1976 Japanese Grand Prix
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Circuit | Fuji, 73 laps |
Round | 16 of 16 |
Race numbers | The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix was the:
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Next race | 1977 Argentine Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 73 | 1hr 43m 58.860s | 9 | |
2 | +11 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | 6 |
3 | -1 | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | +16 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | +2 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 72 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +10 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | +4 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 72 | +1 lap | |
8 | +14 | (AUT) Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 72 | +1 lap | |
9 | +15 | (JPN) Noritake Takahara | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 70 | +3 laps | |
10 | +5 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +4 laps | |
11 | -1 | (JPN) Masahiro Hasemi | Kojima-Ford Cosworth | 66 | +7 laps | |
R | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 58 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Hans Binder | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 49 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 46 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | March-Ford Cosworth | 38 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | March-Ford Cosworth | 37 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 35 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) John Watson | Penske-Ford Cosworth | 33 | DNF | ||
R | (JPN) Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 27 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Arturo Merzario | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 23 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 9 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 2 | DNF | ||
R | (AUS) Larry Perkins | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
(JPN) Masami Kuwashima | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:12.770
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
3 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
4 | (GBR) John Watson | Penske-Ford Cosworth |
5 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
6 | (BRA) Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
7 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari |
8 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | March-Ford Cosworth |
9 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford Cosworth |
10 | (JPN) Masahiro Hasemi | Kojima-Ford Cosworth |
11 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
12 | (DEU) Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
13 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
14 | (GBR) Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
15 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
16 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
17 | (AUS) Larry Perkins | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
18 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | March-Ford Cosworth |
19 | (ITA) Arturo Merzario | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
20 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
21 | (JPN) Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
22 | (AUT) Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
23 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
24 | (JPN) Noritake Takahara | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
25 | (AUT) Hans Binder | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (GBR) James Hunt | 69 |
2 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | 68 |
3 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | 49 |
4 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | 39 |
5 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | 31 |
6 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 22 |
7 | (GBR) John Watson | 20 |
8 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 20 |
9 | (DEU) Jochen Mass | 19 |
10 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson | 11 |
11 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | 10 |
12 | (GBR) Tom Pryce | 10 |
13 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | 8 |
14 | (BRA) Carlos Pace | 7 |
15 | (AUS) Alan Jones | 7 |
16 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 3 |
17 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | 3 |
18 | (NZL) Chris Amon | 2 |
19 | (DEU) Rolf Stommelen | 1 |
= | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Ferrari | 83 |
2 | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 74 |
3 | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 71 |
4 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 29 |
5 | Penske-Ford Cosworth | 20 |
6 | Ligier-Matra | 20 |
7 | March-Ford Cosworth | 19 |
8 | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 10 |
9 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 9 |
10 | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 7 |
11 | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 3 |
12 | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 2 |
13 | Parnelli-Ford Cosworth | 1 |
Stats & 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)