Season 1976 · Round 11

Austrian Grand Prix

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1976-08-15 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 319.914km
28 John Watson
Penske 1:30:07.860
Team win 9pt P1
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +10.790
6 Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus +11.980
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Hans Binder L47 Loris Kessel L44 Vittorio Brambilla L43 Emerson Fittipaldi L43 Carlos Pace L40 Jean-Pierre Jarier L40 Alan Jones L30 Hans-Joachim Stuck L26 Patrick Depailler L24 Arturo Merzario L17 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 319.914km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P3 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Watson · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Watson WAT 1 Watson WAT Laffite · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Laffite LAF 2 Laffite LAF Nilsson · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Nilsson NIL 3 Nilsson NIL Hunt · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Hunt HUN 4 Hunt HUN Andretti · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Andretti AND 5 Andretti AND Peterson · P3 → P6 · -3 3 Peterson PET 6 Peterson PET Mass · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Mass MAS 7 Mass MAS Ertl · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Ertl ERT 8 Ertl ERT Pescarolo · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Pescarolo PES 9 Pescarolo PES Lunger · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Lunger LUN 10 Lunger LUN Pesenti-Rossi · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Pesenti-Rossi PES 11 Pesenti-Rossi PES Lombardi · P24 → P12 · +12 24 Lombardi LOM 12 Lombardi LOM Binder · P19 → retired L47 Binder · retired L47 19 Binder BIN R Binder BIN Kessel · P25 → retired L44 Kessel · retired L44 25 Kessel KES R Kessel KES Brambilla · P7 → retired L43 Brambilla · retired L43 7 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Fittipaldi · P17 → retired L43 Fittipaldi · retired L43 17 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Pace · P18 → retired L40 Pace · retired L40 18 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Jarier · P8 → retired L40 Jarier · retired L40 8 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Jones · P15 → retired L30 Jones · retired L30 15 Jones JON R Jones JON Stuck · P11 → retired L26 Stuck · retired L26 11 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Depailler · P13 → retired L24 Depailler · retired L24 13 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Merzario · P21 → retired L17 Merzario · retired L17 21 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Pryce · P6 → retired L14 Pryce · retired L14 6 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Scheckter · P10 → retired L14 Scheckter · retired L14 10 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Reutemann · P14 → retired L0 Reutemann · retired L0 14 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 John Watson Penske 2 54 1:30:07.860 9
2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 54 +10.790 6
3 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 4 54 +11.980 4
4 11 James Hunt McLaren 1 54 +12.440 3
5 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 54 +21.490 2
6 10 Ronnie Peterson March 3 54 +34.340 1
7 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 54 +59.450
8 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 20 53 +1 Lap
9 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 22 52 +2 Laps
10 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 16 51 Accident
11 37 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 23 51 +3 Laps
12 33 Lella Lombardi Brabham-Ford 24 50 +4 Laps
R 21 Hans Binder Ensign 19 47 Throttle
R 32 Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 25 44 Not classified
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 7 43 Accident
R 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 43 Accident
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18 40 Accident
R 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 8 40 Fuel pump
R 19 Alan Jones Surtees 15 30 Accident
R 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 11 26 Fuel system
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 24 Suspension
R 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf 21 17 Accident
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 6 14 Brakes
R 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 10 14 Suspension
R 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 14 0 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 James Hunt
2
28 John Watson
3
10 Ronnie Peterson
4
6 Gunnar Nilsson
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
16 Tom Pryce
7
9 Vittorio Brambilla
8
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
9
5 Mario Andretti
10
3 Jody Scheckter
11
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
12
12 Jochen Mass
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
35 Carlos Reutemann
15
19 Alan Jones
16
18 Brett Lunger
17
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
18
8 Carlos Pace
19
21 Hans Binder
20
24 Harald Ertl
21
20 Arturo Merzario
22
38 Henri Pescarolo
23
37 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
24
33 Lella Lombardi
25
32 Loris Kessel
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