Season 1976 · Round 10

German Grand Prix

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1976-08-01 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 14Lap · 319.690km
11 James Hunt
McLaren 1:41:42.700
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
3 Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell +27.700
12 Jochen Mass
McLaren +52.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Arturo Merzario L3 Vittorio Brambilla L1 Patrick Depailler L0 Carlos Reutemann L0 Ronnie Peterson L0 Hans-Joachim Stuck L0 Jacques Laffite L0 Chris Amon L0 Niki Lauda L0 Brett Lunger L0 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
14Lap 319.690km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
P15 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jacky Ickx 4 · GP #1
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P15 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P25 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L14 Hunt · P1 → P1 1 Hunt HUN 1 Hunt HUN Scheckter · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Mass · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Mass MAS 3 Mass MAS Pace · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Pace PAC 4 Pace PAC Nilsson · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Nilsson NIL 5 Nilsson NIL Stommelen · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Stommelen STO 6 Stommelen STO Watson · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Watson WAT 7 Watson WAT Pryce · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Pryce PRY 8 Pryce PRY Regazzoni · P5 → P9 · -4 5 Regazzoni REG 9 Regazzoni REG Jones · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Jones JON 10 Jones JON Jarier · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Jarier JAR 11 Jarier JAR Andretti · P12 → P12 12 Andretti AND 12 Andretti AND Fittipaldi · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Fittipaldi FIT 13 Fittipaldi FIT Pesenti-Rossi · P26 → P14 · +12 26 Pesenti-Rossi PES 14 Pesenti-Rossi PES Edwards · P25 → P15 · +10 25 Edwards EDW 15 Edwards EDW Merzario · P21 → retired L3 Merzario · retired L3 21 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Brambilla · P13 → retired L1 Brambilla · retired L1 13 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Depailler · P3 → retired L0 Depailler · retired L0 3 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Reutemann · P10 → retired L0 Reutemann · retired L0 10 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Peterson · P11 → retired L0 Peterson · retired L0 11 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Stuck · P4 → retired L0 Stuck · retired L0 4 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Laffite · P6 → retired L0 Laffite · retired L0 6 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Amon · P17 → retired L0 Amon · retired L0 17 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Lauda · P2 → retired L0 Lauda · retired L0 2 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Lunger · P24 → retired L0 Lunger · retired L0 24 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Ertl · P22 → retired L0 Ertl · retired L0 22 Ertl ERT R Ertl ERT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 James Hunt McLaren 1 14 1:41:42.700 9
2 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 8 14 +27.700 6
3 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 9 14 +52.400 4
4 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 14 +54.200 3
5 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 14 +1:57.300 2
6 7 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 14 +2:30.300 1
7 28 John Watson Penske 19 14 +2:33.900
8 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 18 14 +2:48.200
9 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 5 14 +3:46.000
10 19 Alan Jones Surtees 14 14 +3:47.300
11 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 23 14 +4:51.700
12 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 12 14 +4:58.100
13 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 14 +5:25.200
14 37 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 26 13 +1 Lap
15 25 Guy Edwards Hesketh 25 13 +1 Lap
R 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf 21 3 Brakes
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 13 1 Accident
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 3 0 Accident
R 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 0 Fuel system
R 10 Ronnie Peterson March 11 0 Accident
R 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 4 0 Clutch
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 0 Gearbox
R 21 Chris Amon Ensign 17 0 Retired
R 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 2 0 Accident
R 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 24 0 Accident
R 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 22 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 James Hunt
2
1 Niki Lauda
3
4 Patrick Depailler
4
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
5
2 Clay Regazzoni
6
26 Jacques Laffite
7
8 Carlos Pace
8
3 Jody Scheckter
9
12 Jochen Mass
10
35 Carlos Reutemann
11
10 Ronnie Peterson
12
5 Mario Andretti
13
9 Vittorio Brambilla
14
19 Alan Jones
15
7 Rolf Stommelen
16
6 Gunnar Nilsson
17
21 Chris Amon
18
16 Tom Pryce
19
28 John Watson
20
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
21
20 Arturo Merzario
22
24 Harald Ertl
23
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
24
18 Brett Lunger
25
25 Guy Edwards
26
37 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
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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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