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
Driver Constructor Car Lap Gap 1 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Cosworth Tyrrell 007 1:20.42 2 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari Ferrari 312T2 1:22.77 +2.35 3 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 77 1:23.56 +3.14 4 20 Jacky Ickx Hesketh-Cosworth Hesketh 308C 1:23.72 +3.30 5 11 James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth McLaren M23 1:23.80 +3.38 6 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS19 1:23.81 +3.39 7 5 Bob Evans Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 77 1:24.05 +3.63 8 28 John Watson Penske-Cosworth Penske PC3 1:24.26 +3.84 9 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Cosworth Shadow DN5 1:24.32 +3.90 10 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Cosworth Brabham BT45 1:24.50 +4.08 11 22 Chris Amon Ensign-Cosworth Ensign N174 1:25.08 +4.66 12 32 Loris Kessel Brabham-Cosworth Brabham BT44 1:25.98 +5.56 13 33 Patrick Nève Brabham-Cosworth Brabham BT44 1:26.39 +5.97 14 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Cosworth Hesketh 308B 1:26.67 +6.25 15 36 Giancarlo Martini Ferrari Ferrari 312T 1:27.75 +7.33 16 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Cosworth March 761 1:30.23 +9.81 DNA 14 Larry Perkins BRM BRM P201 DNA 40 David Purley Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS16 DNA 14 Ian Ashley BRM BRM P201 DNA 17 Lyncar-Cosworth Lyncar 006
Classification
Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth 40 58:01.23 5 2 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Cosworth 40 + 18.42 6 3 20 Jacky Ickx Hesketh-Cosworth 40 + 23.17 4 4 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Cosworth 40 + 2:25.691 16 5 22 Chris Amon Ensign-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 11 6 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 9 7 33 Patrick Nève Brabham-Cosworth 39 + 1 Laps 13 8 (Ret) 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Cosworth 38 + 2 Laps/Engine1 3 DNF 5 Bob Evans Lotus-Cosworth 36 Out of Fuel 7 DNF 32 Loris Kessel Brabham-Cosworth 31 Engine 12 DNF 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Cosworth 17 Engine 14 DNF 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 17 Brakes 2 DNF 28 John Watson Penske-Cosworth 12 Accident 8 DNF 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Cosworth 8 Engine 10 DNF 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Cosworth 2 Accident 1 DNS 36 Giancarlo Martini Ferrari 0 Accident in warm-up 15 1 Brambilla and Nilsson were both penalised one minute for jumping the start.
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