1976 Formula One season

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1976 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1976 Formula One season included the 27th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 25, 1976, and ended on October 24 after sixteen races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1976 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1976 Drivers Championship final standings
5 Notes

[edit] Season summary

In an extraordinarily political season the world championship went to James Hunt by one point from Niki Lauda, although Ferrari took the constructors' title. Controversy began in Spain where Hunt was initially disqualified from first place, giving the race to Lauda, only for the decision to be overturned on appeal months later. The six wheeled Tyrrell confounded the sceptics by winning in Sweden, with Lauda third and Hunt fifth.

Hunt won in France and, it seemed, in Britain, but the race had been restarted after a first lap pile-up and Hunt re-started in a spare car which was against the rules. He was eventually disqualified after an appeal from Ferrari, whose own driver, Regazzoni, had also re-started in a spare. Lauda became the official race winner.

Lauda then crashed heavily in Germany and appeared likely to die from his injuries. Hunt won the race and finished fourth to John Watson's Penske (the team's only win) in Austria. Miraculously, Lauda returned to finish fourth in Italy, where Hunt, Jochen Mass and Watson were relegated to the back of the grid for alleged infringements of the regulations.

Hunt won in Canada and in the USA but Lauda took third to lead Hunt by three points going into the final race. In appalling weather conditions Mario Andretti won, Lauda gave up because of the hazardous conditions, and Hunt eventually finished third to take the title.

Chris Amon, drove his last grand prix in Germany, failing to win a single championship race. The 1976 Wolf-Williams cars were originally Heskeths, and Williams had left the team by September. The Boro-Ford team was renamed Ensign-Ford.

[edit] 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

[edit] 1976 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points^[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312T 312T2	Ferrari 015	83	6	13	4
2	McLaren-Ford	M23 M26	Ford Cosworth DFV	74 (75)	6	10	8
3	Tyrrell-Ford	007 P34	Ford Cosworth DFV	71	1	12	2
4	Lotus-Ford	77	Ford Cosworth DFV	29	1	5	1
5	Penske-Ford	PC3 PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV	20	1	3
6	Ligier-Matra	JS5	Matra MS73	20		3	1
7	March-Ford	761	Ford Cosworth DFV	19	1	1	1
8	Shadow-Ford	DN5B DN8	Ford Cosworth DFV	10		1
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	BT45	Alfa Romeo 115-12	9
10	Surtees-Ford	TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV	7
11	Fittipaldi-Ford	FD04	Ford Cosworth DFV	3
12	Ensign-Ford	N174 N176	Ford Cosworth DFV	2
13	Parnelli-Ford	VPJ4B	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
14	Wolf-Williams-Ford	FW05	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	Williams-Ford	FW04	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Kojima-Ford	KE007	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	Hesketh-Ford	308D	Ford Cosworth DFV
18	Maki-Ford	F102A	Ford Cosworth DFV
19	BRM	P201B	BRM P200
20	Brabham-Ford	BT44B	Ford Cosworth DFV
21	Boro-Ford	001	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 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 Hoffmann	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

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)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] Notes

^ Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 7 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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