1976 Race of Champions

The 1976 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 14 March 1976. The 40-lap race was won by James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Cosworth, with Alan Jones second in a Surtees-Cosworth and Jacky Ickx third in a Hesketh-Cosworth entered by Wolf-Williams Racing.

1976 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1976 Formula One season
Race details[1]
Date 14 March 1976
Official name XI Daily Mail Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit
Fawkham, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.6136 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Tyrrell-Cosworth
Time 1:20.42
Fastest lap
Driver James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth
Time 1:23.78
Podium
First
McLaren-Cosworth
Second
Surtees-Cosworth
Third
Hesketh-Cosworth

Qualifying
Pos.No.DriverConstructorCarLapGap
13 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-CosworthTyrrell 0071:20.42
21 Niki LaudaFerrariFerrari 312T21:22.77+2.35
36 Gunnar NilssonLotus-CosworthLotus 771:23.56+3.14
420 Jacky IckxHesketh-CosworthHesketh 308C1:23.72+3.30
511 James HuntMcLaren-CosworthMcLaren M231:23.80+3.38
619 Alan JonesSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS191:23.81+3.39
75 Bob EvansLotus-CosworthLotus 771:24.05+3.63
828 John WatsonPenske-CosworthPenske PC31:24.26+3.84
916 Tom PryceShadow-CosworthShadow DN51:24.32+3.90
108 Carlos PaceBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT451:24.50+4.08
1122 Chris AmonEnsign-CosworthEnsign N1741:25.08+4.66
1232 Loris KesselBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:25.98+5.56
1333 Patrick NèveBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:26.39+5.97
1424 Harald ErtlHesketh-CosworthHesketh 308B1:26.67+6.25
1536 Giancarlo MartiniFerrariFerrari 312T1:27.75+7.33
169 Vittorio BrambillaMarch-CosworthMarch 7611:30.23+9.81
DNA14 Larry PerkinsBRMBRM P201
DNA40 David PurleySurtees-CosworthSurtees TS16
DNA14 Ian AshleyBRMBRM P201
DNA17Lyncar-CosworthLyncar 006
Source:[2]

Classification
Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Cosworth 40 58:01.23 5
2 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Cosworth 40 + 18.42 6
3 20 Jacky Ickx Hesketh-Cosworth 40 + 23.17 4
4 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Cosworth 40 + 2:25.691 16
5 22 Chris Amon Ensign-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 11
6 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 9
7 33 Patrick Nève Brabham-Cosworth 39 + 1 Laps 13
8 (Ret) 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Cosworth 38 + 2 Laps/Engine1 3
DNF 5 Bob Evans Lotus-Cosworth 36 Out of Fuel 7
DNF 32 Loris Kessel Brabham-Cosworth 31 Engine 12
DNF 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Cosworth 17 Engine 14
DNF 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 17 Brakes 2
DNF 28 John Watson Penske-Cosworth 12 Accident 8
DNF 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Cosworth 8 Engine 10
DNF 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Cosworth 2 Accident 1
DNS 36 Giancarlo Martini Ferrari 0 Accident in warm-up 15
Sources:[3][4]

1 Brambilla and Nilsson were both penalised one minute for jumping the start.

References
  1. "1976 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. "1976 Race of Champions – Qualification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. "1976 Race of Champions – Classification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. "1976 Race of Champions". Motor Sport. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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