1976 Dutch Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 12 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details | |||||
Date | August 29, 1976 | ||||
Official name | XXIII Grote Prijs van Nederland [1] | ||||
Location | Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.226 km (2.626 miles) | ||||
Distance | 75 laps, 316.960 km (196.950 miles) | ||||
Weather | Warm, dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | March-Ford | ||||
Time | 1:21.31 [2] | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:22.59 [3] on lap 49 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | McLaren-Ford | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Lotus-Ford | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1976 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 29 August 1976. [4] It was won by British driver James Hunt driving a McLaren M23 on his 29th birthday. The race, contested over 75 laps, was the twelfth round of the 1976 Formula One season.
The weekend was marred by the death of track marshal Ron Lenderink during a touring car support race. He was 29. [5]
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