The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 9

British Grand Prix

1976  ·  Brands Hatch  ·  18 July 1976  ·  76 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda Ferrari · 01:44:19.66
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Tyrrell · +16.18
  3. 3rd John Watson Penske

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Niki Lauda

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 36

Clay Regazzoni

Retirement Ferrari  —  Oil pressure

03 Lap 47

Patrick Depailler

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Engine

04 Lap 55

Brett Lunger

Retirement Surtees  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 60

Ronnie Peterson

Retirement March  —  Fuel system

06 Lap 67

Gunnar Nilsson

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

07 Lap 76

James Hunt

Retirement McLaren  —  Disqualified

08 On the Charge

Tom Pryce

Shadow  —  P20 → P4

09 Victory

Niki Lauda

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 76 01:44:19.66 9
2 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 8 76 +16.18 6
3 John Watson Penske 11 75 +1 Lap 4
4 Tom Pryce Shadow 20 75 +1 Lap 3
5 Alan Jones Surtees 19 75 +1 Lap 2
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 74 +2 Laps 1
7 Harald Ertl Hesketh 23 73 +3 Laps
8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 16 73 +3 Laps
9 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 24 70 +6 Laps
10 James Hunt McLaren 2 76 Disqualified
11 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 14 67 Engine
12 Ronnie Peterson March 7 60 Fuel system
13 Brett Lunger Surtees 18 55 Gearbox
14 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 47 Engine
15 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 46 Oil pressure
16 Arturo Merzario March 9 39 Engine
17 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 36 Oil pressure
18 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 31 Suspension
19 Bob Evans Brabham-Ford 22 24 Gearbox
20 Vittorio Brambilla March 10 22 Accident
21 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 26 16 Fuel system
22 Chris Amon Ensign 6 8 Water leak
23 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 4 Ignition
24 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 1 Clutch
25 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 17 0 Accident
26 Guy Edwards Hesketh 25 0 Accident

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