Dutch Grand Prix 1976

 Dutch Grand Prix 1976

Racing data
12th of 16 races of the 1976 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXIII Grote Prijs van Nederland Grand Prix d'Europe
Date:	August 29, 1976
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	316.95 km in 75 laps of 4.226 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	March
Time:	1: 21.31 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 22.59 min
Podium
First:	James Hunt	McLaren
Second:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Third:	Mario Andretti	lotus

The 1976 Dutch Grand Prix took place in Zandvoort on August 29 and was the twelfth race of the 1976 World Automobile Championship . The race also had the FIA title of honor European Grand Prix .

Reports

James Hunt before John Watson

Clay Regazzoni in pursuit of James Hunt

background

Two weeks after the Austrian Grand Prix and four weeks after Niki Lauda's serious accident at the German Grand Prix , the twelfth World Championship round of the season took place in Zandvoort. Lauda, ​​who continued to lead the world championship standings by a clear margin, was meanwhile on the mend. He was allowed to leave the hospital and was slowly preparing for his comeback in his home town of Salzburg . The rapid recovery of his driver and the fact that they were also leading the constructors' world championship prompted Enzo Ferrari to step back into the action and register a car for Clay Regazzoni for the Dutch GP.

McLaren was planning the first use of a new M26 car that weekend to test under racing conditions. James Hunt decided to continue to compete with the mature M23 and left the development work to his teammate Jochen Mass . With the DN8, Shadow also brought a copy of a new car to the racetrack, which was piloted by Tom Pryce , while Jean-Pierre Jarier started with the conventional DN5B .

Surtees regular driver Brett Lunger took a break this weekend and was replaced by guest starter Conny Andersson , who thus came to his first and only Grand Prix competition. In the search for a new Ensign regular driver, the attention of the former Wolf driver Jacky Ickx was discovered and he was hired for the rest of the season. Guy Edwards , who had to retire due to injury, was represented at Hesketh Racing by Rolf Stommelen .

After a break of four races, the HB Bewaking Systems team took part in a Grand Prix for the first time since the Swedish Grand Prix. Larry Perkins was retained as the driver of the team that contested his home race . Another Dutch private team took part in the race weekend under the name F&S Properties. The native debutant Boy Hayje was hired to drive a Penske PC3 he had bought .

Due to legal conflicts with the previous main sponsor Tissot , the RAM Racing team decided not to participate.

training

Ronnie Peterson secured pole position for the first time since the 1974 Argentine Grand Prix and the only time in the 1976 season. James Hunt in the old McLaren followed in front of Tom Pryce in the new Shadow and Austria winner John Watson . Clay Regazzoni and Mario Andretti formed the third row on the grid.

run

Peterson initially took the lead, while Watson was able to oust the Hunt, who started from second place, from second place. Andretti followed before Pryce. Due to handling problems, Peterson was unable to break away from Watson. This then started several overtaking attempts. In the second lap he came off the racing line, which was used by Hunt to get into second place. On the following lap, Peterson finally fell back to third place behind Watson.

On the 18th lap, Regazzoni, who had previously fought his way past Andretti and Pryce, overtook third-placed Peterson. The order then changed only insignificantly over several laps until Watson retired on lap 48 due to a gearbox failure.

Hunt won just ahead of Regazzoni, who had caught up a lot but couldn't get past him. Due to an error in the oil pressure system, Peterson was eliminated in the 53rd lap, so that third place went to Andretti.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312T2	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell P34	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 77		G
	6th	Gunnar Nilsson
Martini Racing	7th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT45	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12	G
	8th	Carlos Pace
Beta Team March	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
March engineering	10	Ronnie Peterson			G
	34	Hans-Joachim Stuck
Marlboro Team McLaren	11	James Hunt	McLaren M23		G
	12	Jochen Mass	McLaren M26
Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN8		G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN5B
Team Surtees	18th	Conny Andersson	Surtees TS19		G
	19th	Alan Jones
Walter Wolf Racing	20th	Arturo Merzario	Williams FW05		G
Team Ensign	22nd	Jacky Ickx	Ensign N176		G
Hesketh Racing	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308D		G
Hesketh Racing with Rizla Penthouse	25th	Rolf Stommelen
Ligier Gitanes	26th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5	Matra MS73 3.0 V12	G
HB Bewaking Alarm Systems	27	Larry Perkins	Boro 001	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Citibank Team Penske	28	John Watson	Penske PC4		G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	30th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD04		G
Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications	38	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees TS19		G
F&S Properties	39	Boy Hayje	Penske PC3		G
Scuderia Gulf Rondini	40	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Tyrrell 007		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 21.31	187.106 km / h	01
02	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 21.39	186.922 km / h	02
03	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 21.55	186.555 km / h	03
04th	John Watson	Penske-Ford	1: 21.62	186.395 km / h	04th
05	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 21.85	185.872 km / h	05
06th	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 21.88	185.804 km / h	06th
07th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 21.88	185.804 km / h	07th
08th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 21.91	185.736 km / h	08th
09	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 22.03	185.464 km / h	09
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 22.06	185.396 km / h	10
11	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford	1: 22.13	185.238 km / h	11
12	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 22.16	185.170 km / h	12
13	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	1: 22.16	185.170 km / h	13
14th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 22.27	184.923 km / h	14th
15th	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 22.48	184.452 km / h	15th
16	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1: 22.51	184.385 km / h	16
17th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 22.55	184.296 km / h	17th
18th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 22.59	184.206 km / h	18th
19th	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	1: 23.10	183.076 km / h	19th
20th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 23.18	182.900 km / h	20th
21st	Boy Hayje	Penske-Ford	1: 23.26	182.724 km / h	21st
22nd	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford	1: 23.55	182.090 km / h	22nd
23	Arturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 24.09	180.920 km / h	23
24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1: 24.37	180.320 km / h	24
25th	Rolf Stommelen	Hesketh-Ford	1: 24.71	179.596 km / h	25th
26th	Conny Andersson	Surtees-Ford	1: 24.74	179.533 km / h	26th
DNQ	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 26.01	176.882 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	75	0	1: 44: 52.09	02	1: 23.14
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	75	0	+ 0.92	05	1: 22.59
03	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	75	0	+ 2.09	06th	1: 22.88
04th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	75	0	+ 6.94	03	1: 23.13
05	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	75	0	+ 22.46	08th	1: 23.07
06th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	75	0	+ 45.03	07th	1: 23.63
07th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	75	0	+ 59.45	14th	1: 23.58
08th	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 23.50
09	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 23.69
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 24.58
11	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 25.19
12	Rolf Stommelen	Hesketh-Ford	72	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 24.16
-	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford	66	0	DNF	11	1: 23.01	Electrical defect
-	Boy Hayje	Penske-Ford	63	1	DNF	21st	1: 24.69	broken half-wave
-	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	53	0	DNF	09	1: 23.88	defective oil pump
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	53	0	DNF	10	1: 23.98	Oil pressure loss
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	52	0	DNF	01	1: 23.29	Oil pressure loss
-	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	49	0	DNF	24	1: 25.36	Lathe operator
-	John Watson	Penske-Ford	47	0	DNF	04th	1: 23.10	Gearbox damage
-	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	44	0	DNF	19th	1: 24.09	Driving error
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	40	0	DNF	17th	1: 23.76	Electrical defect
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	11	0	DNF	12	1: 25.43	Clutch damage
-	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	10	0	DNF	13	1: 23.45	accident
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	09	0	DNF	18th	1: 24.79	Engine failure
-	Conny Andersson	Surtees-Ford	09	0	DNF	26th	1: 25.74	Engine failure
-	Arturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams-Ford	05	0	DNF	23	1: 27.50	Driving error

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Niki Lauda Ferrari 61 02  James Hunt McLaren 47 03  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 38 04th  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 26th 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 22nd 06th  John Watson Penske 19th 07th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 08th  Jochen Mass McLaren 14th 09  Gunnar Nilsson lotus 10 10  Tom Pryce Shadow 10

Item driver constructor Points 11  Mario Andretti Parnelli / Lotus 9 12  Carlos Pace Brabham 7th 13  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 6th 14th  Alan Jones Surtees 4th 15th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 16  Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar 3 17th  Chris Amon Ensign 2 18th  Vittorio Brambilla March 1 19th  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 1 20th  Ronnie Peterson March 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 70 02  McLaren 52 03  Tyrrell 51 04th  Penske 19th 05  Ligier 16 06th  lotus 16 07th  Shadow 10

Item constructor Points 08th  Brabham 9 09  March 8th 10  Surtees 4th 11  Copersucar 3 12  Ensign 2 13  Parnelli 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 9, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed April 9, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 9, 2012)  

Web links

Commons : Dutch Grand Prix  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website