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1976 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJarama, 75 laps
Round4 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 268th World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Jarama
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth751hr 42m 20.430s9
2 (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari75+30.970s6
3+4(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth75+48.020s4
4+8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo74+1 lap3
5+5(NZL) Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap2
6+5(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo74+1 lap1
7+14(BEL) Jacky IckxWilliams-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
8+14(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
9+11(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
10+13(FRA) Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
11-6(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari72+3 laps 
12-4(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra72+3 laps 
13+11(AUS) Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth72+3 laps 
R (DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth65DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:18.520

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(USA) Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(CHE) Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(ESP) Emilio ZapicoWilliams-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(ESP) Emilio de VillotaBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda30
2(GBR) James Hunt15
3(FRA) Patrick Depailler10
4(CHE) Clay Regazzoni9
5(DEU) Jochen Mass7
6(ZAF) Jody Scheckter5
7(GBR) Tom Pryce4
=(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson4
9(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck3
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite3
=(ARG) Carlos Reutemann3
12(GBR) John Watson2
=(NZL) Chris Amon2
14(USA) Mario Andretti1
=(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1
=(BRA) Carlos Pace1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari33
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth18
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth13
4Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
=Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
6Brabham-Alfa Romeo3
7March-Ford Cosworth3
=Ligier-Matra3
9Penske-Ford Cosworth2
=Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
11Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1
=Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Larry Perkins
Boro
Wins
2nd for James Hunt (first for McLaren)
16th for McLaren
Podiums
17th for Niki Lauda
11th for James Hunt
1st for Gunnar Nilsson (125th different podium finisher, 4th Swedish driver)
211th for Ferrari
103rd for Lotus
59th for McLaren
Poles
3rd for James Hunt
7th for McLaren
Fastest laps
2nd and last for Jochen Mass (last German driver to set a fastest lap until 1992)
10th for McLaren (10th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
Front row starts
22nd for Niki Lauda
5th for James Hunt
Points finishes
29th and last for Chris Amon
1st for Gunnar Nilsson (188th different point scorer, 4th Swedish driver)
Pole & win
1st for James Hunt (25th different driver to win from pole, 8th British driver; first British driver to win from pole since 1973)