1976 Dutch Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 12 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | August 29, 1976 | ||
| Official name | XXV Grote Prijs van Nederland | ||
| Location |
Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.226 km (2.626 mi) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 316.960 km (196.950 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | March-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:21.31[1] | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:22.59[2] on lap 49 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Ford | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Lotus-Ford | ||
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 weekend was marred by the death of track marshal Ron Lenderink during a touring car support race. He was 29.[3]
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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | |
| Ret | 22 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jacky Ickx |
Ensign-Ford | 66 | Electrical | 11 | |
| Ret | 39 |  Boy Hayje |
Penske-Ford | 63 | Halfshaft | 21 | |
| Ret | 8 |  Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 53 | Oil Leak | 9 | |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 53 | Oil Leak | 10 | |
| Ret | 10 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 52 | Oil Pressure | 1 | |
| Ret | 24 |  Harald Ertl |
Hesketh-Ford | 49 | Spun Off | 24 | |
| Ret | 28 | John Watson |
Penske-Ford | 47 | Gearbox | 4 | |
| Ret | 27 | Larry Perkins |
Boro-Ford | 44 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 40 | Electrical | 17 | |
| Ret | 7 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 11 | Clutch | 12 | |
| Ret | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 10 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 34 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 9 | Engine | 26 | |
| Ret | 18 | Conny Andersson |
Surtees-Ford | 9 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 20 | Arturo Merzario |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 5 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNQ | 40 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi |
Tyrrell-Ford | ||||
Source:[4] | |||||||
Championship standings after the race
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- 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.
References
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- ↑ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 142. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ↑ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 144. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". motorsportmemorial.org.
- ↑ "1976 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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