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United States Grand Prix

Watkins Glen, 10 Oct 1976

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 James Hunt McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#11 Marlboro Team McLaren 		59 1h 42m 40.741s
2 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell 		59 1h 42m 48.771s
3 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 [026] - f12
#1 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		59 1h 43m 43.065s
4 Jochen Mass McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8
#12 Marlboro Team McLaren 		59 1h 43m 43.199s
5 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#34 March Racing 		59 1h 43m 48.719s
6 John Watson Penske PC4 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28 Citibank Team Penske 		59 1h 43m 48.931s
7 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312T2 [027] - f12
#2 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		58 1h 42m 47.363s
8 Alan Jones Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8
#19 Durex Team Surtees (see note 1) 		58 1h 43m 21.700s
9 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#30 Copersucar Fittipaldi 		57 1h 43m 20.362s
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17 Shadow Racing Team 		57 1h 43m 28.713s
11 Brett Lunger Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Chesterfield Team Surtees 		57 1h 43m 35.878s
12 Alex Dias Ribeiro Hesketh 308D [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#25 Penthouse Rizla Racing with Hesketh
 		57 1h 44m 17.680s
13 Harald Ertl Hesketh 308D [2/3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#24 Hesketh Racing 		54 1h 43m 14.749s
14 Warwick Brown Williams FW05 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#21 Walter Wolf Racing 		54 1h 44m 12.763s
NC Henri Pescarolo Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#38 Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications
 		48 not classified
R Tom Pryce Shadow DN8 Mk1 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team 		45 engine
R Vittorio Brambilla March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Beta Team March 		34 puncture
R Jacques Laffite Ligier JS5 [01] - Matra MS73 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes 		34 puncture
R Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		31 accident
R Larry Perkins Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#7 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		30 suspension
R Mario Andretti Lotus 77 [1 JPS11] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus 		23 suspension
R Jacky Ickx Ensign N176 [MN05] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Ensign 		14 accident
R Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 John Player Team Lotus 		13 engine
R Ronnie Peterson March 761 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 March Engineering 		12 suspension
R Arturo Merzario Williams FW05 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Walter Wolf Racing 		9 accident
R Patrick Depailler Tyrrell P34 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 Elf Team Tyrrell 		7 fuel leak
DNQ Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#39 OASC Racing Team 		Did not qualify
T Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312T2 [029] - f12
#2T Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		(Only used in practice)
T Jody Scheckter Tyrrell P34 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3T Elf Team Tyrrell 		(Only used in practice)
T Mario Andretti Lotus 77 [3 JPS14] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5T John Player Team Lotus 		(Only used in practice)
T John Watson Penske PC4 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28T Citibank Team Penske 		(Only used in practice)
T/S Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8T Martini Racing Team Brabham
 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S James Hunt McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#11T Marlboro Team McLaren 		(Spare - not used in practice)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [8-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 43.622s
2 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 43.870s
3 Ronnie Peterson (F1) 3-litre March 761 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 43.941s
4 Vittorio Brambilla (F1) 3-litre March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 44.250s
5 Niki Lauda (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [026] - Ferrari f12 1m 44.257s
6 Hans-Joachim Stuck (F1) 3-litre March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 44.265s
7 Patrick Depailler (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell P34 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 44.516s
8 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Penske PC4 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 44.719s
9 Tom Pryce (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN8 Mk1 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 45.102s
10 Carlos Pace (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 45.274s
11 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [1 JPS11] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 45.311s
12 Jacques Laffite (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS5 [01] - Matra MS73 V12 1m 45.324s
13 Larry Perkins (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 45.363s
14 Clay Regazzoni (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T2 [027] - Ferrari f12 1m 45.534s
15 Emerson Fittipaldi (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 45.646s
16 Jean-Pierre Jarier (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [4B] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 45.979s
17 Jochen Mass (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 46.067s
18 Alan Jones (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [04] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 46.402s
19 Jacky Ickx (F1) 3-litre Ensign N176 [MN05] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 46.605s
20 Gunnar Nilsson (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 46.776s
21 Harald Ertl (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308D [2/3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 49.418s
22 Alex Dias Ribeiro (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308D [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 49.669s
23 Warwick Brown (F1) 3-litre Williams FW05 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 51.124s
24 Brett Lunger (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 51.373s
25 Arturo Merzario (F1) 3-litre Williams FW05 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 00.932s
26 Henri Pescarolo (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 05.211s
27 Otto Stuppacher * (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 11.070s
 
* 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.