1976 Spanish Grand Prix

October 2021 F1 Spain 1945 Spanish 1976 United States Grand Prix West 1976 Belgian Grand Prix XXII Gran Premio de España1976 Spanish GP http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1976&gp=Spanish%20GP&r=1 2 August 2020 www.chicanef1.com Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg 2 May 1976 4 16 Jarama, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.115 3.404 75 158.625 255.3 James Hunt GBR McLaren-Ford 1:18.52 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 117 Jochen Mass FRG McLaren-Ford 1:20.93 52 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 119 James Hunt GBR McLaren-Ford Niki Lauda AUT Ferrari Gunnar Nilsson Sweden Lotus-Ford ESP The 1976 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXII Gran Premio de España) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuito del Jarama in Madrid, Spain on 2 May 1976. The race was the fourth round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the 22nd Spanish Grand Prix and the sixth to be held at Jarama. The race was held over 75 laps of the 3.404-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 255 kilometres. Initially the declared winner was Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T2 extending his Drivers' Championship lead to 23 points after first across the line James Hunt had his McLaren M23 disqualified in post-race scrutineering. Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson took his Lotus 77 to second place with Carlos Reutemann finishing third in his Brabham BT45. McLaren appealed the disqualification and in July the appeal was upheld and Hunt re-instated as winner of the Spanish Grand Prix. Summary As the European season began, new cars were launched as organisers were due to start enforcing new regulations for 1976 having allowed an easing in period over the first three races. There was a big talking point as the Tyrrell team entered a new P34 six-wheeler for Patrick Depailler. Depailler was on the pace and qualified third, behind Hunt and Lauda. Lauda, driving with broken ribs after an accident driving a tractor once again beat Hunt off the line at the start and led for the first third of the race. Depailler, after a slow start, was running fourth behind Mass when he spun off and crashed with brake problems. Just before mid-race, the McLarens of Hunt and Mass found another gear and drove past Lauda, but towards the end of the race, Mass had to retire with an engine failure. Hunt took his first win of the season, with Lauda second and Gunnar Nilsson's Lotus third. After the race, scrutineers examined the bulk of the field and Hunt was disqualified because his McLaren was found to be 1.5 cm too wide and Lauda was declared the winner. One of the new rules which came into force on 1 May 1976 defined how wide a Formula One car could be. McLaren appealed the decision. Two months after the race, McLaren's appeal was successful as the tribunal considered that the 1.5 cm difference was "minimal" and Hunt was reinstated as the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix.Hunt Wins Appeal, Spanish Grand Prix The Indianapolis Star 6 July 1976 30 July 2020 https://newspapers.com/clip/56375913/ Newspapers.com On the same day in the US, McLaren's USAC team won the Indy car race at Trenton Speedway with driver Johnny Rutherford in an M16-Offenhauser, thus accomplishing the rare feat of winning both a Formula 1 Grand Prix and an Indy car race on the same day.Brown Allen Trenton International Speedway, 2 May 1976 « Indy Car https://www.oldracingcars.com/indy/results/1976/trenton/may/ 2024-08-19 OldRacingCars.com en Chris Amon's 5th place made him the last driver from New Zealand to score points in Formula One until Brendon Hartley finished 10th in the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix some 42 years later. Classification Qualifying Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Gap 1 GBR James Hunt McLaren–Ford 1:18.52 2 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.32 3 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell–Ford +0.59 4 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren–Ford +0.62 5 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.63 6 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March–Ford +0.75 7 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Lotus–Ford +0.83 8 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier–Matra +0.87 9 USA Mario Andretti Lotus–Ford +1.07 10 NZL Chris Amon Ensign–Ford +1.31 11 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham–Alfa Romeo +1.41 12 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham–Alfa Romeo +1.60 13 GBR John Watson Penske–Ford +1.65 14 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell–Ford +1.67 15 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow–Ford +1.69 16 SWE Ronnie Peterson March–Ford +1.82 17 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck March–Ford +1.88 18 ITA Arturo Merzario March–Ford +2.11 19 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi–Ford +2.19 20 AUS Alan Jones Surtees–Ford +2.35 21 BEL Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams–Ford +2.61 22 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow–Ford +2.67 23 FRA Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams–Ford +2.77 24 AUS Larry Perkins Boro–Ford +3.00 25 USA Brett Lunger Surtees–Ford +3.44 26 SUI Loris Kessel Brabham–Ford +3.53 27 ESP 1945 Emilio Zapico Williams–Ford +3.70 28 ESP 1945 Emilio de Villota Brabham–Ford +4.37 29 AUT Harald Ertl Hesketh–Ford +4.40 30 BRA Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi–Ford +34.60 Source:Formula One 1976 Spanish Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats *Drivers with a red background failed to qualify Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 75 1:42:20.43 1 9 2 1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 75 + 30.97 2 6 3 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 75 + 48.02 7 4 4 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 74 + 1 lap 12 3 5 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Ensign-Ford 74 + 1 lap 10 2 6 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 74 + 1 lap 11 1 7 20 Belgium Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford 74 + 1 lap 21 8 16 UK Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 74 + 1 lap 22 9 19 Australia Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 74 + 1 lap 20 10 21 France Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams-Ford 73 + 2 laps 23 11 2 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 72 + 3 laps 5 12 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 72 + 3 laps 8 13 37 Australia Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 72 + 3 laps 24 Ret Retired 12 Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 65 Engine 4 Ret Retired 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 61 Electrical 15 Ret Retired 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 53 Engine 14 Ret Retired 28 UK John Watson Penske-Ford 51 Engine 13 Ret Retired 35 Italy Arturo Merzario March-Ford 36 Gearbox 18 Ret Retired 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 34 Gearbox 9 Ret Retired 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 25 Accident 3 Ret Retired 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 21 Suspension 6 Ret Retired 34 Germany Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 16 Gearbox 17 Ret Retired 10 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 11 Transmission 16 Ret Retired 30 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 3 Transmission 19 DNQ Did not qualify 18 USA Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 32 Switzerland Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 25 Spain 1945 Emilio Zapico Williams-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 33 Spain 1945 Emilio de Villota Brabham-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 31 Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi-FordSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/445/ 1976 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205104109/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/445/ 5 December 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swiss driver Loris Kessel and Spanish drivers Emilio Zapico and Emilio de Villota. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Dutch constructor Boro - the first constructor from the Netherlands to participate in Formula One. This was the 50th Grand Prix start for French engine supplier Matra. Championship standings after the race Points shown represent points standings after the race when Hunt was disqualified. His nine points for winning the race were not re-instated until much later in the season. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda 33 10px 2 FRA Patrick Depailler 10 10px 3 SUI Clay Regazzoni 9 10px 4 GER Jochen Mass 7 10px 5 UK James Hunt 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1976 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 36 10px 2 UK Tyrrell-Ford 13 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford 9 10px 5 4 UK Lotus-Ford 4 10px 5 5 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note 2: Results as shown are before any changes due to decision of stewards. References 30em Spanish Grand Prix 1976 1976 United States Grand Prix West 1976 Belgian Grand Prix 1975 Spanish Grand Prix 1977 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix