The Brazilian Grand Prix 1976 was the 1st round of the 1976 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 25th.

Niki Lauda won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Patrick Depailler, and Tom Pryce completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 12th position of the grid.

James Hunt started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had to retire due to an accident, and had to retire on lap 32nd.

Final results

1
1
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
1:45:16.78
Finished
2
7
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
+21.47
Finished
3
9
Tom Pryce
Shadow
+23.84
Finished
4
10
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
+1:28.17
Finished
5
8
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
+1:56.46
Finished
6
-
Jochen Mass
McLaren
+1:58.27
Finished
7
3
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
+2:15.24
Finished
8
11
Jacky Ickx
Wolf
+1 Lap
9
8
Renzo Zorzi
Williams
+1 Lap
10
-
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+1 Lap
11
9
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
+1 Lap
12
3
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Out of fuel
13
8
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
+3 Laps
14
8
Lella Lombardi
March
+4 Laps
15
12
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
Accident
16
15
James Hunt
McLaren
Accident
17
10
Vittorio Brambilla
March
Oil leak
18
7
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
Transmission
19
1
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
Accident
20
4
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
Accident
21
13
John Watson
Penske
Fuel system
22
1
Ian Ashley
BRM
Oil pump
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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... 10 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Carlos Reutemann, who run out of fuel on lap 37, Jean-Pierre Jarier, James Hunt, Ronnie Peterson, and Mario Andretti, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Vittorio Brambilla, who had an oil leak on lap 15, Jacques Laffite, who had a transmission problem on lap 14, John Watson, who had a fuel system failure on lap 2, and Ian Ashley, who had an oil pump failure on lap 2.

Out of fuel

  • Carlos Reutemann
    Lap 37

Accident

  • Jean-Pierre Jarier
    Lap 33
  • James Hunt
    Lap 32
  • Ronnie Peterson
    Lap 10
  • Mario Andretti
    Lap 6

Oil leak

  • Vittorio Brambilla
    Lap 15

Transmission

  • Jacques Laffite
    Lap 14

Fuel system

  • John Watson
    Lap 2

Oil pump

  • Ian Ashley
    Lap 2

Qualifying

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