1976 Season
16 rounds. Hunt won the title by 1 point over Lauda; Ferrari won the constructors' championship by 9.
| Rd | Grand Prix | Date | Winner | Team | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Jan | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 40 | 1:45:16.78 | |
| 2 | 6 Mar | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 78 | 1:42:18.4 | |
| 3 | 28 Mar | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 80 | 1:53:18.471 | |
| 4 | 2 May | James Hunt | McLaren | 75 | 1:42:20.43 | |
| 5 | 16 May | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 70 | 1:42:53.23 | |
| 6 | 30 May | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 78 | 1:59:51.47 | |
| 7 | 13 Jun | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 72 | 1:46:53.729 | |
| 8 | 4 Jul | James Hunt | McLaren | 54 | 1:40:58.60 | |
| 9 | 18 Jul | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 76 | 1:44:19.66 | |
| 10 | 1 Aug | James Hunt | McLaren | 14 | 1:41:42.7 | |
| 11 | 15 Aug | John Watson | Penske | 54 | 1:30:07.86 | |
| 12 | 29 Aug | James Hunt | McLaren | 75 | 1:44:52.09 | |
| 13 | 12 Sep | Ronnie Peterson | March | 52 | 1:30:35.6 | |
| 14 | 3 Oct | James Hunt | McLaren | 80 | 1:40:09.626 | |
| 15 | 10 Oct | James Hunt | McLaren | 59 | 1:42:40.742 | |
| 16 | 24 Oct | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 73 | 1:43:58.86 |
| Pos | Driver | Nationality | Team | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 69 | ||
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 68 | −1 | |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 49 | −20 | |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 39 | −30 | |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 31 | −38 | |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 22 | −47 | |
| 7 | John Watson | Penske | 20 | −49 | |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 20 | −49 | |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 19 | −50 | |
| 10 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 11 | −58 | |
| 11 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 10 | −59 | |
| 12 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 10 | −59 | |
| 13 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 8 | −61 | |
| 14 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | −62 | |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Surtees | 7 | −62 | |
| 16 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 3 | −66 | |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 3 | −66 | |
| 18 | Chris Amon | Wolf | 2 | −67 | |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 1 | −68 | |
| 20 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1 | −68 | |
| 21 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 0 | −69 | |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 0 | −69 | |
| 23 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 0 | −69 | |
| 24 | Larry Perkins | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | −69 | |
| 25 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 0 | −69 | |
| 26 | Arturo Merzario | Wolf | 0 | −69 | |
| 27 | Noritake Takahara | Surtees | 0 | −69 | |
| 28 | Renzo Zorzi | Williams | 0 | −69 | |
| 29 | Michel Leclère | Wolf | 0 | −69 | |
| 30 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | 0 | −69 | |
| 31 | Bob Evans | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −69 | |
| 32 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | Tyrrell | 0 | −69 | |
| 33 | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi | 0 | −69 | |
| 34 | Masahiro Hasemi | Kojima | 0 | −69 | |
| 35 | Lella Lombardi | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −69 | |
| 36 | Loris Kessel | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −69 | |
| 37 | Alex Ribeiro | Hesketh | 0 | −69 | |
| 38 | Warwick Brown | Wolf | 0 | −69 | |
| 39 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | 0 | −69 | |
| 40 | Patrick Nève | Ensign | 0 | −69 | |
| 41 | Hans Binder | Wolf | 0 | −69 | |
| 42 | Boy Lunger | Penske | 0 | −69 | |
| 43 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Tyrrell | 0 | −69 | |
| 44 | Ian Ashley | BRM | 0 | −69 | |
| 45 | Conny Andersson | Surtees | 0 | −69 | |
| 46 | Ian Scheckter | Tyrrell | 0 | −69 | |
| 47 | Tony Trimmer | Maki | 0 | −69 | |
| 48 | Otto Stuppacher | Tyrrell | 0 | −69 | |
| 49 | Jac Nelleman | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −69 | |
| 50 | Emilio Zapico | Williams | 0 | −69 | |
| 51 | Emilio de Villota | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −69 | |
| 52 | Divina Galica | Surtees | 0 | −69 | |
| 53 | Damien Magee | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −69 | |
| 54 | Mike Wilds | Shadow | 0 | −69 |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari | 83 | |
| 2 | McLaren | 74 | −9 |
| 3 | Tyrrell | 71 | −12 |
| 4 | Team Lotus | 29 | −54 |
| 5 | Penske | 20 | −63 |
| 6 | Ligier | 20 | −63 |
| 7 | March | 19 | −64 |
| 8 | Shadow | 10 | −73 |
| 9 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 9 | −74 |
| 10 | Surtees | 7 | −76 |
| 11 | Fittipaldi | 3 | −80 |
| 12 | Ensign | 2 | −81 |
| 13 | Parnelli | 1 | −82 |
| 14 | Hesketh | 0 | −83 |
| 15 | Wolf | 0 | −83 |
| 16 | Boro | 0 | −83 |
| 17 | Williams | 0 | −83 |
| 18 | Kojima | 0 | −83 |
| 19 | Brabham-Ford | 0 | −83 |
| 20 | BRM | 0 | −83 |
| 21 | Maki | 0 | −83 |