Automobile World Championship 1976

Automobile World Championship 1976

World Champion
Driver:	James Hunt
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1975 season	1977 season>

The 1976 Automobile World Championship was the 27th season of the Automobile World Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship . Over 16 races from January 25, 1976 to October 24, 1976, the drivers' world championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors were held.

James Hunt won the Drivers' Championship for the first and only time. Ferrari became world constructors champions for the fourth time.

The FIA -Ehrentitel Grand Prix of Europe was at the 1976 Grand Prix of the Netherlands awarded.

At the tenth race of the season at the Nürburgring , the sovereign leading, reigning world champion Niki Lauda had a serious accident and suffered severe burns. Lauda had to pause two races and was racing again just six weeks after his accident. Before the last race in Japan, Lauda was three points ahead of Hunt. But since Lauda, ​​like some other colleagues, stopped the race immediately after the start for safety reasons due to the adverse conditions in heavy rain and thick fog, Hunt was enough to overtake Lauda with one point and win the world title.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	constructor	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	312T 1 312T2	Ferrari	G	1	Niki Lauda
						2	Clay Regazzoni
	Tyrrell	Tyrrell	007 P34	Ford Cosworth	G	3	Jody Scheckter
						4th	Patrick Depailler
	Team Lotus	lotus	77	Ford Cosworth	G	5	Ronnie Peterson
							Bob Evans
						6th	Mario Andretti
							Gunnar Nilsson
	Brabham	Brabham	BT45	Alfa Romeo	G	7th	Carlos Reutemann
						8th	Carlos Pace
	March engineering	March	761	Ford Cosworth	G	9	Vittorio Brambilla
						10	Lella Lombardi
						34	Hans-Joachim Stuck
						35	Arturo Merzario
	McLaren-Ford	McLaren	M23 M23 (1976) M26	Ford Cosworth	G	11	James Hunt
						12	Jochen Mass
	Whiting	Surtees	TS16	Ford Cosworth	G	13	Divina Galica
	British Racing Motors	BRM	P201B	BRM	G	14th	Ian Ashley
	Lexington Racing	Tyrrell	007	Ford Cosworth	G	15th	Ian Scheckter
	Shadow Racing	Shadow	DN5B DN8	Ford Cosworth	G	16	Tom Pryce
						17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
	Team Surtees	Surtees	TS19	Ford Cosworth	G	18th	Brett Lunger
							Conny Andersson
							Noritake Takahara
						19th	Alan Jones
	Walter Wolf Racing	wolf	Williams FW04 Williams FW05	Ford Cosworth	G	20th	Jacky Ickx
						21st	Renzo Zorzi
							Michel Leclère
							Warwick Brown
							Hans Binder
	Ensign Racing	Ensign	N174 (MN 02) N176 (MN 05)	Ford Cosworth	G	22nd	Chris Amon
							Hans Binder
	Hesketh Racing	Hesketh	308D	Ford Cosworth	G	24	Harald Ertl
						25th	Guy Edwards
							Alex-Dias Ribeiro
	Mapfre-Williams	Williams	Williams FW04	Ford Cosworth	G	25th	Emilio Zapico
	Automobiles Ligier	Ligier	JS5	Matra	G	26th	Jacques Laffite
	Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli	VPJ4	Matra	G	27	Mario Andretti
	Penske Racing	Penske	PC3 PC4	Ford Cosworth	G	28	John Watson
	Fittipaldi Automotive	Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD04 Copersucar FD03	Ford Cosworth	G	30th	Emerson Fittipaldi
						31	Ingo Hoffmann
	RAM Racing	Brabham	BT44B BT44	Ford Cosworth	G	32	Lori's cauldron
						33	Emilio de Villota
							Patrick Nève
							Jac Nelleman
							Damien Magee
	HB Bewaking Systems	Boro	001	Ford Cosworth	G	37	Larry Perkins
	Team Norev Racing	Norev Racing	TS19	Ford Cosworth	G	38	Henri Pescarolo
	F&S Properties	Penske	PC3	Ford Cosworth	G	39	Boy Hayje
	Team PR Reilly	Shadow	DN3	Ford Cosworth	G	40	Mike Wilds
	Scuderia Gulf Rondini	Tyrrell	007	Ford Cosworth	G	40	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
	Kojima engineering	Kojima	KE007	Ford Cosworth	D.	51	Masahiro Hasemi
	Heros Racing	Tyrrell	007	Ford Cosworth	B.	52	Kazuyoshi Hoshino
	Maki engineering	Maki	Maki F102A	Ford Cosworth	G	54	Tony Trimmer

• ¹ Ferrari used the model in the first 3 races

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	January 25th	Brazil	Interlagos	318,400 km	James Hunt	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
02	6th March	South Africa	Kyalami	320.112 km	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
03	28th March	USA West	Long Beach	260.080 km	Clay Regazzoni	Clay Regazzoni	Clay Regazzoni
04th	2.May	Spain	Circuito del Jarama	255.300 km	James Hunt	Jochen Mass	James Hunt
05	May 16	Belgium	Circuit Zolder	298.340 km	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
06th	30th May	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	255.684 km	Niki Lauda	Clay Regazzoni	Niki Lauda
07th	June 13th	Sweden	Anderstorp	289.296 km	Jody Scheckter	Mario Andretti	Jody Scheckter
08th	July 4th	France	Circuit Paul Ricard	313.740 km	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	James Hunt
09	July 18th	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	319.732 km	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
10	August 1st	Germany	Nürburgring	319.690 km	James Hunt	Jody Scheckter	James Hunt
11	15th of August	Austria	Österreichring	319.140 km	James Hunt	James Hunt	John Watson
12	29th August	Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	316.950 km	Ronnie Peterson	Clay Regazzoni	James Hunt
13	12th September	Italy	Monza	301,600 km	Jacques Laffite	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
14th	October 3	Canada	Mosport Park	316.560 km	James Hunt	Patrick Depailler	James Hunt
15th	October 10th	USA East	Watkins Glen International	320.665 km	James Hunt	James Hunt	James Hunt
16	October 24th	Japan	Fuji	318.207 km	Mario Andretti	Masahiro Hasemi	Mario Andretti	James Hunt

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 45: 16.78
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 21.47
3	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	+ 23.84
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	2: 32.50
SR	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	2: 35.07

The Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos took place on January 25, 1976 and went over a distance of 40 laps of 7.96 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 318.4 km.

Niki Lauda won the race ahead of Patrick Depailler and Tom Pryce .

South Africa Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Grand Prix of South Africa

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 42: 18.4
2	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	+ 1.3
3	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	+ 45.9
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 16.10
SR	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 17.94

The South African Grand Prix at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit took place on March 6, 1976 and covered a distance of 78 laps of 4.104 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 320.112 km.

Niki Lauda won the race ahead of James Hunt and Jochen Mass .

In the final stages of the race, Lauda had to struggle with a creeping flat tire, so that Hunt drove up to him within 1.3 seconds.

US Grand Prix West

→ Main article : US Grand Prix West 1976

space	driver	team	time
1	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 53: 18.471
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	+ 42.414
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 49.972
PP	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 23.099
SR	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 23.076

The Grand Prix of the USA West at the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit took place on March 28, 1976 and went over a distance of 80 laps of 3.251 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 260.080 km.

Clay Regazzoni won the race ahead of Niki Lauda and Patrick Depailler .

Spanish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 42: 20.43
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	+ 30.97
3	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	+ 48.02
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 18.52
SR	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.93

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama took place on May 2, 1976 and covered a distance of 75 laps of 3.404 km each, which corresponds to a total distance of 255.300 km.

James Hunt won the race ahead of Niki Lauda and Gunnar Nilsson . In the parc fermé , the width of the McLaren M23 was judged as not conforming to the rules by James Hunt. The victory was then revoked. McLaren appealed the disqualification. Two months later the protest was accepted and the original race result was restored.

With the Tyrrell P34 , a Formula 1 racing car with six wheels was used for the first time.

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1976

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 42: 53.23
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+ 3.46
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	+ 35.38
PP	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 26.55
SR	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 25.98

The Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder took place on May 16, 1976 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.262 km each, which corresponds to a total distance of 298.340 km.

Niki Lauda won the race ahead of Clay Regazzoni and Jacques Laffite .

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 59: 51.47
2	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 11.13
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+1: 04.84
PP	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 29.65
SR	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 30.28

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 30, 1976 and covered a distance of 78 laps of 3.312 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 258.336 km.

Niki Lauda won the race ahead of Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler .

Swedish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Swedish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 46: 53.729
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 19.766
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	+ 33.866
PP	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 25.659
SR	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 28.002

The Swedish Grand Prix in Anderstorp took place on June 13, 1976 and covered a distance of 72 laps (289.296 km).

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 40: 58.60
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 12.70
3	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	+ 24.82
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 47.89
SR	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 51.00

The French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet took place on July 4, 1976 and covered a distance of 54 laps (313.740 km).

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 British Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 44: 19.66
2	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 16.18
3	John Watson	Penske-Ford	+ 1 lap
PP	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 19.35
SR	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 19.91

Jochen Mass in the McLaren M23

The British Grand Prix at the Brands Hatch Circuit took place on July 18, 1976 and covered a distance of 76 laps (319.732 km).

James Hunt , who crossed the finish line first, was later disqualified and Niki Lauda won the race.

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : German Grand Prix 1976

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 41: 42.7
2	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 27.7
3	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	+ 52.4
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	7: 06.5
SR	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 10.8

Jody Scheckter in the Tyrrell-Ford on the Nürburgring

The German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on August 1, 1976 and covered a distance of 14 laps (319.690 km).

Niki Lauda had a serious accident in this race . After his Ferrari 312T2 broke out and hit a rock face, the car immediately went up in flames. His helmet was thrown away on impact and the fireproof balaclava only held back the fire briefly. Several subsequent pilots freed him from the burning car after more than half a minute. No Formula 1 races were held on the Nordschleife after the accident.

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Austria 1976

space	driver	team	time
1	John Watson	Penske-Ford	1: 30: 07.68
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	+ 10.97
3	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	+ 12.16
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 35.02
SR	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 35.91

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring took place on August 15, 1976 and covered a distance of 54 laps (319.194 km).

Grand Prix of the Netherlands

→ Main article : Dutch Grand Prix 1976

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 44: 52.09
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+ 0.92
3	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	+ 2.09
PP	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 21.31
SR	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 22.59

The Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Park Zandvoort took place on August 29, 1976 and covered a distance of 75 laps (316.95 km).

The race received the honorary title European Grand Prix in 1976.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 30: 35.6
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+ 2.3
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	+ 3.0
PP	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 41.35
SR	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 41.30

Ronnie Peterson at the Italian Grand Prix

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 12, 1976 and covered a distance of 52 laps (301.6 km).

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 40: 09.626
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 5.331
3	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	+ 9.744
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 12.389
SR	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 13.817

The Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park took place on October 3, 1976 and covered a distance of 80 laps (316.560 km).

US East Grand Prix

→ Main article : East US Grand Prix 1976

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 42: 40.741
2	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 8.030
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	+1: 02.324
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 43.622
SR	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 42.851

The US East Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International took place on October 10, 1976 and covered a distance of 59 laps (320.665 km).

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1976 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 43: 58.86
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 1 lap
3	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	+ 1 lap
PP	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 12.77
SR	Masahiro Hasemi	Kojima-Ford	1: 18.23

The Japanese Grand Prix in Fuji took place on October 24, 1976 and covered a distance of 73 laps (318.207 km).

Niki Lauda parked his Ferrari 312T2 after the second lap, as he did not want to take any risks in the dangerous weather conditions. He was followed by Fittipaldi , Pace and Perkins . James Hunt was in the lead at times, but fell behind after a pit stop and believed he had lost the world title, so he left before the award ceremony. His third place was enough for him to overtake Lauda by one point.

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best seven results of the first eight and the best seven of the remaining eight races were taken into account for the evaluation. The best placed car was taken into account in the constructors' classification.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																	Points
01	J. Hunt	McLaren-Ford	DNF	2	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	5	1	DSQ	1	4th	1	DNF	1	1	3	69
02	N. Lauda	Ferrari	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	DNF	1	DNF	INJ	INJ	4th	8th	3	DNF	68
03	J. Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	5	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	2	1	6th	2	2	DNF	5	5	4th	2	DNF	49
04th	P. Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	2	9	3	DNF	DNF	3	2	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	2	DNF	2	39
05	C. Regazzoni	Ferrari	7th	DNF	1	11	2	14th	6th	DNF	DNF	9		2	2	6th	7th	5	31
06th	M. Andretti	Lotus Ford	DNF			DNF	DNF		DNF	5	DNF	12	5	3	DNF	3	DNF	1	21st
		Parnelli-Ford		6th	DNF														1
07th	J. Watson	Penske-Ford	DNF	5	NC	DNF	7th	10	DNF	3	3	7th	1	DNF	11	10	6th	DNF	20th
08th	J. Laffite	Ligier-Matra	DNF	DNF	4th	12	3	12	4th	14th	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	7th	20th
09	J. Mass	McLaren-Ford	6th	3	5	DNF	6th	5	11	15th	DNF	3	7th	9	DNF	5	4th	DNF	19th
10	G. Nilsson	Lotus Ford		DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	3	DNF	13	12	DNF	6th	11
11	R. Peterson	Lotus Ford	DNF																0
		March-Ford		DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	19th	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	1	9	DNF	DNF	10
12	T. Pryce	Shadow Ford	3	7th	DNF	8th	10	7th	9	8th	4th	8th	DNF	4th	8th	11	DNF	DNF	10
13	H. Stuck	March-Ford	4th	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	8th
14th	C. Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	10	DNF	9	6th	DNF	9	8th	4th	8th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	7th
15th	A. Jones	Surtees-Ford			NC	9	5	DNF	13	DNF	5	10	DNF	8th	12	16	8th	4th	7th
16	C. Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF					3
		Ferrari													9				0
17th	E. Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	13	17th	6th	DNF	DNQ	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	13	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	9	DNF	3
18th	C. Amon	Ensign-Ford		14th	8th	5	DNF	13	DNF		DNF	DNF							2
19th	V. Brambilla	March-Ford	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	14th	DNF	DNF	1
20th	R. Stommelen	Brabham-Alfa Romeo										6th			DNF				1
		Hesketh-Ford												12					0
-	H. Ertl	Hesketh-Ford		15th	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	16	DNS	13	8th	0
-	J. Jarier	Shadow Ford	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	9	8th	12	12	9	11	DNF	10	19th	18th	10	10	0
-	J. Ickx	Williams-Ford	8th	16	DNQ	7th	DNQ	DNQ		10	DNQ								0
		Ensign-Ford												DNF	10	13	DNF		0
-	L. Perkins	Boro-Ford				13	8th	DNQ	DNF					DNF	DNF				0
		Brabham-Alfa Romeo														17th	DNF	DNF	0
-	H. Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford						DNQ		DNF	DNF	DNQ	9	11	17th	19th	NC		0
-	A. Merzario	March-Ford			DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	14th	9	DNF								0
		Williams-Ford										DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	R. Zorzi	Williams-Ford	9																0
-	N. Takahara	Surtees-Ford																9	0
-	M. Leclère	Williams-Ford		13	DNQ	10	11	11	DNF	13									0
-	B. Lunger	Surtees-Ford		11	DNQ	DNQ	DNF		15th	16	DNF	DNF	10		14th	15th	11		0
-	B. Evans	Lotus Ford		10	DNQ														0
		Brabham-Ford									DNF								0
-	A. Pesenti-Rossi	Tyrrell-Ford										14th	11	DNQ	18th				0
-	I. Hoffmann	Copersucar-Ford	11		DNQ	DNQ				DNQ									0
-	M. Hasemi	Kojima-Ford																11	0
-	L. boiler	Brabham-Ford				DNQ	12		DNF	DNQ			NC						0
-	L. Lombardi	March-Ford	14th																0
		Brabham-Ford									DNQ	DNQ	12						0
-	A. Ribeiro	Hesketh-Ford															12		0
-	W. Brown	Williams-Ford															14th		0
-	G. Edwards	Hesketh-Ford					DNQ			17th	DNF	15th			DNS	20th			0
-	P. Nève	Brabham-Ford					DNF												0
		Ensign-Ford								18th									0
-	H. Binder	Ensign-Ford											DNF						0
		Williams-Ford																DNF	0
-	I. Ashley	BRM	DNF																0
-	I. Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford		DNF															0
-	B. Hayje	Penske-Ford												DNF					0
-	C. Andersson	Surtees-Ford												DNF					0
-	K. Hoshino	Tyrrell-Ford																DNF	0
-	O. Stuppacher	Tyrrell-Ford													DNS	DNQ	DNQ		0
-	E. de Villota	Brabham-Ford				DNQ													0
-	E. Zapico	Williams-Ford				DNQ													0
-	J. Nelleman	Brabham-Ford							DNQ										0
-	D. Magee	Brabham-Ford								DNQ									0
-	M. Wilds	Shadow Ford									DNQ								0
-	D. Galica	Surtees-Ford									DNQ								0
-	T. trimmer	Maki-Ford																DNQ	0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Only the best seven results of the first eight and the best seven of the remaining eight races counted for the constructors' championship. Furthermore, there were only points for the best-placed car for each team.

Item	constructor	No.																	Points
01	Ferrari	01	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	DNF	1	DNF			4th	8th	3	DNF	83
		02	7th	DNF	1	11	2	14th	6th	DNF	DNF	9		2	2	6th	7th	5
		35													9
02	McLaren-Ford	11	DNF	2	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	5	1	DSQ	1	4th	1	DNF	1	1	3	74 (75)
		12	6th	3	5	DNF	(6)	5	11	15th	DNF	3	7th	9	DNF	5	4th	DNF
03	Tyrrell-Ford	03	5	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	2	1	6th	2	2	DNF	5	5	4th	2	DNF	71
		04th	2	9	3	DNF	DNF	3	2	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	2	DNF	2
		15th		DNF
		37													18th
		39											11		DNS	DNQ	DNQ
		40										14th		DNQ
		52																DNF
04th	Lotus Ford	05	DNF	10	DNQ	DNF	DNF		DNF	5	DNF	12	5	3	DNF	3	DNF	1	29
		06th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	3	DNF	13	12	DNF	6th
05	Penske-Ford	28	DNF	5	NC	DNF	7th	10	DNF	3	3	7th	1	DNF	11	10	6th	DNF	20th
		39												DNF
06th	Ligier-Matra	26th	DNF	DNF	4th	12	3	12	4th	14th	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	7th	20th
07th	March-Ford	09	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	14th	DNF	DNF	19th
		10	14th	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	19th	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	1	9	DNF	DNF
		34	4th	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF
		35			DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	14th	9	DNF
08th	Shadow Ford	16	3	7th	DNF	8th	10	7th	9	8th	4th	8th	DNF	4th	8th	11	DNF	DNF	10
		17th	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	9	8th	12	12	9	11	DNF	10	19th	18th	10	10
		40									DNQ
09	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	07th	12	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	17th	DNF	DNF	9
		08th	10	DNF	9	6th	DNF	9	8th	4th	8th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF
		77										6th
10	Surtees-Ford	13									DNQ								7th
		18th		11	DNQ	DNQ	DNF		15th	16	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	14th	15th	11	9
		19th			NC	9	5	DNF	13	DNF	5	10	DNF	8th	12	16	8th	4th
		38						DNQ		DNF	DNF	DNQ	9	11	17th	19th	NC
11	Copersucar-Ford	30th	13	17th	6th	DNF	DNQ	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	13	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	9	DNF	3
		31	11		DNQ	DNQ				DNQ
12	Ensign-Ford	22nd		14th	8th	5	DNF	13	DNF	18th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	13	DNF		2
13	Parnelli-Ford	27		6th	DNF														1
-	Hesketh-Ford	24		15th	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	16	DNS	13	8th	0
		25th					DNQ			17th	DNF	15th		12	DNS	20th	12
-	Wolf-Williams-Ford	20th	8th	16	DNQ	7th	DNQ	DNQ		10	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
		21st		13	DNQ	10	11	11	DNF	13						DNS	14th	DNF
																		DNS
-	Boro-Ford	37				13	8th	DNQ	DNF			WD		DNF	DNF				0
-	Williams-Ford	21st	9																0
		25th				DNQ
-	Kojima-Ford	51																11	0
-	Brabham-Ford	32				DNQ	12		DNF	DNQ	DNF		NC						0
		33				DNQ	DNF		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12
-	BRM	14th	DNF																0
-	Maki-Ford	54																DNQ	0

Race without world championship status

In addition to the 16 world championship races, two Formula 1 races took place in 1976 that were not part of the world championship .

Race of Champions

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	0: 58.01.23
2	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	0: 58.19.26
3	Jacky Ickx	Williams-Ford	0: 58.24.30
PP	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1.20.42
SR	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1.23.28

The XI. Race of Champions took place on March 14, 1976 at Brands Hatch . The race went over 40 laps of 4.206 km each, so it had a total distance of 168.24 km. In addition to the British factory teams and Scuderia Ferrari, some private teams competed. A total of 16 drivers were registered. The private teams included the Italian Scuderia Everest , the forerunner of the later Minardi team, which reported a private Ferrari for the first time in Formula 1 history. The driver was Giancarlo Martini . He qualified for the penultimate starting position, seven seconds behind, but did not start the race because he damaged the Ferrari 312T in an accident on the warm-up lap . The race was won by later world champion James Hunt.

International Trophy

space	driver	team	time
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	0: 53.07.57
2	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	0: 53.15.81
3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	0: 53.41.94
PP	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1.17.91
SR	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1.18.81

The XXVIII. BRDC Graham Hill International Trophy was held on April 11, 1976 at Silverstone . The race went over 40 laps of 4.724 km each, so it had a total distance of 188.95 km. The winner was James Hunt.

Web links

Commons : Automobile World Championship 1976  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Results of the 1976 season on the official website of the Formula 1 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Binder competed in the Japanese Grand Prix for Wolf. The team initially reported Masami Kuwashima, who also took part in Friday training. After Kuwashima's sponsor had withdrawn at short notice, Kuwashima was replaced by Binder before qualifying.
2. ↑ Overview of the Non-Championship Races 1976 on the website www.silhouet.com (accessed on October 19, 2013).