1976 Race of Champions


The 1976 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 14 March 1976. The 40-lap race was won by James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Cosworth, with Alan Jones second in a Surtees-Cosworth and Jacky Ickx third in a Hesketh-Cosworth entered by Wolf-Williams Racing.

Qualifying

DriverConstructorCarLapGap
13 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-CosworthTyrrell 0071:20.42
21 Niki LaudaFerrariFerrari 312T21:22.77+2.35
36 Gunnar NilssonLotus-CosworthLotus 771:23.56+3.14
420 Jacky IckxHesketh-CosworthHesketh 308C1:23.72+3.30
511 James HuntMcLaren-CosworthMcLaren M231:23.80+3.38
619 Alan JonesSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS191:23.81+3.39
75 Bob EvansLotus-CosworthLotus 771:24.05+3.63
828 John WatsonPenske-CosworthPenske PC31:24.26+3.84
916 Tom PryceShadow-CosworthShadow DN51:24.32+3.90
108 Carlos PaceBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT451:24.50+4.08
1122 Chris AmonEnsign-CosworthEnsign N1741:25.08+4.66
1232 Loris KesselBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:25.98+5.56
1333 Patrick NèveBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:26.39+5.97
1424 Harald ErtlHesketh-CosworthHesketh 308B1:26.67+6.25
1536 Giancarlo MartiniFerrariFerrari 312T1:27.75+7.33
169 Vittorio BrambillaMarch-CosworthMarch 7611:30.23+9.81
DNA14 Larry PerkinsBRMBRM P201
DNA40 David PurleySurtees-CosworthSurtees TS16
DNA14 Ian AshleyBRMBRM P201
DNA17Lyncar-CosworthLyncar 006

Classification

DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGrid
111 James HuntMcLaren-Cosworth4058:01.235
219 Alan JonesSurtees-Cosworth40+ 18.426
320 Jacky IckxHesketh-Cosworth40+ 23.174
49 Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Cosworth40+ 2:25.69116
522 Chris AmonEnsign-Cosworth39+ 1 Lap11
616 Tom PryceShadow-Cosworth39+ 1 Lap9
733 Patrick NèveBrabham-Cosworth39+ 1 Laps13
8 6 Gunnar NilssonLotus-Cosworth38+ 2 Laps/Engine13
DNF5 Bob EvansLotus-Cosworth36Out of Fuel7
DNF32 Loris KesselBrabham-Cosworth31Engine12
DNF24 Harald ErtlHesketh-Cosworth17Engine14
DNF1 Niki LaudaFerrari17Brakes2
DNF28 John WatsonPenske-Cosworth12Accident8
DNF8 Carlos PaceBrabham-Cosworth8Engine10
DNF8 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Cosworth2Accident1
DNS36 Giancarlo MartiniFerrari0Accident in warm-up15

1 Brambilla and Nilsson were both penalised one minute for jumping the start.