1976 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian Circuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg 1976 Spanish Grand Prix 1976 Monaco Grand Prix XXXIV Grote Prijs van Belgie1976 Belgian GP http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1976&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1 2020-08-02 www.chicanef1.com May 16 1976 5 16 Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 2.648 4.262 70 185.38 298.34 Niki Lauda AUT Ferrari 1:26.55 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 120 Niki Lauda AUT Ferrari 1:25.98 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 122 Niki Lauda AUT Ferrari Clay Regazzoni Switzerland Ferrari Jacques Laffite FRA Ligier-Matra BEL The 1976 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder, near Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on 16 May 1976. The race was the fifth round of the 1976 Formula One season.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zolder-1976-05-16e.jpg 1976 Belgian Grand Prix Entry list It was the 34th Belgian Grand Prix and the third to be held at Circuit Zolder. Zolder was a replacement venue as Nivelles-Baulers near Brussels was due to host the race in rotation with Zolder but the track surface at Nivelles had deteriorated and Zolder would host the race until the return of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 1983. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.3-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 298 kilometres. The race was won by Ferrari driver, Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T2, who increased his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 29 points by doing so. His Swiss teammate, Clay Regazzoni, finished the race in second position, 3.4 seconds behind Lauda. Third was taken by French driver Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS5. It was Lauda's fourth win of the year in what was a dominant display by the reigning champion. Laffite's third place was his second podium after finishing second in the 1975 German Grand Prix the previous year and the first such finish for the new Équipe Ligier team. Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Niki LaudaFerrari1:26.5512Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:26.6023James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:26.7434Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:26.9145Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:26.9356Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:27.1467Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:27.1978Chris AmonEnsign-Ford1:27.5489Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:27.66910Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:27.721011Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:27.751112Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:28.301213Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:28.371314Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:28.381415Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford1:28.411516Alan JonesSurtees-Ford1:28.441617John WatsonPenske-Ford1:28.441718Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:28.501819Patrick NèveBrabham-Ford1:28.801920Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford1:28.812021Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford1:28.842122Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:28.992223Loris KesselBrabham-Ford1:29.092324Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford1:29.402425Michel LeclèreWolf-Williams-Ford1:29.462526Brett LungerSurtees-Ford1:29.762627Emerson FittipaldiCopersucar-Ford1:29.81—28Jacky IckxWolf-Williams-Ford1:30.61—29Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford1:30.77— *Drivers with a red background failed to qualify Race Race summary Ferrari had locked out the front row in qualifying, with Lauda on pole from Regazzoni. Lauda motored away as the start, with Hunt up to second but Regazzoni soon took the place back. The Ferraris raced away, and Hunt dropped to sixth position, behind Jacques Laffite's Ligier and the two six-wheeled Tyrrell P34s, before eventually retiring with a transmission failure. Patrick Depailler also retired when his engine blew up. Lauda won, and Regazzoni completed a dominant Ferrari 1–2. Laffite inherited third with the retirements of James Hunt (McLaren M23) and Depailler. Jody Scheckter finished fourth in his Tyrrell. A lap behind, future world champion Alan Jones took his second points finish in his Surtees TS19 with Jochen Mass collecting the final point in the second McLaren after Chris Amon's Ensign N176 shed a wheel and rolled. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 70 1:42:53.23 1 9 2 2 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 70 + 3.46 2 6 3 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 70 + 35.38 6 4 4 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 70 + 1:31.00 7 3 5 19 Australia Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 16 2 6 12 Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 18 1 7 28United Kingdom John Watson Penske-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 17   8 37Australia Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 20   9 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 14   10 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 68 + 2 Laps 13   11 21 France Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams-Ford 68 + 2 Laps 25   12 32 Switzerland Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 63 + 7 Laps 23   Ret Retired 18 USA Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 62 Electrical 26   Ret Retired 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 58 Electrical 9   Ret Retired 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Ensign-Ford 51 Accident 8   Ret Retired 11 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford 35 Gearbox 3   Ret Retired 34 Germany Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 33 Suspension 15   Ret Retired 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 31 Engine 24   Ret Retired 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 29 Engine 4   Ret Retired 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 28 Halfshaft 11   Ret Retired 33Belgium Patrick Nève Brabham-Ford 26 Halfshaft 19   Ret Retired 35Italy Arturo Merzario March-Ford 21 Engine 21   Ret Retired 7Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 17 Engine 12   Ret Retired 10 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 16 Accident 10   Ret Retired 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 7 Accident 22   Ret Retired 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 6 Halfshaft 5   DNQ Did not qualify 30 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 20 Belgium Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 25 United Kingdom Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/446/ 1976 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210035039/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/446/ 10 December 2014 Notes This was the 10th fastest lap set by an Austrian driver. This was the 1st podium finish for French constructor Ligier. For the first time since the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix, a Ford-powered car did not end on the podium. This ended a record streak of 67 consecutive podium finishes for the engine supplier. Championship standings after the race Points are accurate at the conclusion of the race and do not include amended results of the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix as it was under appeal. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda 42 10px 1 2 SUI Clay Regazzoni 15 10px 1 3 FRA Patrick Depailler 10 10px 4 GER Jochen Mass 8 10px 1 5 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter 8Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1976 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 45 10px 2 UK Tyrrell-Ford 16 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford 10 10px 3 4 FRA Ligier-Matra 7 10px 1 5 UK Lotus-Ford 6Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 1976 1976 Spanish Grand Prix 1976 Monaco Grand Prix 1975 Belgian Grand Prix 1977 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Circuit Zolder Category:Sports competitions in Limburg (Belgium)