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Austrian Grand Prix

Österreichring, 15 Aug 1976

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 John Watson Penske PC4 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28 Citibank Team Penske 		54 1h 30m 07.86s
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS5 [02] - Matra MS73 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes 		54 1h 30m 18.65s
3 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 John Player Team Lotus 		54 1h 30m 19.84s
4 James Hunt McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#11 Marlboro Team McLaren 		54 1h 30m 20.30s
5 Mario Andretti Lotus 77 [3 JPS14] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus 		54 1h 30m 29.35s
6 Ronnie Peterson March 761 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 March Engineering 		54 1h 30m 42.20s
7 Jochen Mass McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8
#12 Marlboro Team McLaren 		54 1h 31m 07.31s
8 Harald Ertl Hesketh 308D [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#24 Hesketh Racing 		53 1h 31m 34.49s
9 Henri Pescarolo Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#38 Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications
 		52 1h 31m 43.77s
10 Brett Lunger Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Chesterfield Team Surtees 		51 accident
11 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 007 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#39 Scuderia Gulf Rondini 		51 1h 30m 38.11s
12 Lella Lombardi Brabham BT44B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#33 RAM Racing with Lavazza 		50 1h 30m 24.71s
NC Loris Kessel Brabham BT44B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#32 RAM Racing 		44 not classified
R Hans Binder Ensign N176 [MN05] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Ensign 		47 throttle linkage
R Vittorio Brambilla March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Beta Team March 		43 accident
R Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#30 Copersucar Fittipaldi 		43 accident
R Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [4] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		40 accident
R Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17 Shadow Racing Team 		40 fuel pump
R Alan Jones Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8
#19 Durex Team Surtees (see note 1) 		30 accident
R Hans-Joachim Stuck March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#34 March Racing 		26 fuel feed
R Patrick Depailler Tyrrell P34 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 Elf Team Tyrrell 		24 suspension
R Arturo Merzario Williams FW05 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Walter Wolf Racing 		17 accident
R Tom Pryce Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team 		14 brakes
R Jody Scheckter Tyrrell P34 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell 		14 suspension breakage/accident
R Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#7 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		0 clutch
T Mario Andretti Lotus 77 [1 JPS11] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5T John Player Team Lotus 		(Only used in practice)
T Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8T Martini Racing Team Brabham
 		(Only used in practice)
T Ronnie Peterson March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 March Engineering 		(Only used in practice)
T Jochen Mass McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#12T Marlboro Team McLaren 		(Only used in practice)
T/S Patrick Depailler Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4T Elf Team Tyrrell 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Arturo Merzario Williams FW05 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20T Walter Wolf Racing 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Jacques Laffite Ligier JS5 [01] - Matra MS73 V12
#26T Ligier Gitanes 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#30T Copersucar Fittipaldi 		(Spare - not used in practice)
DNP Karl Oppitzhauser March 761 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#40 Sports Cars of Austria 		Did not take part in official practice
(practice only - ineligible to race)
DNP Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#41 Team Tyrrell 		Did not take part in official practice
(practice only - ineligible to race)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 35.02s
2 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Penske PC4 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 35.84s
3 Ronnie Peterson (F1) 3-litre March 761 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.34s
4 Gunnar Nilsson (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.46s
5 Jacques Laffite (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS5 [02] - Matra MS73 V12 1m 36.52s
6 Tom Pryce (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.56s
7 Vittorio Brambilla (F1) 3-litre March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.59s
8 Carlos Pace (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [4] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 36.66s
9 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [3 JPS14] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.68s
10 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.91s
11 Hans-Joachim Stuck (F1) 3-litre March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 36.95s
12 Jochen Mass (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 37.22s
13 Patrick Depailler (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 37.24s
14 Carlos Reutemann (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 37.24s
15 Alan Jones (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 37.60s
16 Brett Lunger (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 37.62s
17 Emerson Fittipaldi (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 37.76s
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 37.88s
19 Hans Binder (F1) 3-litre Ensign N176 [MN05] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 38.36s
20 Harald Ertl (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308D [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.09s
21 Arturo Merzario (F1) 3-litre Williams FW05 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.33s
22 Henri Pescarolo (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.84s
23 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 007 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.67s
24 Lella Lombardi (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT44B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 42.25s
25 Loris Kessel (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT44B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 56.01s
26 Otto Stuppacher * (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8 no time
27 Karl Oppitzhauser * (F1) 3-litre March 761 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 no time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Surtees TS19 [04] (Alan Jones): Alan Jones received a new car, Surtees TS19/04, in time for the 1976 Austrian GP, and raced this for the rest of the season. It was raced by Vittorio Brambilla in the South American races at the start of 1977, before being sold to Olympus Cameras for Divina Galica to race in Shellsport Group 8. It was acquired by Alo Lawler in 1978, but was quickly sold to John Cooper, then to Robin Smith. Smith updated it to "TS20S" specification in 1980, and added sports car bodywork for a couple of Can-Am events in 1981. It was sold to Ken Moore and then Rod Tolhurst, both of whom ran it in HSCC F1 in 1983 for Willie Green and John Narcisi. Its next seven owners did not race it, but it returned to competition in TGP in 1999, then raced regularly until 2012. It returned for Monaco in 2016.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.