1976 Italian Grand Prix

April 2019 F1 Italy Italian Monza 1976-1993.png 1976 Dutch Grand Prix 1976 Canadian Grand Prix XLVII Gran Premio d'Italia1976 Italian GP http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1976&gp=Italian%20GP&r=1 2020-08-02 www.chicanef1.com September 12 1976 13 16 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza Permanent racing facility 3.604 5.800 52 187.2 301.6 Jacques Laffite France Ligier-Matra 1:41.35 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 145 Ronnie Peterson Sweden March-Ford 1:41.3 50 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 147 Ronnie Peterson Sweden March-Ford Clay Regazzoni Switzerland Ferrari Jacques Laffite France Ligier-Matra ITA The 1976 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy on 12 September 1976.http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Monza-1976-09-12e.jpg 1976 Italian Grand Prix Entry list The race, contested over 52 laps, was the thirteenth round of the 1976 Formula One season. It was also the 45th running of the Italian Grand Prix, the 23rd which was a part of the World Championship. Ronnie Peterson took the March team's last victory in Formula One, and his only with the team. Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni finished the race in second position and polesitter Jacques Laffite completed the podium for Ligier. This was the last time Ferrari entered more than two cars for a race. The race saw the return of World Championship leader Niki Lauda to the sport after his serious crash at the 1976 German - he finished this race in fourth place. Background Monza had been modified from the year before. The circuit featured 2 consecutive left-right chicanes creating the Variante del Rettifilo, added before the Curva Grande, and a left-right chicane called Variante della Roggia that was added before the first Lesmo curve. Qualifying The qualifying session on Friday was wet, so the dry session on Saturday was to provide the field with their best times. After this session, Brett Lunger, Arturo Merzario and the very slow Otto Stuppacher had failed to qualify. John Watson qualified in eighth position, with James Hunt ninth and Jochen Mass tenth, but their times were later disallowed due to alleged fuel irregularities, an allegation that was later withdrawn.Foster Ed Alastair Caldwell on 1976: Royal Automobile Club Talk Show https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/alastair-caldwell-1976-royal-automobile-club-talk-show/ Motor Sport Magazine 8 May 2024 This meant that their Friday times counted for their grid positions. As a result, these three drivers were the three slowest and were deemed not to have qualified, allowing Lunger, Merzario and Stuppacher on to the grid. Stuppacher had already left the circuit and flown back home to Austria, so could not take his place on the grid. This promoted Hunt back into the 26 qualifiers. Merzario withdrew and promoted Mass, and later Guy Edwards also decided to withdraw in order to let Watson race. Following the bankruptcy of the Boro team prior to the event, driver Larry Perkins convinced team management to release two mechanics to run an entry at Monza and qualified a season-best 13th.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLO93f_m22w&t=4128 Enforcer and The Dude - Episode 11 (1:08:48) "Enforcer and The Dude" on YouTube 4 October 2019 Qualifying classification Pos No. Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:41.35 — 2 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.38 + 0.03 3 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:41.53 + 0.18 4 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:42.06 + 0.71 5 1 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:42.09 + 0.74 6 34 GER Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:42.18 + 0.83 7 35 ARG Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:42.38 + 1.03 8 10 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:42.64 + 1.29 9 2 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:42.96 + 1.61 10 22 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 1:43.29 + 1.94 11 7 FRG Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:43.29 + 1.94 12 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:43.30 + 1.95 13 40 AUS Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 1:43.32 + 1.97 14 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:43.34 + 1.99 15 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:43.63 + 2.28 16 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:43.94 + 2.59 17 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:44.05 + 2.70 18 19 AUS Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:44.41 + 3.06 19 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:44.56 + 3.21 20 30 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:44.57 + 3.22 21 37 ITA Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell-Ford 1:44.62 + 3.27 22 38 FRA Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 1:45.12 + 3.77 23 25 GBR Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 1:45.79 + 4.44 24 18 USA Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 1:46.48 + 5.13 25 20 Italy Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:47.31 + 5.96 26 39 Austria Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford 1:55.22 + 13.87 27 11 GBR James Hunt McLaren-Ford 2:08.76 + 27.41 28 12 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 2:11.06 + 29.71 29 28 GBR John Watson Penske-Ford 2:13.95 + 32.60 Race At the start, Jody Scheckter in the Tyrrell led ahead of Laffite's Ligier and teammate Patrick Depailler with Lauda down in the midfield. Mass, despite being promoted to 25th after Merzario withdrew, retired on lap 3 with ignition problems. McLaren's misfortunes didn't end there as Hunt, who had no chance of winning had tried to charge his way up through the field and spun off into gravel trap at the first corner chicane on lap 12. Peterson in the March had begun his charge up the field and took the lead on lap 15 as Scheckter dropped out of the top 4 leaving Peterson to battle with Depailler, Regazzoni and Laffite. Meanwhile, Hans Joachim Stuck in the other March collided with the Lotus of Mario Andretti on lap 24 forcing both drivers to retire. In the closing stages Depailler was suffering from engine problems but eventually finished 6th as Lauda got past both the Tyrrells for 4th place. Peterson took his first win in 2 years by 2.3 seconds over Regazzoni followed by Laffite in a strong third 3 seconds behind Peterson with Lauda fourth and the Tyrrells of Scheckter and Depailler rounding out the top 6. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 52 1:30:35.6 8 9 2 2 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 52 + 2.3 9 6 3 26FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 52 + 3.0 1 4 4 1 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 52 + 19.4 5 3 5 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 52 + 19.5 2 2 6 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 52 + 35.7 4 1 7 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 52 + 43.9 16   8 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 52 + 52.9 15   9 35 ARG Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 52 + 57.5 7   10 22 BEL Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 52 + 1:12.4 10   11 28 GBR John Watson Penske-Ford 52 + 1:42.2 27   12 19 AUS Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 18   13 6 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 12   14 18 USA Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 50 + 2 Laps 24   15 30 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 50 + 2 Laps 20   16 24 AUT Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 49 Halfshaft 19   17 38 FRA Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 49 + 3 Laps 22   18 37 ITA Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell-Ford 49 + 3 Laps 21   19 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 47 + 5 Laps 17   Ret Retired 7 FRG Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo 41 Fuel System 11   Ret Retired 34 FRG Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 23 Accident 6   Ret Retired 5 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 23 Accident 14   Ret Retired 11 GBR James Hunt McLaren-Ford 11 Spun Off 25   Ret Retired 40 AUS Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 8 Engine 13   Ret Retired 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 Engine 3   Ret Retired 12 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 2 Ignition 26   DNS Did not start 25 GBR Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford Withdrew 23   DNS Did not start 20 ITA Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford   Withdrew   DNS Did not start 39 AUT Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford Withdrew    Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1976/races/370/italy/starting-grid.html 1976 Italian Grand Prix starting grid Formula1.com 8 April 2019http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/454/ 1976 Italian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210031159/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/454/ 10 December 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Austrian driver Otto Stuppacher. This was the 5th fastest lap set by a Swedish driver. This was the 5th Grand Prix start for Boro. This race marked the 1st pole position for Ligier. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda* 61 10px 2 UK James Hunt* 56 10px 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter* 38 10px 1 4 SUI Clay Regazzoni 28 10px 1 5 FRA Patrick Depailler 27Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/italie/championnat.aspx Italy 1976 – Championship StatsF1.com 11 January 2026 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari* 73 10px 2 UK McLaren-Ford* 61 (62) 10px 3 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 51 10px 1 4 FRA Ligier-Matra 20 10px 1 5 USA Penske-Ford 18Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 7 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points do not reflect final results of 1976 British Grand Prix as it was under appeal. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References 30em Italian Grand Prix 1976 1976 Dutch Grand Prix 1976 Canadian Grand Prix 1975 Italian Grand Prix 1977 Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Category:Italian Grand Prix Category:1976 in Italian motorsport Italian Grand Prix