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1976 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 78 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 270th World Championship race
  • 23rd World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 23rd World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari781hr 59m 51.470s9
2+3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+11.130s6
3+1(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+1m 04.840s4
4+2(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap3
5+6(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap2
6+1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap1
7+8(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
8+2(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
9+4(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo76+2 laps 
10+7(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
11+7(FRA) Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
12-4(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra75DNF 
13-1(NZL) Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth74+4 laps 
14-12(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari73DNF 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo0DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 75 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Clay Regazzoni ended lap 73 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:29.650

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
3(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
4(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
7(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
9(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
11(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(NZL) Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth
13(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
14(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
16(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth
19(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(BEL) Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth
(FRA) Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUS) Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth
(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda48
2(GBR) James Hunt15
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni15
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler14
5(ZAF) Jody Scheckter14
6(DEU) Jochen Mass10
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite7
8(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck6
9(GBR) Tom Pryce4
=(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson4
11(ARG) Carlos Reutemann3
12(GBR) John Watson2
=(NZL) Chris Amon2
=(AUS) Alan Jones2
15(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi2
16(USA) Mario Andretti1
=(BRA) Carlos Pace1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari51
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth22
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth21
4Ligier-Matra7
5March-Ford Cosworth6
6Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
=Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
8Brabham-Alfa Romeo3
9Penske-Ford Cosworth2
=Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
=Surtees-Ford Cosworth2
12Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth2
13Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Lotus (2nd constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
11th for Niki Lauda
63rd for Ferrari
Podiums
19th for Niki Lauda
10th for Jody Scheckter (29th driver to score ten podiums, 1st South African driver)
5th for Patrick Depailler
214th for Ferrari
47th & 48th for Tyrrell
Poles
20th for Niki Lauda (3rd driver to take 20 pole positions, 1st Austrian driver)
82nd for Ferrari
1-2 start
32nd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
12th for Clay Regazzoni
74th for Ferrari
Front row starts
24th for Niki Lauda
21st and last for Clay Regazzoni
Points finishes
25th for Niki Lauda
Pole & win
8th for Niki Lauda