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United States Grand Prix

1976 United States Grand Prix

Round 15 of 16Watkins Glen International, Watkins GlenOct 10 197659 laps

Podium

SCHTyrrell

HUNMcLaren

LAUFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHUN1:42:40.741 from P1

PoleHUN1:43.622

Fastest lapHUN1:42.851 on lap 53

Finishers14 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	1	–	59	1:42:40.741	9	1:42.851
2	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	2	–	59	+8.030s	6	–
3	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	5	▲2	59	+62.324s	4	–
4	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	17	▲13	59	+62.458s	3	–
5	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	March	6	▲1	59	+67.978s	2	–
6	WATJohn Watson	Penske	8	▲2	59	+68.190s	1	–
7	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	14	▲7	58	+1 lap		–
8	JONAlan Jones	Surtees	18	▲10	58	+1 lap		–
9	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	15	▲6	57	+2 laps		–
10	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	16	▲6	57	+2 laps		–
11	LUNBrett Lunger	Surtees	24	▲13	57	+2 laps		–
12	RIBAlex Ribeiro	Hesketh	22	▲10	57	+2 laps		–
13	ERTHarald Ertl	Hesketh	21	▲8	54	+5 laps		–
14	BROWarwick Brown	Wolf-Williams	23	▲9	54	+5 laps		–
NC	PESHenri Pescarolo	Surtees	26		48	Not classified		–
DNF	PRYTom Pryce	Shadow	9		45	Engine		–
DNF	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	12		34	Tyre		–
DNF	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	4		34	Tyre		–
DNF	PACCarlos Pace	Brabham	10		31	Collision		–
DNF	PERLarry Perkins	Brabham	13		30	Suspension		–
DNF	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	11		23	Suspension		–
DNF	ICKJacky Ickx	Ensign	19		14	Accident		–
DNF	NILGunnar Nilsson	Lotus	20		13	Engine		–
DNF	PETRonnie Peterson	March	3		12	Suspension		–
DNF	MERArturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams	25		9	Accident		–
DNF	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	7		7	Fuel pipe		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	1:43.622
2	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	1:43.870	+0.248s
3	PETRonnie Peterson	March	1:43.941	+0.319s
4	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	1:44.250	+0.628s
5	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1:44.257	+0.635s
6	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	March	1:44.265	+0.643s
7	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:44.516	+0.894s
8	WATJohn Watson	Penske	1:44.719	+1.097s
9	PRYTom Pryce	Shadow	1:45.102	+1.480s
10	PACCarlos Pace	Brabham	1:45.274	+1.652s
11	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	1:45.311	+1.689s
12	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:45.324	+1.702s
13	PERLarry Perkins	Brabham	1:45.353	+1.731s
14	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:45.534	+1.912s
15	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:45.646	+2.024s
16	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	1:45.979	+2.357s
17	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	1:46.067	+2.445s
18	JONAlan Jones	Surtees	1:46.402	+2.780s
19	ICKJacky Ickx	Ensign	1:46.605	+2.983s
20	NILGunnar Nilsson	Lotus	1:46.776	+3.154s
21	ERTHarald Ertl	Hesketh	1:49.418	+5.796s
22	RIBAlex Ribeiro	Hesketh	1:49.669	+6.047s
23	BROWarwick Brown	Wolf-Williams	1:51.124	+7.502s
24	LUNBrett Lunger	Surtees	1:51.373	+7.751s
25	MERArturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams	2:00.932	+17.310s
26	PESHenri Pescarolo	Surtees	2:05.211	+21.589s
27	OSTOtto Stuppacher	Tyrrell	2:11.070	+27.448s

Watkins Glen International

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

Previous winners here

1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
1973	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
1972	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1971	François Cevert	Tyrrell
1970	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus
1969	Jochen Rindt	Lotus
1968	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus
1966	Jim Clark	Lotus

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