The 1976 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 14 March 1976. The 40-lap race was won by James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Cosworth, with Alan Jones second in a Surtees-Cosworth and Jacky Ickx third in a Hesketh-Cosworth entered by Wolf-Williams Racing.

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Car Lap Gap
1 3 South Africa Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Cosworth Tyrrell 007 1:20.42
2 1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari Ferrari 312T2 1:22.77 +2.35
3 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 77 1:23.56 +3.14
4 20 Belgium Jacky Ickx Hesketh-Cosworth Hesketh 308C 1:23.72 +3.30
5 11 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth McLaren M23 1:23.80 +3.38
6 19 Australia Alan Jones Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS19 1:23.81 +3.39
7 5 United Kingdom Bob Evans Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 77 1:24.05 +3.63
8 28 United Kingdom John Watson Penske-Cosworth Penske PC3 1:24.26 +3.84
9 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Cosworth Shadow DN5 1:24.32 +3.90
10 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Cosworth Brabham BT45 1:24.50 +4.08
11 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Ensign-Cosworth Ensign N174 1:25.08 +4.66
12 32 Switzerland Loris Kessel Brabham-Cosworth Brabham BT44 1:25.98 +5.56
13 33 Belgium Patrick Nève Brabham-Cosworth Brabham BT44 1:26.39 +5.97
14 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Cosworth Hesketh 308B 1:26.67 +6.25
15 36 Italy Giancarlo Martini Ferrari Ferrari 312T 1:27.75 +7.33
16 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Cosworth March 761 1:30.23 +9.81
DNA 14 New Zealand Larry Perkins BRM BRM P201
DNA 40 United Kingdom David Purley Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS16
DNA 14 United Kingdom Ian Ashley BRM BRM P201
DNA 17 Lyncar-Cosworth Lyncar 006
Source:[2]

Classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 11 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth 40 58:01.23 5
2 19 Australia Alan Jones Surtees-Cosworth 40 + 18.42 6
3 20 Belgium Jacky Ickx Hesketh-Cosworth 40 + 23.17 4
4 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Cosworth 40 + 2:25.691 16
5 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Ensign-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 11
6 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 9
7 33 Belgium Patrick Nève Brabham-Cosworth 39 + 1 Laps 13
8 (Ret) 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Cosworth 38 + 2 Laps/Engine1 3
DNF 5 United Kingdom Bob Evans Lotus-Cosworth 36 Out of Fuel 7
DNF 32 Switzerland Loris Kessel Brabham-Cosworth 31 Engine 12
DNF 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Cosworth 17 Engine 14
DNF 1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 17 Brakes 2
DNF 28 United Kingdom John Watson Penske-Cosworth 12 Accident 8
DNF 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Cosworth 8 Engine 10
DNF 3 South Africa Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Cosworth 2 Accident 1
DNS 36 Italy Giancarlo Martini Ferrari 0 Accident in warm-up 15
Sources:[3][4]

1 Brambilla and Nilsson were both penalised one minute for jumping the start.

References

  1. ^ "1976 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ "1976 Race of Champions – Qualification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "1976 Race of Champions – Classification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. ^ "1976 Race of Champions". Motor Sport. Retrieved 21 February 2024.


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