1976 South African Grand Prix

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1976 South African Grand Prix
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Race details
Date6 March 1976
Official name XXII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa
Location Kyalami, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.104 km (2.550 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:16.10 [1]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:17.97 on lap 6 [2]
Podium
First Ferrari
Second McLaren-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1976 South African Grand Prix

The 1976 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 March 1976 at Kyalami in Transvaal Province, South Africa. [3] It was the second round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the 22nd South African Grand Prix and the tenth to be held at Kyalami. The race was held over 78 laps of the 4.104-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 320 kilometres.

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The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda in a Ferrari 312T. The win was Lauda's third win in succession. He finished 1.3 seconds ahead of British driver and Lauda's season long rival James Hunt in a McLaren M23. Hunt's McLaren teammate, West German driver Jochen Mass, finished third.

Hunt took pole position for the second time in two races, with Lauda alongside. Lauda led into the first corner, with Hunt dropping down to fourth behind Mass and Italian driver Vittorio Brambilla in his March 761. Hunt was waved through by Mass, and passed Brambilla to take second after five laps. Lauda led from start to finish to win. Behind Hunt and Mass, South African driver Jody Scheckter was fourth in his Tyrrell 007. A lap down in fifth was British driver John Watson in a Penske PC3 with Mario Andretti sixth in a Parnelli VPJ4B.

Two wins from two races saw Lauda twelve points clear in the championship over Hunt and Tyrrell's Patrick Depailler. In the constructors' championship, Ferrari were nine points clear of Tyrrell and eleven points ahead of McLaren.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLarenFord 1:16.10
21 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.10
328 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson PenskeFord +0.33
412 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLarenFord +0.35
59 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla MarchFord +0.54
64 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +0.67
716 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce ShadowFord +0.74
826 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite LigierMatra +0.78
92 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.84
1010 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson MarchFord +0.93
117 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann BrabhamAlfa Romeo +0.99
123 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter TyrrellFord +1.08
1327 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti ParnelliFord +1.15
148 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace BrabhamAlfa Romeo +1.16
1517 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier ShadowFord +1.25
1615 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter TyrrellFord +1.30
1734 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck MarchFord +1.34
1822 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon EnsignFord +1.63
1920 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Wolf-WilliamsFord +2.03
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger SurteesFord +2.26
2130 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +2.30
2221 Flag of France.svg Michel Leclère Wolf-WilliamsFord +2.72
235 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans LotusFord +3.25
2424 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl HeskethFord +6.01
256 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson LotusFord +6.60

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 781:42:18.429
211 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 78+ 1.316
312 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 78+ 45.944
43 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 78+ 1:08.4123
528 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Penske-Ford 77+ 1 Lap32
627 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 77+ 1 Lap131
716 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 77+ 1 Lap7 
89 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 77+ 1 Lap5 
94 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 77+ 1 Lap6 
105 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans Lotus-Ford 77+ 1 Lap23 
1118 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 77+ 1 Lap20 
1234 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 76+ 2 Laps17 
1321 Flag of France.svg Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams-Ford 76+ 2 Laps22 
1422 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Ensign-Ford 76+ 2 Laps18 
1524 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 74+ 4 Laps24 
1620 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford 73+ 5 Laps19 
1730 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 70Engine21 
Ret2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 52Engine9 
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 49Engine8 
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 28Radiator15 
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 22Oil Pressure14 
Ret6 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 18Clutch25 
Ret7 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 16Oil Pressure11 
Ret10 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 15Accident10 
Ret15 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 0Accident16 
Source: [4]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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