Season 1976 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1976 Season R2 →
1976-01-25 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 40Lap · 318.400km
1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:45:16.780
Team win 9pt P1 · P7
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +21.470
16 Tom Pryce
Shadow +23.840
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier L33 James Hunt L32 Vittorio Brambilla L15 Jacques Laffite L14 Ronnie Peterson L10 Mario Andretti L6 John Watson L2 Ian Ashley L2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 19/42 45.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P48
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
40Lap 318.400km 43 races held (1973–) Lap record 1:10.540 · Valtteri Bottas (2018)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P15 Niki Lauda 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P16 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P22 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P26 Jean-Pierre Jarier 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Lauda · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Depailler · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Depailler DEP 2 Depailler DEP Pryce · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Pryce PRY 3 Pryce PRY Stuck · P14 → P4 · +10 14 Stuck STU 4 Stuck STU Scheckter · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Scheckter SCH 5 Scheckter SCH Mass · P6 → P6 6 Mass MAS 6 Mass MAS Regazzoni · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Regazzoni REG 7 Regazzoni REG Ickx · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Ickx ICK 8 Ickx ICK Zorzi · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Zorzi ZOR 9 Zorzi ZOR Pace · P10 → P10 10 Pace PAC 10 Pace PAC Hoffmann · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Hoffmann HOF 11 Hoffmann HOF Reutemann · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Reutemann REU 12 Reutemann REU Fittipaldi · P5 → P13 · -8 5 Fittipaldi FIT 13 Fittipaldi FIT Lombardi · P22 → P14 · +8 22 Lombardi LOM 14 Lombardi LOM Jarier · P3 → retired L33 Jarier · retired L33 3 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Hunt · P1 → retired L32 Hunt · retired L32 1 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Brambilla · P7 → retired L15 Brambilla · retired L15 7 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Laffite · P11 → retired L14 Laffite · retired L14 11 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Peterson · P18 → retired L10 Peterson · retired L10 18 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Andretti · P16 → retired L6 Andretti · retired L6 16 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Watson · P8 → retired L2 Watson · retired L2 8 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Ashley · P21 → retired L2 Ashley · retired L2 21 Ashley ASH R Ashley ASH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 2 40 1:45:16.780 9
2 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 9 40 +21.470 6
3 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 12 40 +23.840 4
4 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 14 40 +1:28.170 3
5 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 13 40 +1:56.460 2
6 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 6 40 +1:58.270 1
7 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 40 +2:15.240
8 22 Jacky Ickx Wolf 19 39 +1 Lap
9 21 Renzo Zorzi Williams 17 39 +1 Lap
10 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 39 +1 Lap
11 31 Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi 20 39 +1 Lap
12 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 37 Out of fuel
13 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 5 37 +3 Laps
14 33 Lella Lombardi March 22 36 +4 Laps
R 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 3 33 Accident
R 11 James Hunt McLaren 1 32 Accident
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 7 15 Oil leak
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 14 Transmission
R 10 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 18 10 Accident
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 16 6 Accident
R 28 John Watson Penske 8 2 Fuel system
R 14 Ian Ashley BRM 21 2 Oil pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 James Hunt
2
1 Niki Lauda
3
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
4
2 Clay Regazzoni
5
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
6
12 Jochen Mass
7
9 Vittorio Brambilla
8
28 John Watson
9
4 Patrick Depailler
10
8 Carlos Pace
11
26 Jacques Laffite
12
16 Tom Pryce
13
3 Jody Scheckter
14
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
15
35 Carlos Reutemann
16
5 Mario Andretti
17
21 Renzo Zorzi
18
10 Ronnie Peterson
19
22 Jacky Ickx
20
31 Ingo Hoffmann
21
14 Ian Ashley
22
33 Lella Lombardi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15