The 28th BRDC International Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone on 11 April 1976. The 40-lap race was won from pole position by Englishman James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, who also set the fastest lap. Italian Vittorio Brambilla finished second in a March-Ford, with South African Jody Scheckter third in a Tyrrell-Ford.
Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:17.91 2 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:18.76 +0.85 3 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:19.20 +1.29 4 5 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:19.41 +1.50 5 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.70 +1.79 6 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:19.80 +1.89 7 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:20.12 +2.21 8 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:20.24 +2.33 9 21 Mario Andretti Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:20.25 +2.34 10 36 Giancarlo Martini Ferrari 1:20.28 +2.37 11 32 Patrick Nève Brabham-Ford 1:20.38 +2.47 12 33 Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 1:20.84 +2.93 13 22 Chris Amon Ensign-Ford 1:21.14 +3.23 14 40 Damien Magee Brabham-Ford 1:21.32 +3.41 15 20 Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:21.45 +3.54 16 18 Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 1:21.57 +3.66 17 24 Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 1:22.28 +4.37 18 41 Brian McGuire Williams-Ford 1:22.65 +4.74
Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 40 53:04.57 1 2 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 40 + 11.24 2 3 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 40 + 37.37 5 4 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 40 + 42.66 3 5 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 40 + 43.70 6 6 5 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 40 + 44.07 4 7 21 Mario Andretti Wolf-Williams-Ford 40 + 1:10.71 9 8 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 40 + 1:28.61 7 9 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 39 + 1 lap 8 10 36 Giancarlo Martini Ferrari 39 + 1 lap 10 11 32 Patrick Nève Brabham-Ford 39 + 1 lap 11 12 33 Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 39 + 1 lap 12 Ret 41 Brian McGuire Williams-Ford 30 Oil leak 18 Ret 40 Damien Magee Brabham-Ford 23 Engine 14 Ret 20 Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford 20 Gear lever 15 Ret 24 Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 17 Exhaust 17 DNS 22 Chris Amon Ensign-Ford Engine 13 DNS 18 Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford Driver injured 16
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