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British Grand Prix

1976 John Player British Grand Prix

Round 9 of 16Brands Hatch, FawkhamJul 18 197676 laps

Podium

SCHTyrrell

LAUFerrari

WATPenske

Key facts

WinnerLAU1:44:19.660 from P1

PoleLAU1:19.350

Fastest lapLAU1:19.910 on lap 41

Finishers9 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1	–	76	1:44:19.660	9	1:19.910
2	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	8	▲6	76	+16.180s	6	–
3	WATJohn Watson	Penske	11	▲8	75	+1 lap	4	–
4	PRYTom Pryce	Shadow	20	▲16	75	+1 lap	3	–
5	JONAlan Jones	Surtees	19	▲14	75	+1 lap	2	–
6	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	21	▲15	74	+2 laps	1	–
7	ERTHarald Ertl	Hesketh	23	▲16	73	+3 laps		–
8	PACCarlos Pace	Brabham	16	▲8	73	+3 laps		–
9	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	24	▲15	70	+6 laps		–
DNF	NILGunnar Nilsson	Lotus	14		67	Engine		–
DNF	PETRonnie Peterson	March	7		60	Fuel system		–
DNF	LUNBrett Lunger	Surtees	18		55	Gearbox		–
DNF	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	5		47	Engine		–
DNF	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	15		46	Oil pressure		–
DNF	MERArturo Merzario	March	9		39	Engine		–
DNF	EVABob Evans	Brabham	22		31	Gearbox		–
DNF	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	10		22	Accident		–
DNF	PESHenri Pescarolo	Surtees	26		16	Fuel system		–
DNF	AMOChris Amon	Ensign	6		8	Water leak		–
DNF	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	3		4	Ignition		–
DNF	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	12		1	Clutch		–
DNF	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	March	17		0	Accident		–
DNF	EDWGuy Edwards	Hesketh	25		0	Accident		–
DSQ	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	2		76	Received outside assistance		–
DSQ	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	4		36	Illegal car change		–
DSQ	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	13		31	Illegal car change		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1:19.350
2	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	1:19.410	+0.060s
3	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	1:19.760	+0.410s
4	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:20.050	+0.700s
5	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:20.150	+0.800s
6	AMOChris Amon	Ensign	1:20.270	+0.920s
7	PETRonnie Peterson	March	1:20.290	+0.940s
8	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	1:20.310	+0.960s
9	MERArturo Merzario	March	1:20.320	+0.970s
10	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	1:20.360	+1.010s
11	WATJohn Watson	Penske	1:20.410	+1.060s
12	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	1:20.610	+1.260s
13	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:20.670	+1.320s
14	NILGunnar Nilsson	Lotus	1:20.670	+1.320s
15	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	1:20.990	+1.640s
16	PACCarlos Pace	Brabham	1:21.030	+1.680s
17	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	March	1:21.200	+1.850s
18	LUNBrett Lunger	Surtees	1:21.300	+1.950s
19	JONAlan Jones	Surtees	1:21.420	+2.070s
20	PRYTom Pryce	Shadow	1:21.840	+2.490s
21	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:22.060	+2.710s
22	EVABob Evans	Brabham	1:22.470	+3.120s
23	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	1:22.720	+3.370s
24	ERTHarald Ertl	Hesketh	1:22.750	+3.400s
25	EDWGuy Edwards	Hesketh	1:22.760	+3.410s
26	PESHenri Pescarolo	Surtees	1:22.760	+3.410s
27	ICKJacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams	1:23.320	+3.970s
28	DIVDIV	Surtees	1:25.240	+5.890s
29	MIKMIK	Shadow	1:25.660	+6.310s
30	LOMLella Lombardi	Brabham	1:27.080	+7.730s

Brands Hatch

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1976. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1974	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
1972	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus
1970	Jochen Rindt	Lotus
1968	Jo Siffert	Lotus
1966	Jack Brabham	Brabham
1964	Jim Clark	Lotus

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