The Austrian Grand Prix 1976 was the 11th round of the 1976 F1 season, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on August 15th.

John Watson won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Jacques Laffite, and Gunnar Nilsson completing the podium.

James Hunt started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 4th.

Final results

1
1
John Watson
Penske
1:30:07.86
Finished
2
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
+10.79
Finished
3
1
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
+11.98
Finished
4
3
James Hunt
McLaren
+12.44
Finished
5
4
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
+21.49
Finished
6
3
Ronnie Peterson
March
+34.34
Finished
7
5
Jochen Mass
McLaren
+59.45
Finished
8
12
Harald Ertl
Hesketh
+1 Lap
9
13
Henri Pescarolo
Surtees
+2 Laps
10
6
Brett Lunger
Surtees
Accident
11
12
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
Tyrrell
+3 Laps
12
12
Lella Lombardi
Brabham-Ford
+4 Laps
13
6
Hans Binder
Ensign
Throttle
14
11
Loris Kessel
Brabham-Ford
Not classified
15
8
Vittorio Brambilla
March
Accident
16
1
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
Accident
17
1
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Accident
18
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
Fuel pump
19
4
Alan Jones
Surtees
Accident
20
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
Fuel system
21
8
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
Suspension
22
1
Arturo Merzario
Wolf
Accident
23
17
Tom Pryce
Shadow
Brakes
24
14
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
Suspension
25
11
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Clutch
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

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Strategy

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Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 15 drivers out of the original 25 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Brett Lunger, Vittorio Brambilla, Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace, Alan Jones, and Arturo Merzario, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Hans Binder, who had a throttle issue on lap 47, Loris Kessel, who did not classify on lap 44, Jean-Pierre Jarier, who had a fuel pump failure on lap 40, Hans-Joachim Stuck, who had a fuel system failure on lap 26, Patrick Depailler, and Jody Scheckter, both suffered a suspension problem, Tom Pryce, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 14, and Carlos Reutemann, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 0.

Accident

  • Brett Lunger
    Lap 51
  • Vittorio Brambilla
    Lap 43
  • Emerson Fittipaldi
    Lap 43
  • Carlos Pace
    Lap 40
  • Alan Jones
    Lap 30
  • Arturo Merzario
    Lap 17

Throttle

  • Hans Binder
    Lap 47

Not classified

  • Loris Kessel
    Lap 44

Fuel pump

  • Jean-Pierre Jarier
    Lap 40

Fuel system

  • Hans-Joachim Stuck
    Lap 26

Suspension

  • Patrick Depailler
    Lap 24
  • Jody Scheckter
    Lap 14

Brakes

  • Tom Pryce
    Lap 14

Clutch

  • Carlos Reutemann
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.