1976 Race of Champions

1976 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1976 Formula One season
Race details
Date 14 March 1976
Official name XI Daily Mail Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit
Fawkham, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.6136 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Tyrrell-Cosworth
Time 1:20.42
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth
Time 1:23.78
Podium
First
McLaren-Cosworth
Second
Surtees-Cosworth
Third
Hesketh-Cosworth

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

Pos.No.DriverConstructorCarLapGap
13South Africa Jody ScheckterTyrrell-CosworthTyrrell 0071:20.42
21Austria Niki LaudaFerrariFerrari 312T21:22.77+2.35
36Sweden Gunnar NilssonLotus-CosworthLotus 771:23.56+3.14
420Belgium Jacky IckxHesketh-CosworthHesketh 308C1:23.72+3.30
511United Kingdom James HuntMcLaren-CosworthMcLaren M231:23.80+3.38
619Australia Alan JonesSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS191:23.81+3.39
75United Kingdom Bob EvansLotus-CosworthLotus 771:24.05+3.63
828United Kingdom John WatsonPenske-CosworthPenske PC31:24.26+3.84
916United Kingdom Tom PryceShadow-CosworthShadow DN51:24.32+3.90
108Brazil Carlos PaceBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT451:24.50+4.08
1122New Zealand Chris AmonEnsign-CosworthEnsign N1741:25.08+4.66
1232Switzerland Loris KesselBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:25.98+5.56
1333Belgium Patrick NèveBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:26.39+5.97
1424Austria Harald ErtlHesketh-CosworthHesketh 308B1:26.67+6.25
1536Italy Giancarlo MartiniFerrariFerrari 312T1:27.75+7.33
169Italy Vittorio BrambillaMarch-CosworthMarch 7611:30.23+9.81
DNA14New Zealand Larry PerkinsBRMBRM P201
DNA40United Kingdom David PurleySurtees-CosworthSurtees TS16
DNA14United Kingdom Ian AshleyBRMBRM P201
DNA17Lyncar-CosworthLyncar 006

Classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 11 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth 40 58:01.23 5
2 19 Australia Alan Jones Surtees-Cosworth 40 + 18.42 6
3 20 Belgium Jacky Ickx Hesketh-Cosworth 40 + 23.17 4
4 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Cosworth 40 + 2:25.691 16
5 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Ensign-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 11
6 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 9
7 33 Belgium Patrick Nève Brabham-Cosworth 39 + 1 Laps 13
8 (Ret) 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Cosworth 38 + 2 Laps/Engine1 3
DNF 5 United Kingdom Bob Evans Lotus-Cosworth 36 Out of Fuel 7
DNF 32 Switzerland Loris Kessel Brabham-Cosworth 31 Engine 12
DNF 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Cosworth 17 Engine 14
DNF 1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 17 Brakes 2
DNF 28 United Kingdom John Watson Penske-Cosworth 12 Accident 8
DNF 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Cosworth 8 Engine 10
DNF 8 South Africa Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Cosworth 2 Accident 1
DNS 36 Italy Giancarlo Martini Ferrari 0 Accident in warm-up 15

1 Brambilla and Nilsson were both penalised one minute for jumping the start.

References

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    1975 Swiss Grand Prix    		 Formula One non-championship races
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