1976 Season - Round 11 - 1976-08-15
John Watson won the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix for Penske, with Jacques Laffite (Ligier) second and Gunnar Nilsson (Team Lotus) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Henri Pescarolo (Surtees) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P22 on the grid to P9 at the flag β a 13-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 14 drivers failing to finish.
25 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix, completing round 11 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Watson | Penske | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| James Hunt |
| McLaren |
| 1 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 3 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 12 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 22 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | 16 | Accident | 0 |
| 11 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | Tyrrell | 23 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Lella Lombardi | Brabham-Ford | 24 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Hans Binder | Ensign | 19 | Throttle | 0 |
| 14 | Loris Kessel | Brabham-Ford | 25 | Not classified | 0 |
| 15 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| 17 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 18 | Accident | 0 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 8 | Fuel pump | 0 |
| 19 | Alan Jones | Surtees | 15 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 11 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 21 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | Suspension | 0 |
| 22 | Arturo Merzario | Wolf | 21 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 6 | Brakes | 0 |
| 24 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 10 | Suspension | 0 |
| 25 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 14 | Clutch | 0 |