The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 10

German Grand Prix

1976  ·  Nürburgring  ·  1 August 1976  ·  14 laps

  1. 1st James Hunt McLaren · 01:41:42.7
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Tyrrell · +27.7
  3. 3rd Jochen Mass McLaren · +52.4

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Niki Lauda

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

03 Lap 0

Patrick Depailler

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Accident

04 Lap 0

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement March  —  Clutch

05 Lap 0

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Gearbox

06 On the Charge

John Watson

Penske  —  P19 → P7

07 Victory

James Hunt

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 James Hunt McLaren 1 14 01:41:42.7 9
2 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 8 14 +27.7 6
3 Jochen Mass McLaren 9 14 +52.4 4
4 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 14 +54.2 3
5 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 14 +1:57.300 2
6 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 14 +2:30.300 1
7 John Watson Penske 19 14 +2:33.900
8 Tom Pryce Shadow 18 14 +2:48.200
9 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 5 14 +3:46.000
10 Alan Jones Surtees 14 14 +3:47.300
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 23 14 +4:51.700
12 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 12 14 +4:58.100
13 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 14 +5:25.200
14 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 26 13 +1 Lap
15 Guy Edwards Hesketh 25 13 +1 Lap
16 Arturo Merzario Wolf 21 3 Brakes
17 Vittorio Brambilla March 13 1 Accident
18 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 3 0 Accident
19 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 0 Fuel system
20 Ronnie Peterson March 11 0 Accident
21 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 4 0 Clutch
22 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 0 Gearbox
23 Chris Amon Ensign 17 0 Retired
24 Niki Lauda Ferrari 2 0 Accident
25 Brett Lunger Surtees 24 0 Accident
26 Harald Ertl Hesketh 22 0 Accident

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