1976 Swedish Grand Prix

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The 1976 Formula One Swedish Grand Prix was held at the Scandinavian Raceway on June 13, 1976.

the Tyrrell P34 being driven by Jody Scheckter at another race during the season. The '76 Swedish GP was its only win, and Scheckter won this race from the pole.

It saw the first (and only) win of a 6-wheel car - the Tyrrell P34. The theory was that its four tiny front wheels would increase mechanical front-end grip – with more rubber on the road – and thus eliminate understeer while at the same time improve cornering and braking.

When it was revealed it was the instant sensation of the 1976 season. The car was a photo opportunity on wheels – six of them, which was precisely why – and must have given Elf more free publicity in the 1976 pre-season and beyond than it garnered during the whole of 1974 and 1975.

Tyrrell's Jody Scheckter took pole, with Patrick Depailler in fourth. In the race the Tyrrells strode imperiously to a crushing one-two. The South African, who when later probed confided that he thought the six-wheeled concept ridiculous, was beaming on the podium.

However the Swedish walkover proved to be a fluke, and the P34 never won a race again.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	72	1:46:53.729	1	9
2	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	72	+ 19.766	4	6
3	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	72	+ 33.866	5	4
4	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	72	+ 55.819	7	3
5	11	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	72	+ 59.483	8	2
6	2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	72	+ 1:00.366	11	1
7	10	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	72	+ 1:03.493	9
8	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	72	+ 1:11.613	10
9	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	71	+ 1 lap	12
10	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	15
11	12	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	13
12	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	14
13	19	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	18
14	35	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	70	Engine	19
15	18	Brett Lunger	Surtees-Ford	70	+ 2 Laps	24
Ret	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	54	Spun Off	23
Ret	34	Hans Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	52	Engine	20
Ret	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	45	Engine	2
Ret	22	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	38	Accident	3
Ret	21	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	20	Engine	25
Ret	37	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	18	Engine	22
Ret	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	10	Handling	21
Ret	32	Loris Kessel	Brabham-Ford	5	Accident	26
Ret	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	2	Accident	6
Ret	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	2	Engine	16
Ret	28	John Watson	Penske-Ford	0	Accident	17

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jody Scheckter - 1:25.659^[1]
• Fastest lap: Mario Andretti - 1:28.002 on lap 11^[2]

[edit] References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-16.