Pit Lane F1
1976 Season - Round 1 - 1976-01-25
Niki Lauda won the 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) second and Tom Pryce (Shadow) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Jacky Ickx (Wolf) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P19 on the grid to P8 at the flag — a 11-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 9 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix, completing round 1 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 9 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 12 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Hans-Joachim Stuck |
| March |
| 14 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 13 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 6 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 4 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Renzo Zorzi | Williams | 17 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 10 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 15 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 5 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Lella Lombardi | March | 22 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| 16 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 7 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 18 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | Transmission | 0 |
| 19 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 18 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 16 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | John Watson | Penske | 8 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 22 | Ian Ashley | BRM | 21 | Oil pump | 0 |
