1976 Italian Grand Prix

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1976 Italian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details
DateSeptember 12, 1976
Official name XLVII Gran Premio d'Italia [1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.800 km (3.604 miles)
Distance 52 laps, 301.6 km (187.2 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Matra
Time 1:41.35 [2]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford
Time 1:41.3 on lap 50 [3]
Podium
First March-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders
  • 1976 Italian Grand Prix

The 1976 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy on 12 September 1976. [4] The race, contested over 52 laps, was the thirteenth round of the 1976 Formula One season. It was also the 45th running of the Italian Grand Prix, the 23rd which was a part of the World Championship. Ronnie Peterson took the March team's last victory in Formula One, and his only with the team. Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni finished the race in second position and polesitter Jacques Laffite completed the podium for Ligier. This was the last time Ferrari entered more than two cars for a race.

Contents

The race saw the return of World Championship leader Niki Lauda to the sport after his serious crash at the German Grand Prix - he finished this race in fourth place.

Background

Monza had been modified from the year before. The circuit featured 2 consecutive left-right chicanes creating the Variante del Rettifilo, added before the Curva Grande, and a left-right chicane called Variante della Roggia that was added before the first Lesmo curve.

Qualifying

The qualifying session on Friday was wet, so the dry session on Saturday was to provide the field with their best times. After this session, Brett Lunger, Arturo Merzario and the very slow Otto Stuppacher had failed to qualify. John Watson qualified in eighth position, with James Hunt ninth and Jochen Mass tenth, but their times were later disallowed due to alleged fuel irregularities, an allegation that was later withdrawn. [5] This meant that their Friday times counted for their grid positions. As a result, these three drivers were the three slowest and were deemed not to have qualified, allowing Lunger, Merzario and Stuppacher on to the grid.

Stuppacher had already left the circuit and flown back home to Austria, so could not take his place on the grid. This promoted Hunt back into the 26 qualifiers. Merzario withdrew and promoted Mass, and later Guy Edwards also decided to withdraw in order to let Watson race.

Following the bankruptcy of the Boro team prior to the event, driver Larry Perkins convinced team management to release two mechanics to run an entry at Monza and qualified a season-best 13th. [6]

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverConstructorLapGap
126 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:41.35
23 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.38+ 0.03
38 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:41.53+ 0.18
44 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:42.06+ 0.71
51 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:42.09+ 0.74
634 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:42.18+ 0.83
735 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:42.38+ 1.03
810 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:42.64+ 1.29
92 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:42.96+ 1.61
1022 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 1:43.29+ 1.94
117 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:43.29+ 1.94
126 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:43.30+ 1.95
1340 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 1:43.32+ 1.97
145 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:43.34+ 1.99
1516 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:43.63+ 2.28
169 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:43.94+ 2.59
1717 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:44.05+ 2.70
1819 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:44.41+ 3.06
1924 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:44.56+ 3.21
2030 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:44.57+ 3.22
2137 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell-Ford 1:44.62+ 3.27
2238 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 1:45.12+ 3.77
2325 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 1:45.79+ 4.44
2418 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 1:46.48+ 5.13
2520 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:47.31+ 5.96
2639 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford 1:55.22+ 13.87
2711 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 2:08.76+ 27.41
2812 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 2:11.06+ 29.71
2928 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Penske-Ford 2:13.95+ 32.60

Race

At the start, Jody Scheckter in the Tyrrell led ahead of Laffite's Ligier and teammate Patrick Depailler with Lauda down in the midfield. Mass, despite being promoted to 25th after Merzario withdrew, retired on lap 3 with ignition problems. McLaren's misfortunes didn't end there as Hunt, who had no chance of winning had tried to charge his way up through the field and spun off into gravel trap at the first corner chicane on lap 12. Peterson in the March had begun his charge up the field and took the lead on lap 15 as Scheckter dropped out of the top 4 leaving Peterson to battle with Depailler, Regazzoni and Laffite. Meanwhile, Hans Joachim Stuck in the other March collided with the Lotus of Mario Andretti on lap 24 forcing both drivers to retire. In the closing stages Depailler was suffering from engine problems but eventually finished 6th as Lauda got past both the Tyrrells for 4th place. Peterson took his first win in 2 years by 2.3 seconds over Regazzoni followed by Laffite in a strong third 3 seconds behind Peterson with Lauda fourth and the Tyrrells of Scheckter and Depailler rounding out the top 6.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
110 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 521:30:35.689
22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 52+ 2.396
326 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 52+ 3.014
41 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 52+ 19.453
53 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 52+ 19.522
64 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 52+ 35.741
79 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 52+ 43.916 
816 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 52+ 52.915 
935 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 52+ 57.57 
1022 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 52+ 1:12.410 
1128 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Penske-Ford 52+ 1:42.227 
1219 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 51+ 1 Lap18 
136 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 51+ 1 Lap12 
1418 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 50+ 2 Laps24 
1530 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 50+ 2 Laps20 
1624 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 49Halfshaft19 
1738 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 49+ 3 Laps22 
1837 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell-Ford 49+ 3 Laps21 
1917 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 47+ 5 Laps17 
Ret7 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo 41Fuel System11 
Ret34 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 23Accident6 
Ret5 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 23Accident14 
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 11Spun Off25 
Ret40 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 8Engine13 
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4Engine3 
Ret12 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 2Ignition26 
DNS25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford Withdrew23 
DNS20 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford  Withdrew 
DNS39 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford Withdrew  
Source: [7] [8]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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