1976 Spanish Grand Prix

 1976 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 16 races of the 1976 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXII Gran Premio de España
Date:	May 2, 1976
Place:	San Sebastian de los Reyes
Course:	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Length:	255.3 km in 75 laps of 3.404 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford
Time:	1: 18.52 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford
Time:	1: 20.93 min
Podium
First:	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford
Second:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Third:	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford

The 1976 Spanish Grand Prix took place on May 2nd at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid and was the fourth race of the 1976 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Formula 1 started the European season with several rule changes. These included, among other things, size restrictions for the airbox and the rear wing of the racing cars. The airboxes, some of which were extremely towering recently, were a thing of the past. In response to these changes, Scuderia Ferrari presented the 312T2 , a further development of the 312T in which the combustion air was drawn in through inlets located on the sides of the cockpit. The positive effect of the airbox was retained and only adapted to the applicable rules. Ensign also presented a new car. The most sensational new development, however, was the Tyrrell P34 , which was the first Formula 1 racing car to have six wheels, with the four front wheels being steerable. Patrick Depailler made the debut of the car, while his team colleague Jody Scheckter started with the conventional 007 .

Since the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team had ended their Formula 1 involvement after the Grand Prix in Long Beach , Mario Andretti was looking for a new contract. The Lotus team then signed him instead of Brian Henton as the second regular driver alongside Gunnar Nilsson .

The new team RAM Racing appeared for the first time and reported two customer Brabham for the two debutants Loris Kessel and Emilio Zapico . With Emilio de Villota at the wheel of a private Williams FW04, another local Formula 1 rookie added to the entry list. The former main sponsor of Ensign, the Dutch company HB Bewaking Alarm Systems , used an Ensign N175 vehicle from the previous year under the name Boro 001 and hired Larry Perkins as a driver.

The Frank Williams Racing Cars team officially competed under the name of its increasingly influential main sponsor Walter Wolf Racing .

training

The entry list consisted of 30 participants, of which only the 24 fastest in training were admitted to the race.

James Hunt secured pole position alongside Niki Lauda and in front of Patrick Depailler , who formed the second row of the grid in the six-wheeled Tyrrell together with McLaren driver Jochen Mass . This was followed by Clay Regazzoni in the second Ferrari next Vittorio Brambilla on March in row three and Gunnar Nilsson and Jacques Laffite in the fourth row.

run

Lauda managed to accelerate Hunt before the first corner. Brambilla also started very well and took third place in front of Depailler and Mass, but could not defend it permanently. By the twelfth lap he fell back to sixth place, behind Laffite.

In the 32nd round, Hunt took the lead from Lauda. Two laps later, Mass also passed the Austrian and formed a McLaren one-two lead with his team-mate. This lasted until the 66th lap when Mass was canceled due to an engine failure. As a result, Nilsson, who had already moved a few positions ahead, came in third. Carlos Reutemann and Carlos Pace secured the Brabham team's first points of the season with fourth and sixth place. Chris Amon finished the race in fifth place after a sovereign performance in the new Ensign.

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.

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 007	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell P34
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
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 DN5B		G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Team Surtees	18th	Brett Lunger	Surtees TS19		G
	19th	Alan Jones
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 308D		G
Mapfre-Williams	25th	Emilio Zapico	Williams FW04		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
	31	Ingo Hoffmann
RAM Racing	32	Lori's cauldron	Brabham BT44B		G
	33	Emilio de Villota
HB Bewaking Alarm Systems	37	Larry Perkins	Boro 001		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 18.52	156.067 km / h	01
02	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 18.84	155.434 km / h	02
03	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.11	154.903 km / h	03
04th	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.14	154.845 km / h	04th
05	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 19.15	154.825 km / h	05
06th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 19.27	154.591 km / h	06th
07th	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	1: 19.35	154.435 km / h	07th
08th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 19.39	154.357 km / h	08th
09	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 19.59	153.969 km / h	09
10	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	1: 19.83	153.506 km / h	10
11	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 19.93	153.314 km / h	11
12	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 20.12	152.951 km / h	12
13	John Watson	Penske-Ford	1: 20.17	152.855 km / h	13
14th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.19	152.817 km / h	14th
15th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 20.21	152.779 km / h	15th
16	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 20.34	152.532 km / h	16
17th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 20.40	152.418 km / h	17th
18th	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	1: 20.63	151.983 km / h	18th
19th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 20.71	151.832 km / h	19th
20th	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.87	151.532 km / h	20th
21st	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 21.13	151.046 km / h	21st
22nd	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 21.19	150.935 km / h	22nd
23	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 21.29	150.749 km / h	23
24	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	1: 21.52	150.324 km / h	24
DNQ	Brett Lunger	Surtees-Ford	1: 21.96	149.517 km / h	-
DNQ	Lori's cauldron	Brabham-Ford	1: 22.05	149.353 km / h	-
DNQ	Emilio Zapico	Williams-Ford	1: 22.22	149.044 km / h	-
DNQ	Emilio de Villota	Brabham-Ford	1: 22.89	147.839 km / h	-
DNQ	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1: 22.92	147.786 km / h	-
DNQ	Ingo Hoffmann	Copersucar-Ford	1: 53.12	108.331 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	75	0	1: 42: 20.43	01	1: 21.07
02	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	75	0	+ 30.97	02	1: 21.26
03	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	75	0	+ 48.02	07th	1: 21.41
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	74	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 22.17
05	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 21.54
06th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	74	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 21.91
07th	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 22.15
08th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 22.25
09	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 22.13
10	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	73	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 23.34
11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	72	1	+ 3 rounds	05	1: 21.44
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	72	1	+ 3 rounds	08th	1: 21.35
13	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	72	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 22.80
-	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	65	0	DNF	04th	1: 20.93	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	61	0	DNF	15th	1: 21.96	Electrical defect
-	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	53	0	DNF	14th	1: 22.09	Engine failure
-	John Watson	Penske-Ford	51	0	DNF	13	1: 22.37	Engine failure
-	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	36	1	DNF	18th	1: 22.42	broken gear lever
-	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	34	0	DNF	09	1: 21.64	Gearbox damage
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	25th	0	DNF	03	1: 21.23	Brake defect
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	21st	0	DNF	06th	1: 22.00	Suspension damage
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	16	0	DNF	17th	1: 23.28	Gearbox damage
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	16	0	DNF	16	1: 22.99	Gearbox damage
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 24.81	Gearbox damage

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 30th 02  James Hunt McLaren 15th 03  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 10 04th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 9 05  Jochen Mass McLaren 7th 06th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 5 07th  Gunnar Nilsson lotus 4th 08th  Tom Pryce Shadow 4th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 3 10  Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 11  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 12  Chris Amon Ensign 2 13  John Watson Penske 2 14th  Carlos Pace Brabham 1 15th  Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar 1 16  Mario Andretti Parnelli 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 33 02  McLaren 18th 03  Tyrrell 13 04th  Shadow 4th 05  lotus 4th 06th  March 3

Item constructor Points 07th  Ligier 3 08th  Brabham 3 09  Ensign 2 10  Penske 2 11  Parnelli 1 12  Copersucar 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from January 29, 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 February 18, 2012)  
2. ↑ «First round went to Niki Lauda» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 14, 1976, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 18, 2012)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 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 February 18, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website