1976 Monaco Grand Prix

 1976 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 16 races of the 1976 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXXIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Date:	May 30, 1976
Place:	Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	258.336 km in 78 laps of 3.312 km
Weather:	sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 29.65 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 30.28 min
Podium
First:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford
Third:	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford

The 1976 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 30th and was the sixth race of the 1976 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The new RAM Racing team decided not to take part in the Monaco Grand Prix because the organizers decided to limit the race to 25 training participants and 20 starters for safety reasons . In addition, Mario Andretti , who was taking part in the Indianapolis 500 , which was taking place at the same time, was missing , so that the Lotus team entered with just one vehicle. The second factory Surtees , which Brett Lunger had driven in the previous races , had been sold to the private team Norev Racing . Henri Pescarolo returned to Formula 1 at the wheel of this car after a break of more than a year. Since there was no suitable replacement vehicle available for Lunger, he paused this weekend.

training

Once again, the training times resulted in a front row consisting of the two Ferrari 312T2s driven by Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni . The two rows behind each consisted of a factory march and one of the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34s .

Emerson Fittipaldi and Chris Amon achieved good training results in seventh and twelfth places respectively in their inferior vehicles, while McLaren driver James Hunt in 14th and Brabham regular driver Carlos Reutemann in 20th and last fell well short of expectations.

Jacky Ickx , who was aiming for his 100th Grand Prix participation, failed to qualify for the second time in a row.

run

While Lauda immediately took the lead, Ronnie Peterson took second place ahead of Regazzoni. The first 18 drivers passed the Sainte-Dévote curve after the start without any problems. However, the last two Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann collided in the 90-degree curve, which was much tighter than in previous years after a conversion. Reutemann then left immediately. Jones gave up after the first lap at the pits because of the damage to his car.

One of the few changes at the front of the field came when Jody Scheckter overtook his team-mate Patrick Depailler on lap 15 and took fourth place.

James Hunt, who had meanwhile dropped to last place due to a spin in the Tabac corner, retired on lap 25 with engine failure. Regazzoni slipped on the oil that Hunt's McLaren M23 had lost and had to steer his car into an emergency drain. As a result, he lost two places to the two Tyrrell pilots Scheckter and Depailler. On the oil track, Peterson also had an accident one lap later and was unable to continue the race.

Lauda completed the last laps of the race with a large lead over the two Tyrrell. Depailler fell behind Regazzoni on lap 64, but he was eliminated on lap 74 due to a driving error, so that Depailler got back the podium. Hans-Joachim Stuck , Jochen Mass and Emerson Fittipaldi also finished the race in the points.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari 312T2	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G
	2	Clay Regazzoni
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell P34	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	6th	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus 77		G
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
Ovoro Team March	35	Arturo Merzario			G
Marlboro Team McLaren	11	James Hunt	McLaren M23		G
	12	Jochen Mass
Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN5 B		G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Team Surtees	19th	Alan Jones	Surtees TS19		G
Walter Wolf Racing	20th	Jacky Ickx	Williams FW05		G
	21st	Michel Leclère
Team Ensign	22nd	Chris Amon	Ensign N176		G
Hesketh Racing	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308 D		G
Ligier Gitanes	26th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5	Matra MS73 3.0 V12	G
Citibank Team Penske	28	John Watson	Penske PC3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	30th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD04		G
HB Bewaking Alarm Systems	37	Larry Perkins	Boro 001		G
Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications	38	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees TS19		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 29.65	132.997 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 29.91	132.613 km / h	02
03	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 30.08	132.362 km / h	03
04th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 30.33	131.996 km / h	04th
05	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 30.55	131.675 km / h	05
06th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 30.60	131.603 km / h	06th
07th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 31.39	130.465 km / h	07th
08th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 31.46	130.365 km / h	08th
09	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 31.47	130.351 km / h	09
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 31.65	130.095 km / h	10
11	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 31.67	130.067 km / h	11
12	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	1: 31.75	129.953 km / h	12
13	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 31.81	129.868 km / h	13
14th	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 31.88	129.769 km / h	14th
15th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 31.98	129.628 km / h	15th
16	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	1: 32.10	129.459 km / h	16
17th	John Watson	Penske-Ford	1: 32.14	129.403 km / h	17th
18th	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 32.17	129.361 km / h	18th
19th	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1: 32.33	129.137 km / h	19th
20th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 32.43	128.997 km / h	20th
DNQ	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 32.74	128.566 km / h	-
DNQ	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford	1: 32.82	128.455 km / h	-
DNQ	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	1: 33.73	127.208 km / h	-
DNQ	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1: 33.93	126.937 km / h	-
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	1: 35.17	125.283 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	78	0	1: 59: 51.47	01	1: 30.36
02	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	78	0	+ 11.13	05	1: 30.36
03	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	78	0	+1: 04.84	04th	1: 30.60
04th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	77	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 31.59
05	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	77	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 32.35
06th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	77	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 32.65
07th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	77	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 32.78
08th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	76	0	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 32.77
09	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	76	0	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 32.97
10	John Watson	Penske-Ford	76	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 32.48
11	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	76	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 33.32
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	75	0	DNF	08th	1: 31.66	Driving error
13	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	74	0	+ 4 rounds	12	1: 33.16
14th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	73	0	DNF	02	1: 30.28	Driving error
-	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	39	0	DNF	16	1: 33.21	accident
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	26th	0	DNF	03	1: 30.95	Driving error
-	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	24	0	DNF	14th	1: 32.13	Engine failure
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	09	0	DNF	09	1: 33.81	Suspension damage
-	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	01	0	DNF	19th	-	task
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	00	0	DNF	20th	-	collision

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 48 02  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 15th 03  James Hunt McLaren 15th 04th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 14th 05  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 14th 06th  Jochen Mass McLaren 10 07th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 7th 08th  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 6th 09  Gunnar Nilsson lotus 4th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Tom Pryce Shadow 4th 11  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 12  Chris Amon Ensign 2 13  John Watson Penske 2 14th  Alan Jones Surtees 2 15th  Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar 2 16  Carlos Pace Brabham 1 17th  Mario Andretti Parnelli 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 51 02  Tyrrell 22nd 03  McLaren 21st 04th  Ligier 7th 05  March 6th 06th  Shadow 4th 07th  lotus 4th

Item constructor Points 08th  Brabham 3 09  Ensign 2 10  Penske 2 11  Copersucar 2 12  Surtees 2 13  Parnelli 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on March 17, 2012)  
2. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 193
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on March 17, 2012)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2005 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 March 17, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website