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1976 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitFuji, 73 laps
Round16 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 280th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Fuji
  • 1976 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth731hr 43m 58.860s9
2+11(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap6
3-1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap4
4+16(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap3
5+2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari72+1 lap2
6+10(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap1
7+4(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra72+1 lap 
8+14(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap 
9+15(JPN) Noritake TakaharaSurtees-Ford Cosworth70+3 laps 
10+5(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth69+4 laps 
11-1(JPN) Masahiro HasemiKojima-Ford Cosworth66+7 laps 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth58DNF 
R (AUT) Hans BinderWilliams-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (JPN) Kazuyoshi HoshinoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)27DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo7DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari2DNF 
R (AUS) Larry PerkinsBrabham-Alfa Romeo1DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (JPN) Masami KuwashimaWilliams-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.770

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
4(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
5(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
7(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
8(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
9(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
10(JPN) Masahiro HasemiKojima-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
12(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
16(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(AUS) Larry PerkinsBrabham-Alfa Romeo
18(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth
20(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21(JPN) Kazuyoshi HoshinoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
23(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
24(JPN) Noritake TakaharaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
25(AUT) Hans BinderWilliams-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Tony TrimmerMaki-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) James Hunt69
2(AUT) Niki Lauda68
3(ZAF) Jody Scheckter49
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler39
5(CHE) Clay Regazzoni31
6(USA) Mario Andretti22
7(GBR) John Watson20
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite20
9(DEU) Jochen Mass19
10(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson11
11(SWE) Ronnie Peterson10
12(GBR) Tom Pryce10
13(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck8
14(BRA) Carlos Pace7
15(AUS) Alan Jones7
16(ARG) Carlos Reutemann3
17(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi3
18(NZL) Chris Amon2
19(DEU) Rolf Stommelen1
=(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari83
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth74
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth71
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth29
5Penske-Ford Cosworth20
6Ligier-Matra20
7March-Ford Cosworth19
8Shadow-Ford Cosworth10
9Brabham-Alfa Romeo9
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth7
11Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3
12Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
13Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Masahiro Hasemi (only start)
Kazuyoshi Hoshino & Noritake Takahara (first Japanese drivers to start a race)
Kojima
World Champion
1st and only title for James Hunt (15th driver to win the World Championship, 6th British champion; first British champion since 1973 and last until 1992)
Wins
2nd for Mario Andretti (first win since 1971; first American winner since 1973; first for Lotus)
58th for Lotus
Podiums
17th for James Hunt
9th for Patrick Depailler
5th for Mario Andretti
107th for Lotus
66th for McLaren
56th for Tyrrell
Poles
2nd for Mario Andretti (first since 1968; first American polesitter since 1972)
68th for Lotus
Fastest laps
1st for Jacques Laffite (63rd different fastest lap setter, 8th French driver)
1st for Ligier (26th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
13th for James Hunt
3rd for Mario Andretti
Pole & win
1st for Mario Andretti (27th different driver to win from pole, 4th American driver; first American driver to win from pole since 1961)