1976 Formula One season

The 1976 Formula One season crowned James Hunt as champion.

Season review

The Driver's championship was won by James Hunt from Niki Lauda, who had to miss several races as a result of an injury sustained in a crash at the German Grand Prix.

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 25	Interlagos	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
2	South African Grand Prix	March 6	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
3	United States Grand Prix West	March 28	Long Beach	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	May 2	Jarama	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	May 16	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 30	Monaco	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
7	Swedish Grand Prix	June 13	Scandinavian Raceway	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 4	Paul Ricard	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 18	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
10	German Grand Prix	August 1	Nürburgring	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	Austrian Grand Prix	August 15	Österreichring	John Watson	Penske-Ford	Report
12	Dutch Grand Prix	August 29	Zandvoort	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 12	Monza	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	October 3	Mosport	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 10	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	October 24	Fuji Speedway	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report

1976 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN Pts 1 James Hunt Ret 2 Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 1 DSQ 1 4 1 Ret 1 1 3 69 2 Niki Lauda 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 8 3 Ret 68 3 Jody Scheckter 5 4 Ret Ret 4 2 1 6 2 2 Ret 5 5 4 2 Ret 49 4 Patrick Depailler 2 9 3 Ret Ret 3 2 2 Ret Ret Ret 7 6 2 Ret 2 39 5 Clay Regazzoni 7 Ret 1 11 2 14 6 Ret Ret 9 2 2 6 7 5 31 6 Mario Andretti Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 12 5 3 Ret 3 Ret 1 22 7 John Watson Ret 5 NC Ret 7 10 Ret 3 3 7 1 Ret 11 10 6 Ret 20 8 Jacques Laffite Ret Ret 4 12 3 12 4 14 Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret 7 20 9 Jochen Mass 6 3 5 Ret 6 5 11 15 Ret 3 7 9 Ret 5 4 Ret 19 10 Gunnar Nilsson Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 3 Ret 13 12 Ret 6 11 11 Ronnie Peterson Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 7 19 Ret Ret 6 Ret 1 9 Ret Ret 10 12 Tom Pryce 3 7 Ret 8 10 7 9 8 4 8 Ret 4 8 11 Ret Ret 10 13 Hans-Joachim Stuck 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 8 14 Carlos Pace 10 Ret 9 6 Ret 9 8 4 8 4 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 15 Alan Jones NC 9 5 Ret 13 Ret 5 10 Ret 8 12 16 8 4 7 16 Carlos Reutemann 12 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 3 17 Emerson Fittipaldi 13 17 6 Ret DNQ 6 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret 9 Ret 3 18 Chris Amon 14 8 5 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 2 19 Vittorio Brambilla Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 7 14 Ret Ret 1 20 Rolf Stommelen 6 12 Ret 1 21 Harald Ertl 15 DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 7 Ret 8 Ret 16 DNS 13 8 0 22 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ret Ret 7 Ret 9 8 12 12 9 11 Ret 10 19 18 10 10 0 23 Jacky Ickx 8 16 DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ 10 DNQ Ret 10 13 Ret 0 24 Larry Perkins 13 8 DNQ Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 0 25 Henri Pescarolo DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 9 11 17 19 NC 0 26 Arturo Merzario DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 14 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 27 Renzo Zorzi 9 0 28 Noritake Takahara 9 0 29 Michel Leclère 13 DNQ 10 11 11 Ret 13 0 30 Brett Lunger 11 DNQ DNQ Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 10 14 15 11 0 31 Bob Evans 10 DNQ 0 32 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi 14 11 DNQ 18 0 33 Ingo Hoffman 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 34 Masahiro Hasemi 11 0 35 Loris Kessel DNQ 12 Ret DNQ NC 0 36 Lella Lombardi 14 DNQ DNQ 12 0 37 Alex Ribeiro 12 0 38 Warwick Brown 14 0 39 Guy Edwards DNQ 17 Ret 15 DNS 20 0 40 Patrick Nève Ret 18 0 — Hans Binder Ret Ret 0 — Ian Ashley Ret 0 — Ian Scheckter Ret 0 — Boy Hayje Ret 0 — Conny Andersson Ret 0 — Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret 0 — Otto Stuppacher DNS DNQ DNQ 0 — Emilio de Villota DNQ 0 — Emilio Zapico DNQ 0 — Damien Magee DNQ 0 — Mike Wilds DNQ 0 — Divina Galica DNQ 0 — Tony Trimmer DNQ 0 Pos Driver BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)