1976 Formula One season

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The 1976 Formula One season crowned as champion as James Hunt.

[change] 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

[change] 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

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) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Did not have a car (DNC)

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