1976 Season

Races

Champion

James Hunt

Constructor

Ferrari

The 1976 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. James Hunt of British claimed the Drivers' Championship with 69 points and 6 race victories. Niki Lauda finished as runner-up, 1 points behind. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with 83 points. The season saw 7 different race winners, making it one of the more competitive years in F1 history. The top three in the final standings were James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter.

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What races were in the 1976 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	1976-01-25	Niki Lauda(Ferrari)
2	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	1976-03-06	Niki Lauda(Ferrari)
3	United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach	1976-03-28	Clay Regazzoni(Ferrari)
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	1976-05-02	James Hunt(McLaren)
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Zolder	1976-05-16	Niki Lauda(Ferrari)
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1976-05-30	Niki Lauda(Ferrari)
7	Swedish Grand Prix	Scandinavian Raceway	1976-06-13	Jody Scheckter(Tyrrell)
8	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	1976-07-04	James Hunt(McLaren)
9	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	1976-07-18	Niki Lauda(Ferrari)
10	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1976-08-01	James Hunt(McLaren)
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	1976-08-15	John Watson(Penske)
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1976-08-29	James Hunt(McLaren)
13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1976-09-12	Ronnie Peterson(March)
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport International Raceway	1976-10-03	James Hunt(McLaren)
15	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	1976-10-10	James Hunt(McLaren)
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	1976-10-24	Mario Andretti(Team Lotus)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Lauda	Depailler	Pryce	Hunt	Regazzoni
R1Brazilian Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2South African Grand Prix	18	6	—	6	—
R3United States Grand Prix West	24	10	—	6	9
R4Spanish Grand Prix	30	10	—	15	9
R5Belgian Grand Prix	39	10	—	15	15
R6Monaco Grand Prix	48	14	—	15	15
R7Swedish Grand Prix	52	20	—	17	16
R8French Grand Prix	52	26	—	26	16
R9British Grand Prix	61	26	—	26	16
R10German Grand Prix	61	26	—	35	16
R11Austrian Grand Prix	61	26	—	38	—
R12Dutch Grand Prix	61	26	—	47	22
R13Italian Grand Prix	64	27	—	47	28
R14Canadian Grand Prix	64	33	—	56	29
R15United States Grand Prix	68	33	—	65	29
R16Japanese Grand Prix	68	39	—	69	31

Who won the 1976 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	James Hunt	British	6	69
2	Niki Lauda	Austrian	5	68
3	Jody Scheckter	South African	1	49
4	Patrick Depailler	French	0	39
5	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	1	31
6	Mario Andretti	American	1	22
7	John Watson	British	1	20
8	Jacques Laffite	French	0	20
9	Jochen Mass	German	0	19
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Swedish	0	11
11	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	1	10
12	Tom Pryce	British	0	10
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	0	8
14	Carlos Pace	Brazilian	0	7
15	Alan Jones	Australian	0	7
16	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	0	3
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	0	3
18	Chris Amon	New Zealander	0	2
19	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	0	1
20	Rolf Stommelen	German	0	1
21	Harald Ertl	Austrian	0	0
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	0	0
23	Jacky Ickx	Belgian	0	0
24	Larry Perkins	Australian	0	0
25	Henri Pescarolo	French	0	0
26	Arturo Merzario	Italian	0	0
27	Noritake Takahara	Japanese	0	0
28	Renzo Zorzi	Italian	0	0
29	Michel Leclère	French	0	0
30	Brett Lunger	American	0	0
31	Bob Evans	British	0	0
32	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Italian	0	0
33	Ingo Hoffmann	Brazilian	0	0
34	Masahiro Hasemi	Japanese	0	0
35	Lella Lombardi	Italian	0	0
36	Loris Kessel	Swiss	0	0
37	Alex Ribeiro	Brazilian	0	0
38	Warwick Brown	Australian	0	0
39	Guy Edwards	British	0	0
40	Patrick Nève	Belgian	0	0
41	Hans Binder	Austrian	0	0
42	Boy Lunger	Dutch	0	0
43	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japanese	0	0
44	Ian Ashley	British	0	0
45	Conny Andersson	Swedish	0	0
46	Ian Scheckter	South African	0	0
47	Tony Trimmer	British	0	0
48	Otto Stuppacher	Austrian	0	0
49	Jac Nelleman	Danish	0	0
50	Emilio Zapico	Spanish	0	0
51	Emilio de Villota	Spanish	0	0
52	Divina Galica	British	0	0
53	Damien Magee	British	0	0
54	Mike Wilds	British	0	0

Who won the 1976 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Ferrari	Italian	6	83
2	McLaren	British	6	74
3	Tyrrell	British	1	71
4	Team Lotus	British	1	29
5	Penske	American	1	20
6	Ligier	French	0	20
7	March	British	1	19
8	Shadow	British	0	10
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	British	0	9
10	Surtees	British	0	7
11	Fittipaldi	Brazilian	0	3
12	Ensign	British	0	2
13	Parnelli	American	0	1
14	Hesketh	British	0	0
15	Wolf	Canadian	0	0
16	Boro	Dutch	0	0
17	Williams	British	0	0
18	Kojima	Japanese	0	0
19	Brabham-Ford	British	0	0
20	BRM	British	0	0
21	Maki	Japanese	0	0

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