The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 16

Japanese Grand Prix

1976  ·  Fuji Speedway  ·  24 October 1976  ·  73 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:43:58.86
  2. 2nd Patrick Depailler Tyrrell
  3. 3rd James Hunt McLaren

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 2

Niki Lauda

Retirement Ferrari  —  Withdrew

03 Lap 7

Carlos Pace

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Withdrew

04 Lap 33

John Watson

Retirement Penske  —  Engine

05 Lap 58

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Overheating

06 On the Charge

Alan Jones

Surtees  —  P20 → P4

07 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 73 01:43:58.86 9
2 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 72 +1 Lap 6
3 James Hunt McLaren 2 72 +1 Lap 4
4 Alan Jones Surtees 20 72 +1 Lap 3
5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7 72 +1 Lap 2
6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 72 +1 Lap 1
7 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 72 +1 Lap
8 Harald Ertl Hesketh 22 72 +1 Lap
9 Noritake Takahara Surtees 24 70 +3 Laps
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 15 69 +4 Laps
11 Masahiro Hasemi Kojima 10 66 +7 Laps
12 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 5 58 Overheating
13 Hans Binder Wolf 25 49 Wheel
14 Tom Pryce Shadow 14 46 Physical
15 Vittorio Brambilla March 8 38 Electrical
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 37 Electrical
17 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 35 Accident
18 John Watson Penske 4 33 Engine
19 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Tyrrell 21 27 Tyre
20 Arturo Merzario Wolf 19 23 Gearbox
21 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 9 Withdrew
22 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 7 Withdrew
23 Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 2 Withdrew
24 Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 17 1 Withdrew
25 Ronnie Peterson March 9 0 Engine

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