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1976 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 78 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 266th World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Kyalami
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari781hr 42m 18.400s9
2-1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+1.300s6
3+1(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+45.900s4
4+8(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+1m 08.400s3
5-2(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap2
6+7(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap1
7 (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
8-3(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
9-3(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
10+13(GBR) Bob EvansLotus-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
11+9(USA) Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
12+5(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
13+9(FRA) Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
14+4(NZL) Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
15+9(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth74+4 laps 
16+3(BEL) Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth73+5 laps 
17+4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth70DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari52DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra49DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo22DNF 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo16DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ZAF) Ian ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)0DNF 

Notes

  • Emerson Fittipaldi ended lap 70 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:16.100

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
3(GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
4(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
9(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
10(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
11(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo
12(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
14(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
16(ZAF) Ian ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
18(NZL) Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth
19(BEL) Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth
20(USA) Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) Bob EvansLotus-Ford Cosworth
24(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
25(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda18
2(FRA) Patrick Depailler6
=(GBR) James Hunt6
4(DEU) Jochen Mass5
5(ZAF) Jody Scheckter5
6(GBR) Tom Pryce4
7(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck3
8(GBR) John Watson2
9(USA) Mario Andretti1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari18
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth9
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth7
4Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
5March-Ford Cosworth3
6Penske-Ford Cosworth2
7Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Gunnar Nilsson
Wins
9th for Niki Lauda
60th for Ferrari (1st constructor to win 60 races)
Podiums
15th for Niki Lauda
10th for James Hunt (28th driver to score ten podiums, 8th British driver; first for McLaren)
5th for Jochen Mass
208th for Ferrari
57th & 58th for McLaren
Poles
2nd for James Hunt
6th for McLaren
Fastest laps
6th for Niki Lauda
71st for Ferrari
Front row starts
21st for Niki Lauda
4th for James Hunt
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Niki Lauda