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1976 Belgian Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryBelgium
Grand PrixBelgian
ImageCircuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg
Previous_round1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Next_round1976 Monaco Grand Prix
Official nameXXXIV Grote Prijs van Belgie
DateMay 16
Year1976
Race_No5
Season_No16
LocationCircuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course_mi2.648
Course_km4.262
Distance_laps70
Distance_mi185.38
Distance_km298.34
Pole_DriverNiki Lauda
Pole_CountryAUT
Pole_TeamFerrari
Pole_Time1:26.55
Fast_DriverNiki Lauda
Fast_CountryAUT
Fast_TeamFerrari
Fast_Time1:25.98
First_DriverNiki Lauda
First_CountryAUT
First_TeamFerrari
Second_DriverClay Regazzoni
Second_CountrySwitzerland
Second_TeamFerrari
Third_DriverJacques Laffite
Third_CountryFRA
Third_TeamLigier-Matra
Lapchart

The 1976 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder, near Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on 16 May 1976. The race was the fifth round of the 1976 Formula One season. It was the 34th Belgian Grand Prix and the third to be held at Circuit Zolder. Zolder was a replacement venue as Nivelles-Baulers near Brussels was due to host the race in rotation with Zolder but the track surface at Nivelles had deteriorated and Zolder would host the race until the return of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 1983. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.3-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 298 kilometres.

The race was won by Ferrari driver, Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T2, who increased his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 29 points by doing so. His Swiss teammate, Clay Regazzoni, finished the race in second position, 3.4 seconds behind Lauda. Third was taken by French driver Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS5. It was Lauda's fourth win of the year in what was a dominant display by the reigning champion. Laffite's third place was his second podium after finishing second in the 1975 German Grand Prix the previous year and the first such finish for the new Équipe Ligier team.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Niki LaudaFerrari**1:26.55**1
Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:26.602
James HuntMcLaren-Ford1:26.743
Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:26.914
Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:26.935
Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:27.146
Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:27.197
Chris AmonEnsign-Ford1:27.548
Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:27.669
Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:27.7210
Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:27.7511
Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:28.3012
Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:28.3713
Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:28.3814
Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford1:28.4115
Alan JonesSurtees-Ford1:28.4416
John WatsonPenske-Ford1:28.4417
Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:28.5018
Patrick NèveBrabham-Ford1:28.8019
Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford1:28.8120
Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford1:28.8421
Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford1:28.9922
Loris KesselBrabham-Ford1:29.0923
Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford1:29.4024
Michel LeclèreWolf-Williams-Ford1:29.4625
Brett LungerSurtees-Ford1:29.7626
Emerson FittipaldiCopersucar-Ford1:29.81—
Jacky IckxWolf-Williams-Ford1:30.61—
Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford1:30.77—

*Drivers with a red background failed to qualify

Race

Race summary

Ferrari had locked out the front row in qualifying, with Lauda on pole from Regazzoni. Lauda motored away as the start, with Hunt up to second but Regazzoni soon took the place back. The Ferraris raced away, and Hunt dropped to sixth position, behind Jacques Laffite's Ligier and the two six-wheeled Tyrrell P34s, before eventually retiring with a transmission failure. Patrick Depailler also retired when his engine blew up. Lauda won, and Regazzoni completed a dominant Ferrari 1–2. Laffite inherited third with the retirements of James Hunt (McLaren M23) and Depailler. Jody Scheckter finished fourth in his Tyrrell. A lap behind, future world champion Alan Jones took his second points finish in his Surtees TS19 with Jochen Mass collecting the final point in the second McLaren after Chris Amon's Ensign N176 shed a wheel and rolled.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789101112RetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNQDNQDNQ
1Austria **Niki Lauda****Ferrari**701:42:53.231**9**
2Switzerland **Clay Regazzoni****Ferrari**70+ 3.462**6**
26France **Jacques Laffite****Ligier-Matra**70+ 35.386**4**
3South Africa **Jody Scheckter****Tyrrell-Ford**70+ 1:31.007**3**
19Australia **Alan Jones****Surtees-Ford**69+ 1 Lap16**2**
12Germany **Jochen Mass****McLaren-Ford**69+ 1 Lap18**1**
28United Kingdom John WatsonPenske-Ford69+ 1 Lap17
37Australia Larry PerkinsBoro-Ford69+ 1 Lap20
17France Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford69+ 1 Lap14
16United Kingdom Tom PryceShadow-Ford68+ 2 Laps13
21France Michel LeclèreWolf-Williams-Ford68+ 2 Laps25
32Switzerland Loris KesselBrabham-Ford63+ 7 Laps23
18USA Brett LungerSurtees-Ford62Electrical26
8Brazil Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo58Electrical9
22New Zealand Chris AmonEnsign-Ford51Accident8
11United Kingdom James HuntMcLaren-Ford35Gearbox3
34Germany Hans Joachim StuckMarch-Ford33Suspension15
24Austria Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford31Engine24
4France Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford29Engine4
5USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford28Halfshaft11
33Belgium Patrick NèveBrabham-Ford26Halfshaft19
35Italy Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford21Engine21
7Argentina Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo17Engine12
10Sweden Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford16Accident10
6Sweden Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford7Accident22
9Italy Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford6Halfshaft5
30Brazil Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford
20Belgium Jacky IckxWolf-Williams-Ford
25United Kingdom Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford

Notes

  • This was the 10th fastest lap set by an Austrian driver.
  • This was the 1st podium finish for French constructor Ligier.
  • For the first time since the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix, a Ford-powered car did not end on the podium. This ended a record streak of 67 consecutive podium finishes for the engine supplier.

Championship standings after the race

Points are accurate at the conclusion of the race and do not include amended results of the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix as it was under appeal. ;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1AUT Niki Lauda42
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 12SUI Clay Regazzoni15
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 13FRA Patrick Depailler10
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4GER Jochen Mass8
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 15RSA Jody Scheckter8

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1ITA Ferrari45
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]2UK Tyrrell-Ford16
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]3UK McLaren-Ford10
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 34FRA Ligier-Matra7
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 15UK Lotus-Ford6
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Name_of_race = Belgian Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1976 | Previous_race_in_season = 1976 Spanish Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1976 Monaco Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1975 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1977 Belgian Grand Prix

References

  1. "1976 Belgian GP".
  2. Lang, Mike. (1983). "Grand Prix! Vol 3". Haynes Publishing Group.
  3. Lang, Mike. (1983). "Grand Prix! Vol 3". Haynes Publishing Group.
  4. "1976 Belgian Grand Prix Entry list".
  5. "1976 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  6. "Belgium 1976 - Championship • STATS F1".
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