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

1976 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 September 1976
Winner
  • Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite
  • France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra
Fastest lap
  • Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMonza, 52 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Italian Grand Prix was the

  • 277th World Championship race
  • 27th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 27th World Championship race at Monza
More 1976 season
More Italian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth521hr 30m 35.600s9
2+7Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari52+2.300s6
3-2France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra52+3.000s4
4+1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari52+19.400s3
5-3South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth52+19.500s2
6-2France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth52+35.700s1
7+9Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth52+43.900s 
8+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth52+52.900s 
9-2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari52+57.500s 
10 Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth52+1m 12.400s 
11+15United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth52+1m 42.200s 
12+6Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth51+1 lap 
13-1Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth51+1 lap 
14+9USA flag lazyload Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth50+2 laps 
15+5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth50+2 laps 
16+3Austria flag lazyload Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
17+5France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)49+3 laps 
18+3Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Pesenti-RossiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)49+3 laps 
19-2France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth47+5 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Alfa Romeo41DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo4DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford Cosworth   
  Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth   
  Austria flag lazyload Otto StuppacherTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Harald Ertl ended lap 49 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:41.350

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

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda64
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt47
3South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter40
4Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni28
5France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler27
6France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite20
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson19
8Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass14
9Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson10
10Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson10
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom Pryce10
12USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti9
13Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace7
14Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck6
15Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones4
16Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann3
17Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi3
18New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon2
19Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen1
=Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari76
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth53
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth52
4France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra20
5USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth19
6United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth17
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth16
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth10
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo9
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
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
Milestone race start
100th for Jacky Ickx (6th driver to start 100 races, 1st Belgian driver)
Wins
8th for Ronnie Peterson (last win until 1978; only win for March)
3rd and last for March
Podiums
23rd for Clay Regazzoni (last podium until 1979; last for Ferrari), 18th for Ronnie Peterson (first podium since 1974; last for March), 4th for Jacques Laffite
218th for Ferrari, 18th for March (last until 1988), 3rd for Ligier
Poles
1st for Jacques Laffite (51st different polesitter, 3rd French driver; last until 1979)
1st for Ligier (24th different polesitter, last until 1979)
Fastest laps
5th for Ronnie Peterson (first since 1974; only fastest lap for March)
6th for March (last until 1989)
Front row starts
7th for Jody Scheckter, 1st for Jacques Laffite (91st different front row starter, 9th French driver)
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Ronnie Peterson (first since 1974 and last until 1978; only win and fastest lap for March)

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 1976 World Championship season

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