1976 Brazilian Grand Prix

F1 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix 1976 South African Grand Prix V Grande Prêmio do Brasil Circuit Interlagos 1977.svg January 25 1976 1 16 São Paulo, Brazil Permanent racing facility 4.946 7.960http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-1976/42/brazilian-grand-prix Brazilian Grand Prix MotorSport March 1976 2017-11-13 40 197.845 318.400 Sunny James Hunt McLaren-Ford 2:32.501976 Brazilian GP - Qualifying http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1976&gp=Brazilian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 2020-08-01 www.chicanef1.com GBR Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 2:35.07 311976 Brazilian GP - Fastest Laps http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1976&gp=Brazilian%20GP&r=1&type=fast 2020-08-01 www.chicanef1.com FRA Niki Lauda Ferrari AUT Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford FRA Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford GBR BRA The 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil on 25 January 1976. It was the opening round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the fifth Brazilian Grand Prix and the fourth to be held for the World Drivers' Championship. The race was held over 40 laps of the 7.87-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 315 kilometres. The race was won by defending world champion, Niki Lauda, driving a Ferrari 312T. The Austrian driver won his eighth Formula One Grand Prix by 28 seconds over French driver Patrick Depailler in a Tyrrell 007. Second place was Depailler's best finish in almost two years having finished second previously at the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix. Tom Pryce finished third in a Shadow DN5B in his second podium in six months. It would prove to be the season highlight for Pryce and for Shadow Racing Cars. It was their only podium for the season and Pryce would not stand on the podium again. Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeNo111GBR James HuntMcLaren-Ford2:32.50121AUT Niki LaudaFerrari2:32.522317FRA Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford2:32.66342SWI Clay RegazzoniFerrari2:33.174530BRA Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford2:33.335612GER Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford2:33.59679ITA Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford2:33.637828GBR John WatsonPenske-Ford2:33.87894FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford2:34.499108BRA Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo2:34.54101126FRA Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra2:34.67111216GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford2:34.8412133RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford2:35.02131434GER Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford2:35.3814157ARG Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo2:35.9715166USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford2:36.01161721ITA Renzo ZorziWolf-Williams-Ford2:37.0717185SWE Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford2:37.19181920BEL Jacky IckxWolf-Williams-Ford2:37.62192031BRA Ingo HoffmannFittipaldi-Ford2:40.25202114GBR Ian AshleyBRM2:40.94212210ITA Lella LombardiMarch-Ford2:40.9522 Race Summary For the opening round of the season, James Hunt took his first Formula 1 pole position with reigning champion Niki Lauda alongside in his Ferrari. Emerson Fittipaldi qualified fifth on his debut for his brother Wilson's Copersucar team.1976 Brazilian GP - Overview http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1976&gp=Brazilian%20GP&r=1 2020-08-01 www.chicanef1.com Clay Regazzoni in the second Ferrari took the lead at the start.Lauda Easily Wins Opening Prix Race Wilkes-Barre Times Leader 26 January 1976 1 August 2020 https://newspapers.com/clip/56480588/ Newspapers.com Lotus teammates Andretti and Peterson collided on the first lap, both retiring as a result.Lauda's Ferrari Winner of Brazilian Grand Prix The Los Angeles Times 26 January 1976 1 August 2020 https://newspapers.com/clip/56480396/ Newspapers.com Lauda was still in the lead ahead of Hunt and Jarier.Prix King Lauda Wins '76 Debut Press and Sun-Bulletin 26 January 1976 1 August 2020 https://newspapers.com/clip/56480516/ Newspapers.com Hunt crashed out due to a sticking throttle, and Jarier did the same a lap later after driving on some oil in the track from Hunt's car. Fittipaldi's debut race for Copersucar failed to live up to its initial promise, the Brazilian double world champion ending up three laps down after various technical problems. Lauda thus started his title defence with victory, with Patrick Depailler second in the Tyrrell, and Tom Pryce completing the podium in the other Shadow. thumb|right|Emerson Fittipaldi in a Fittipaldi FD04. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 40 1:45:16.78 2 9 2 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 40 + 21.47 9 6 3 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 40 + 23.84 12 4 4 34 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 40 + 1:28.17 14 3 5 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 40 + 1:56.46 13 2 6 12 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 40 + 1:58.27 6 1 7 2 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 40 + 2:15.24 4   8 20 BEL Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford 39 + 1 lap 19   9 21 ITA Renzo Zorzi Wolf-Williams-Ford 39 + 1 lap 17   10 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 39 + 1 Lap 10   11 31 BRA Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 20   12 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 37 Out of Fuel 15   13 30 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 37 + 3 Laps 5   14 10 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 36 + 4 Laps 22   Ret Retired 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 33 Accident 3   Ret Retired 11 GBR James Hunt McLaren-Ford 32 Throttle/Accident 1   Ret Retired 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 15 Oil Leak 7   Ret Retired 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 14 Transmission 11   Ret Retired 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 10 Accident 18   Ret Retired 6 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 6 Accident 16   Ret Retired 28GBR John Watson Penske-Ford 2 Fuel System 8   Ret Retired 14GBR Ian Ashley BRM 2 Oil Pump 21  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/442/ 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210045130/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/442/ 10 December 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Brazilian driver Ingo Hoffmann (record holder of titles in the Stock Car Pro Series in Brazil). This was the 5th pole position for British constructor McLaren. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British-Canadian constructor Wolf-Williams and French constructor Ligier. This race marked the 5th podium finish for British-American constructor Shadow. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 AUT Niki Lauda 9 2 FRA Patrick Depailler 6 3 UK Tom Pryce 4 4 GER Hans-Joachim Stuck 3 5 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/bresil/championnat.aspx Brazil 1976 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 9 2 UK Tyrrell-Ford 6 3 UK Shadow-Ford 4 4 UK March-Ford 3 5 UK McLaren-Ford 1Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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