1976 Monaco Grand Prix

1976 Monaco Grand Prix
1976 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details
Date	30 May 1976
Official name	XXXIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.312 km (2.057 miles)
Distance	78 laps, 258.336 km (160.522 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Niki Lauda;
Time	1:29.65
Fastest lap
Driver	Clay Regazzoni
Time	1:30.28 on lap 60
Podium
First	Niki Lauda;
Second	Jody Scheckter;
Third	Patrick Depailler;
	Lap leaders ;

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

The 1976 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the XXXIV Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at the Monaco street circuit in Monaco on 30 May 1976. It was the sixth round of the 1976 Formula One season and the 34th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was contested over 78 laps of the 3.3 km circuit for a race distance of 257 kilometres.

The race was won by Ferrari driver Niki Lauda, who had also taken pole position in his Ferrari 312T2.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1:29.65
2	2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:29.91
3	10	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1:30.08
4	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1:30.33
5	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1:30.55
6	34	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1:30.66
7	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:31.39
8	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:31.46
9	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1:31.47
10	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	1:31.65
11	12	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1:31.67
12	22	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	1:31.75
13	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:31.81
14	11	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1:31.88
15	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	1:31.98
16	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	1:32.10
17	28	John Watson	Penske-Ford	1:32.14
18	21	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1:32.17
19	19	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1:32.33
20	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:32.43
21	20	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1:32.74
22	38	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford	1:32.82
23	37	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford	1:33.73
24	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1:33.93
25	35	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford	1:35.17
Source:^[3]^[4]

*Drivers with a red background all failed to qualify as the grid was limited to 20 places.^[3]

Race

Lauda won by 11 seconds over Jody Scheckter driving the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34, whilst Scheckter's teammate, Patrick Depailler, completed the podium in third. As a consequence of the race, Lauda extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 36 points over his teammate Clay Regazzoni who had retired after starting second, going off track on oil laid down when James Hunt retired with a blown engine on lap 25, climbing back to third before crashing.

A lap down in fourth was the March 761 of Hans-Joachim Stuck with the McLaren M23 of Jochen Mass and the Fittipaldi FD04 of Emerson Fittipaldi completing the point scoring positions.

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	78	1:59:51.47	1	9
2	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+ 11.13	5	6
3	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+ 1:04.84	4	4
4	34	Hans Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	6	3
5	12	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	11	2
6	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	77	+ 1 lap	7	1
7	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	15
8	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	10
9	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	76	+ 2 Laps	13
10	28	John Watson	Penske-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	17
11	21	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	18
12	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	75	Accident	8
13	22	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	74	+ 4 Laps	12
14	2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	73	Accident	2
Ret	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	39	Engine	16
Ret	10	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	26	Accident	3
Ret	11	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	24	Engine	14
Ret	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	9	Suspension	9
Ret	19	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1	Collision	19
Ret	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	Accident	20
Source:^[4]^[5]

Championship standings after the race

Points are accurate at the conclusion of the race and do not reflect final results of the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix as it was under appeal.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Niki Lauda	51
2	Clay Regazzoni	15
3	Patrick Depailler	14
4	Jody Scheckter	14
5	Jochen Mass	10
Source:^[6]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	54
2	Tyrrell-Ford	22
3	McLaren-Ford	12
4	Ligier-Matra	7
5	Lotus-Ford	6
Source:^[6]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "1976 Monaco GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 125. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
^ ^a ^b "Monaco 1976 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com (in French). Retrieved 19 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Monaco 1976 - Starting grid • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "1976 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Monaco 1976 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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[1] "1976 Monaco GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.

[LangVol3P125-2] Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 125. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.

[Quali_class-3] "Monaco 1976 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com (in French). Retrieved 19 May 2019.

[:0-4] "Monaco 1976 - Starting grid • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[5] "1976 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[Championship-6] "Monaco 1976 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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