1976 Belgian Grand Prix
1976 Belgian Grand Prix | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race 5 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
| |||||
Race details | |||||
Date | May 16, 1976 | ||||
Official name | XXXIV Grote Prijs van Belgie[1] | ||||
Location | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||||
Course length | 4.262 km (2.648 miles) | ||||
Distance | 70 laps, 298.34 km (185.38 miles) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:26.55[2] | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:25.98[3] | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third |
Ligier-Matra | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1976 Belgian Grand Prix was a
Zolder, near Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on 16 May 1976. The race was the fifth round of the 1976 Formula One season. It was the 34th Belgian Grand Prix and the third to be held at Circuit Zolder. Zolder was a replacement venue as Nivelles-Baulers near Brussels was due to host the race in rotation with Zolder but the track surface at Nivelles had deteriorated and Zolder would host the race until the return of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
in 1983. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.3-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 298 kilometres.
The race was won by
Ferrari 312T2, who increased his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 29 points by doing so. His Swiss teammate, Clay Regazzoni, finished the race in second position, 3.4 seconds behind Lauda. Third was taken by French driver Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS5. It was Lauda's fourth win of the year in what was a dominant display by the reigning champion. Laffite's third place was his second podium after finishing second in the 1975 German Grand Prix the previous year and the first such finish for the new Équipe Ligier
team.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification
Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | No |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1:26,55 | 1 |
2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1:26,60 | 2 |
3 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 1:26,74 | 3 |
4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:26,91 | 4 |
5 | Vittorio Brambilla | March-Ford | 1:26,93 | 5 |
6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1:27,14 | 6 |
7 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:27,19 | 7 |
8 | Chris Amon | Ensign-Ford | 1:27,54 | 8 |
9 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:27,66 | 9 |
10 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1:27,72 | 10 |
11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:27,75 | 11 |
12 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:28,30 | 12 |
13 | Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford | 1:28,37 | 13 |
14 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford | 1:28,38 | 14 |
15 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March-Ford | 1:28,41 | 15 |
16 | Alan Jones | Surtees-Ford | 1:28,44 | 16 |
17 | John Watson | Penske-Ford | 1:28,44 | 17 |
18 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford | 1:28,50 | 18 |
19 | Patrick Nève | Brabham-Ford | 1:28,80 | 19 |
20 | Larry Perkins | Boro-Ford | 1:28,81 | 20 |
21 | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford | 1:28,84 | 21 |
22 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | 1:28,99 | 22 |
23 | Loris Kessel | Brabham-Ford | 1:29,09 | 23 |
24 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford | 1:29,40 | 24 |
25 | Michel Leclère | Wolf-Williams-Ford | 1:29,46 | 25 |
26 | Brett Lunger | Surtees-Ford | 1:29,76 | 26 |
27 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar-Ford | 1:29,81 | — |
28 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf-Williams-Ford | 1:30,61 | — |
29 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh-Ford | 1:30,77 | — |
*Drivers with a red background failed to qualify
Race
Race summary
Ferrari had locked out the front row in qualifying, with Lauda on pole from Regazzoni. Lauda motored away as the start, with Hunt up to second but Regazzoni soon took the place back. The Ferraris raced away, and Hunt dropped to sixth position, behind
Ensign N176
shed a wheel and rolled.
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 70 | 1:42:53.23 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 70 | + 3.46 | 2 | 6 |
3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra
|
70 | + 35.38 | 6 | 4 |
4 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford | 70 | + 1:31.00 | 7 | 3 |
5 | 19 | Alan Jones | Surtees-Ford | 69 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 2 |
6 | 12 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford
|
69 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 1 |
7 | 28 | John Watson | Penske-Ford
|
69 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
8 | 37 | Larry Perkins | Boro-Ford | 69 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
9 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford | 69 | + 1 Lap | 14 | |
10 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford | 68 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
11 | 21 | Michel Leclère | Wolf-Williams-Ford
|
68 | + 2 Laps | 25 | |
12 | 32 | Loris Kessel | Brabham-Ford | 63 | + 7 Laps | 23 | |
Ret | 18 | Brett Lunger | Surtees-Ford | 62 | Electrical | 26 | |
Ret | 8 | Carlos Pace
|
Alfa Romeo
|
58 | Electrical | 9 | |
Ret | 22 | Chris Amon | Ensign-Ford
|
51 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 11 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford
|
35 | Gearbox | 3 | |
Ret | 34 | Hans Joachim Stuck
|
March-Ford | 33 | Suspension | 15 | |
Ret | 24 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh-Ford | 31 | Engine | 24 | |
Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 29 | Engine | 4 | |
Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 28 | Halfshaft | 11 | |
Ret | 33 | Patrick Nève | Brabham-Ford | 26 | Halfshaft | 19 | |
Ret | 35 | Arturo Merzario | March-Ford | 21 | Engine | 21 | |
Ret | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Alfa Romeo
|
17 | Engine | 12 | |
Ret | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 16 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | 7 | Accident | 22 | |
Ret | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | March-Ford | 6 | Halfshaft | 5 | |
DNQ | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford
|
||||
DNQ | 20 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf-Williams-Ford
|
||||
DNQ | 25 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh-Ford | ||||
Source:[4]
|
Championship standings after the race
Points are accurate at the conclusion of the race and do not include amended results of the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix as it was under appeal.
|
|
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1976 Belgian GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ^ "1976 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Belgium 1976 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.