The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 11

Austrian Grand Prix

1976  ·  Red Bull Ring  ·  15 August 1976  ·  54 laps

  1. 1st John Watson Penske · 01:30:07.86
  2. 2nd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +10.79
  3. 3rd Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus · +11.98

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 14

Tom Pryce

Retirement Shadow  —  Brakes

03 Lap 40

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Retirement Shadow  —  Fuel pump

04 Lap 40

Carlos Pace

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Accident

05 Lap 43

Vittorio Brambilla

Retirement March  —  Accident

06 Lap 43

Emerson Fittipaldi

Retirement Fittipaldi  —  Accident

07 Lap 47

Hans Binder

Retirement Ensign  —  Throttle

08 On the Charge

Henri Pescarolo

Surtees  —  P22 → P9

09 Victory

John Watson

Penske  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 John Watson Penske 2 54 01:30:07.86 9
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 54 +10.79 6
3 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 4 54 +11.98 4
4 James Hunt McLaren 1 54 +12.44 3
5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 54 +21.49 2
6 Ronnie Peterson March 3 54 +34.34 1
7 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 54 +59.45
8 Harald Ertl Hesketh 20 53 +1 Lap
9 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 22 52 +2 Laps
10 Brett Lunger Surtees 16 51 Accident
11 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 23 51 +3 Laps
12 Lella Lombardi Brabham-Ford 24 50 +4 Laps
13 Hans Binder Ensign 19 47 Throttle
14 Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 25 44 Not classified
15 Vittorio Brambilla March 7 43 Accident
16 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 43 Accident
17 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18 40 Accident
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 8 40 Fuel pump
19 Alan Jones Surtees 15 30 Accident
20 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 11 26 Fuel system
21 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 24 Suspension
22 Arturo Merzario Wolf 21 17 Accident
23 Tom Pryce Shadow 6 14 Brakes
24 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 10 14 Suspension
25 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 14 0 Clutch

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