Season 1976 · Round 16

Japanese Grand Prix

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1976-10-24 · Fuji Speedway · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 73Lap · 318.207km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:43:58.860
Team win 10pt P1 · P6
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
11 James Hunt
McLaren
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jody Scheckter L58 Hans Binder L49 Tom Pryce L46 Vittorio Brambilla L38 Hans-Joachim Stuck L37 Jochen Mass L35 John Watson L33 Kazuyoshi Hoshino L27 Arturo Merzario L23 Ronnie Peterson L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Fuji Speedway Oyama, Japan
73Lap 318.207km 4 races held (1976–) Lap record 1:18.426 · Felipe Massa (2008)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P10 James Hunt 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Podiums
P15 James Hunt 2 · → Nico Rosberg -1
P29 Mario Andretti 1 · → Mark Webber -1
Starts
P100 Mario Andretti 2 starts · → Esteban Gutiérrez -1
P100 Ronnie Peterson 2 starts · → Esteban Gutiérrez -1
P100 Clay Regazzoni 2 starts · → Esteban Gutiérrez -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L73 Andretti · P1 → P1 1 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Depailler · P13 → P2 · +11 13 Depailler DEP 2 Depailler DEP Hunt · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Hunt HUN 3 Hunt HUN Jones · P20 → P4 · +16 20 Jones JON 4 Jones JON Regazzoni · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Regazzoni REG 5 Regazzoni REG Nilsson · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Nilsson NIL 6 Nilsson NIL Laffite · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Laffite LAF 7 Laffite LAF Ertl · P22 → P8 · +14 22 Ertl ERT 8 Ertl ERT Takahara · P24 → P9 · +15 24 Takahara TAK 9 Takahara TAK Jarier · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Jarier JAR 10 Jarier JAR Hasemi · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Hasemi HAS 11 Hasemi HAS Scheckter · P5 → retired L58 Scheckter · retired L58 5 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Binder · P25 → retired L49 Binder · retired L49 25 Binder BIN R Binder BIN Pryce · P14 → retired L46 Pryce · retired L46 14 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Brambilla · P8 → retired L38 Brambilla · retired L38 8 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Stuck · P18 → retired L37 Stuck · retired L37 18 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Mass · P12 → retired L35 Mass · retired L35 12 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Watson · P4 → retired L33 Watson · retired L33 4 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Hoshino · P21 → retired L27 Hoshino · retired L27 21 Hoshino HOS R Hoshino HOS Merzario · P19 → retired L23 Merzario · retired L23 19 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Fittipaldi · P23 → P21 · +2 23 Fittipaldi FIT 21 Fittipaldi FIT Pace · P6 → P22 · -16 6 Pace PAC 22 Pace PAC Lauda · P3 → P23 · -20 3 Lauda LAU 23 Lauda LAU Perkins · P17 → P24 · -7 17 Perkins PER 24 Perkins PER Peterson · P9 → retired L0 Peterson · retired L0 9 Peterson PET R Peterson PET
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 73 1:43:58.860 9
2 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 72 +1 Lap 6
3 11 James Hunt McLaren 2 72 +1 Lap 4
4 19 Alan Jones Surtees 20 72 +1 Lap 3
5 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7 72 +1 Lap 2
6 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 72 +1 Lap 1
7 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 72 +1 Lap
8 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 22 72 +1 Lap
9 18 Noritake Takahara Surtees 24 70 +3 Laps
10 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 15 69 +4 Laps
11 51 Masahiro Hasemi Kojima 10 66 +7 Laps
R 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 5 58 Overheating
R 21 Hans Binder Wolf 25 49 Wheel
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 14 46 Physical
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 8 38 Electrical
R 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 37 Electrical
R 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 35 Accident
R 28 John Watson Penske 4 33 Engine
R 52 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Tyrrell 21 27 Tyre
R 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf 19 23 Gearbox
W 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 9 Withdrew
W 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 7 Withdrew
W 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 2 Withdrew
W 7 Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 17 1 Withdrew
R 10 Ronnie Peterson March 9 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
11 James Hunt
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
28 John Watson
5
3 Jody Scheckter
6
8 Carlos Pace
7
2 Clay Regazzoni
8
9 Vittorio Brambilla
9
10 Ronnie Peterson
10
51 Masahiro Hasemi
11
26 Jacques Laffite
12
12 Jochen Mass
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
16 Tom Pryce
15
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
16
6 Gunnar Nilsson
17
7 Larry Perkins
18
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
19
20 Arturo Merzario
20
19 Alan Jones
21
52 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
22
24 Harald Ertl
23
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
24
18 Noritake Takahara
25
21 Hans Binder
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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