
105th for Lotus
63rd for McLaren
Poles
11th for Ronnie Peterson (first since 1974 and last until 1978; only pole for March)
5th and last for March
Fastest laps
13th for Clay Regazzoni (last until 1979; last for Ferrari)
77th for Ferrari
Front row starts
18th for Ronnie Peterson (first since 1974)
10th for James Hunt (23rd driver to achieve ten front row starts, 8th British driver)
Points finishes
9th and last for Tom Pryce

See also

  • Dutch Grand Prix
  • Zandvoort circuit
  • 1976 World Championship season

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