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German Grand Prix

Nürburgring, 1 Aug 1976

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 James Hunt McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#11 Marlboro Team McLaren
14 1h 41m 42.7s
2 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell P34 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell
14 1h 42m 10.4s
3 Jochen Mass McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8
#12 Marlboro Team McLaren
14 1h 42m 35.1s
4 Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [4] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8 Martini Racing Team Brabham
14 1h 42m 36.9s
5 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 John Player Team Lotus
14 1h 43m 40.0s
6 Rolf Stommelen Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#77 Martini Racing Team Brabham
14 1h 44m 13.0s
7 John Watson Penske PC4 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28 Citibank Team Penske
14 1h 44m 16.6s
8 Tom Pryce Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team
14 1h 44m 30.9s
9 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312T2 [025] - f12
#2 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
14 1h 45m 28.7s
10 Alan Jones Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#19 Durex Team Surtees
14 1h 45m 30.0s
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17 Shadow Racing Team
14 1h 46m 34.4s
12 Mario Andretti Lotus 77 [3 JPS14] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus
14 1h 46m 40.8s
13 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#30 Copersucar Fittipaldi
14 1h 47m 07.9s
14 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 007 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#40 Scuderia Gulf Rondini
13 1h 43m 19.8s
15 Guy Edwards Hesketh 308D [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#25 Penthouse Rizla Racing with Hesketh
13 1h 46m 55.8s
R Arturo Merzario Williams FW05 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Walter Wolf Racing
3 brakes
R Vittorio Brambilla March 761 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Beta Team March
1 accident
R Ronnie Peterson March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 March Engineering
0 accident
R Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#7 Martini Racing Team Brabham
0 fuel feed
R Patrick Depailler Tyrrell P34 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 Elf Team Tyrrell
0 accident
DNRS Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 [028] - f12
#1 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
Retired/Did not restart
DNRS Brett Lunger Surtees TS19 [03] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Chesterfield Team Surtees
Retired/Did not restart
DNRS Chris Amon Ensign N176 [MN05] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Ensign
Retired/Did not restart
DNRS Harald Ertl Hesketh 308D [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#24 Hesketh Racing
Retired/Did not restart
DNRS Jacques Laffite Ligier JS5 [02] - Matra MS73 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes
Retired/Did not restart
DNRS Hans-Joachim Stuck March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#34 March Racing
Retired/Did not restart
DNS Lella Lombardi Brabham BT44B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#33 RAM Racing
Did not start
(free practice only (#37))
DNQ Henri Pescarolo Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#38 Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications
Did not qualify
T Mario Andretti Lotus 77 [1 JPS11] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5T John Player Team Lotus
(Only used in practice)
T Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN5 [3A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17T Shadow Racing Team
(Only used in practice)
T Rolf Stommelen Brabham BT44B [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#32 RAM Racing/Warsteiner
(Only used in practice)
T/C Vittorio Brambilla March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Beta Team March
(Crashed in practice)
T/S Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 [026] - f12
#1T Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3T Elf Team Tyrrell
(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Ronnie Peterson March 761 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10T March Engineering
(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S James Hunt McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#11T Marlboro Team McLaren
(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)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 06.5s
2 Niki Lauda (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [028] - Ferrari f12 7m 07.4s
3 Patrick Depailler (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 08.8s
4 Hans-Joachim Stuck (F1) 3-litre March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 09.1s
5 Clay Regazzoni (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [025] - Ferrari f12 7m 09.3s
6 Jacques Laffite (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS5 [02] - Matra MS73 V12 7m 11.3s
7 Carlos Pace (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [4] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 7m 12.0s
8 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 12.2s
9 Jochen Mass (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 13.0s
10 Carlos Reutemann (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 7m 14.9s
11 Ronnie Peterson (F1) 3-litre March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 14.9s
12 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [3 JPS14] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 16.1s
13 Vittorio Brambilla (F1) 3-litre March 761 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 17.7s
14 Alan Jones (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 19.9s
15 Rolf Stommelen (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 7m 21.6s
16 Gunnar Nilsson (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 23.0s
17 Chris Amon (F1) 3-litre Ensign N176 [MN05] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 23.1s
18 Tom Pryce (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 23.3s
19 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Penske PC4 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 23.5s
20 Emerson Fittipaldi (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 28.0s
21 Arturo Merzario (F1) 3-litre Williams FW05 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 28.8s
22 Harald Ertl (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308D [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 30.0s
23 Jean-Pierre Jarier (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 30.9s
24 Brett Lunger (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [03] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 32.7s
25 Guy Edwards (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308D [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 38.6s
26 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 007 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 7m 48.5s
27 Henri Pescarolo * (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 8m 04.2s
 
* Did not start

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.