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1976 Swedish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAnderstorp, 72 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Swedish Grand Prix was the:

  • 271st World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Swedish Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Anderstorp
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth721hr 46m 53.729s9
2+2(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth72+19.766s6
3+2(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari72+33.866s4
4+3(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra72+55.819s3
5+3(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth72+59.483s2
6+5(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari72+1m 00.366s1
7+2(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth72+1m 03.493s 
8+2(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo72+1m 11.613s 
9+3(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
10+5(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
11+2(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
12+2(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
13+5(AUS) Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
14+5(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford Cosworth70DNF 
15+9(USA) Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
R (AUT) Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonEnsign-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (FRA) Michel LeclereWilliams-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (AUS) Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (CHE) Loris KesselBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)5DNF 
R (SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo2DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Arturo Merzario ended lap 70 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Mario Andretti ended lap 45 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:25.659

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(DNK) Jac NellemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda52
2(ZAF) Jody Scheckter23
3(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
4(GBR) James Hunt17
5(CHE) Clay Regazzoni16
6(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
7(DEU) Jochen Mass10
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
1Ferrari55
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth31
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth23
4Ligier-Matra10
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

Wins
4th for Jody Scheckter (last for Tyrrell)
20th for Tyrrell (3rd constructor to win 20 races)
Race 1-2
8th and last for Tyrrell
Podiums
20th for Niki Lauda (13th driver to score 20 podiums, 1st Austrian driver)
11th for Jody Scheckter
6th for Patrick Depailler
215th for Ferrari
49th & 50th for Tyrrell (7th constructor to score 50 podiums)
Poles
1st for Jody Scheckter (50th different polesitter, 1st South African driver; only pole for Tyrrell)
14th and last for Tyrrell
Fastest laps
3rd for Mario Andretti (first for Lotus)
51st for Lotus
Front row starts
6th for Jody Scheckter
2nd for Mario Andretti (first since 1968)
Pole & win
1st for Jody Scheckter (26th different driver to win from pole, 1st South African driver; last until 1979; last South African driver to win from pole until 1979; only win from pole for Tyrrell)