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The 1976 Six Hours of Silverstone was the third race of the 1976 World Championship for Makes. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain on 9 May 1976. It was open to Group 5 Special Production cars, Group 4 GT cars and Group 2 Touring Cars.
The race was won by John Fitzpatrick and Tom Walkinshaw driving a BMW 3.0CSL.
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| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | Group 5 over 2000 | 4 |  Hermetite BMW |  John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw | BMW 3.0CSL | |
| BMW S6 3,5 L | ||||||
| 2 | Group 5 over 2000 | 10 | Kremer Racing |  Bob Wollek Hans Heyer | Porsche 935 | |
| Porsche Type 935 Turbo Flat-6 2,8L | ||||||
| 3 | Group 5 over 2000 | 16 | Egon Evertz |  Leo Kinnunen Egon Evertz | Porsche 934/5 | 2 laps |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| 4 | Group 5 over 2000 | 3 | Alpina | Harald Grohs  Hughes de Fierlant | BMW 3.0CSL | 4 laps |
| BMW S6 3,5 L | ||||||
| 5 | Group 4 | 25 | Egon Evertz |  Lella Lombardi Heinz Martin | Porsche 934 | 12 laps |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| 6 | Group 5 2000 | 54 | Jolly Club | Martino Finotto Umberto Grano Renzo Zorzi | Ford Escort | 18 laps |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| 7 | Group 4 | 31 |  Kenneth Leim | Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen | Porsche 911 RSR | 29 laps |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| 8 | Group 5 | 24 | Bob Neville | Bob Neville Derek Worthington | MG MGB GT V8 | 33 Laps |
| Rover V8 3,5 L | ||||||
| 9 | Group 2 | 58 |  Tony Brennan | Jody Carr Tony Brennan Arthur Collier | Ford Escort | 40 Laps |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| 10 | Group 5 over 2000 | 9 | Martini Racing-Porsche | Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx | Porsche 935 | 51 Laps |
| Porsche Type 935 Turbo Flat-6 2,8L | ||||||
| NC | Group 2 | 57 | Ken Coffey | Ken Coffey Eric Mandron | Ford Escort | 59 laps |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 over 2000 | 1 | BMW Motorsport | Ronnie Peterson Gunnar Nilsson Hans-Joachim Stuck | BMW 3,2CSL | |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 over 2000 | 2 | Schnitzer Motorsport |  Dieter Quester Albrecht Krebs | BMW 3.0CSL | |
| BMW M30 S6 3,2L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 4 | 15 | Lousi Mezanrie | Hubert Striebig Anne-Charlotte Verney Guy Chasseuil | Porsche 911 RSR | |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 | 37 | John Cooper | John Cooper Nick Faure | Porsche 911 RSR | |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 2 | 51 |  Toyota Switzerland |  Manfred Schurti Paul Keller | Toyota Celica | |
| Rover V8 3,5 L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 | 22 | Reine Wisell | Reine Wisell Stuart Graham | Chevrolet Camaro Z | |
| Chevrolet V8 5,7l | ||||||
| DNF | Group 2 | 41 | John Markey Racing | John Markey Wendy Markey | Mazda RX3 | |
| Mazda 1126 Rotary | ||||||
| DNS | Group 2 | 56 | Derek McMahon | Derek McMahon Alec Poole | Ford Escort | |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 2 | 58 | Tony Brennan | Tony Brennan Arthur Collier | Ford Escort | |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNS | Group 5 | 5 | Jean-Claude Aubriet | Jean-Claude Aubriet "Depnic" | BMW 3.0CSL | |
| BMW S6 3,5 L |
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