The 1976 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 29 August 1976. It was won by British driver James Hunt driving a McLaren M23 on his 29th birthday. The race, contested over 75 laps, was the twelfth round of the 1976 Formula One season.
The weekend was marred by the death of track marshal Ron Lenderink during a touring car support race; he was 29.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification PosDriverTeamTime1 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:21.312 James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:21.393 Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:21.554 John WatsonPenske-Ford1:21.625 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:21.856 Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:21.887 Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:21.888 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:21.919 Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:22.0310 Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:22.0611 Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford1:22.1312 Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:22.1613 Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:22.1614 Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:22.2715 Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:22.4816 Alan JonesSurtees-Ford1:22.5117 Emerson FittipaldiCopersucar-Ford1:22.5518 Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford1:22.5919 Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford1:23.1020 Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:23.1821 Boy HayjePenske-Ford1:23.2622 Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford1:23.5523 Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford1:24.0924 Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford1:24.3725 Rolf StommelenHesketh-Ford1:24.7126 Conny AnderssonSurtees-Ford1:24.74 Alessandro Pesenti-RossiTyrrell-Ford1:26.01Source:
Race
Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 75 1:44:52.09 2 9 2 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 75 +0.92 5 6 3 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 75 +2.09 6 4 4 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 75 +6.94 3 3 5 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 75 +22.46 8 2 6 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 75 +45.03 7 1 7 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 75 +56.28 14 8 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 74 +1 lap 16 9 12 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 74 +1 lap 15 10 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 74 +1 lap 20 11 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 74 +1 lap 22 12 25 Rolf Stommelen Hesketh-Ford 72 +3 laps 25 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 66 Electrical 11 39 Boy Hayje Penske-Ford 63 Halfshaft 21 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 53 Oil leak 9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 53 Oil leak 10 10 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 52 Oil pressure 1 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 49 Spun off 24 28 John Watson Penske-Ford 47 Gearbox 4 27 Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 44 Accident 19 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 40 Electrical 17 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 Clutch 12 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 10 Accident 13 34 Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 9 Engine 18 18 Conny Andersson Surtees-Ford 9 Engine 26 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 5 Accident 23
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swedish driver Conny Andersson and Dutch driver Boy Hayje. This race marked the 100th podium finish for an American driver. This was the 10th Grand Prix start for Wolf-Williams. This race saw the 5th pole position for a March.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda* 58 2 James Hunt* 56 3 Jody Scheckter* 36 4 Patrick Depailler* 26 1 5 Clay Regazzoni 22Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari* 67 2 McLaren-Ford* 61 (62) 3 Tyrrell-Ford* 49 4 Penske-Ford 18 5 Ligier-Matra 16Source:
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.
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