Season 1976 · Round 2

South African Grand Prix

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1976-03-06 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 78Lap · 320.112km
1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:42:18.400
11 James Hunt
McLaren +1.300
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
12 Jochen Mass
McLaren +45.900
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Clay Regazzoni L52 Jacques Laffite L49 Jean-Pierre Jarier L28 Carlos Pace L22 Gunnar Nilsson L18 Carlos Reutemann L16 Ronnie Peterson L15 Ian Scheckter L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
78Lap 320.112km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P6 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Ronnie Peterson 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Lauda · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Hunt · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Hunt HUN 2 Hunt HUN Mass · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Mass MAS 3 Mass MAS Scheckter · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Watson · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Watson WAT 5 Watson WAT Andretti · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Andretti AND 6 Andretti AND Pryce · P7 → P7 7 Pryce PRY 7 Pryce PRY Brambilla · P5 → P8 · -3 5 Brambilla BRA 8 Brambilla BRA Depailler · P6 → P9 · -3 6 Depailler DEP 9 Depailler DEP Evans · P23 → P10 · +13 23 Evans EVA 10 Evans EVA Lunger · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Lunger LUN 11 Lunger LUN Stuck · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Stuck STU 12 Stuck STU Leclère · P22 → P13 · +9 22 Leclère LEC 13 Leclère LEC Amon · P18 → P14 · +4 18 Amon AMO 14 Amon AMO Ertl · P24 → P15 · +9 24 Ertl ERT 15 Ertl ERT Ickx · P19 → P16 · +3 19 Ickx ICK 16 Ickx ICK Fittipaldi · P21 → P17 · +4 21 Fittipaldi FIT 17 Fittipaldi FIT Regazzoni · P9 → retired L52 Regazzoni · retired L52 9 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Laffite · P8 → retired L49 Laffite · retired L49 8 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Jarier · P15 → retired L28 Jarier · retired L28 15 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Pace · P14 → retired L22 Pace · retired L22 14 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Nilsson · P25 → retired L18 Nilsson · retired L18 25 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Reutemann · P11 → retired L16 Reutemann · retired L16 11 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Peterson · P13 → retired L15 Peterson · retired L15 13 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Scheckter · P16 → retired L0 Scheckter · retired L0 16 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 2 78 1:42:18.400 9
2 11 James Hunt McLaren 1 78 +1.300 6
3 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 4 78 +45.900 4
4 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 12 78 +1:08.400 3
5 28 John Watson Penske 3 77 +1 Lap 2
6 5 Mario Andretti Parnelli 13 77 +1 Lap 1
7 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 7 77 +1 Lap
8 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 5 77 +1 Lap
9 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 6 77 +1 Lap
10 32 Bob Evans Team Lotus 23 77 +1 Lap
11 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 20 77 +1 Lap
12 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 17 76 +2 Laps
13 21 Michel Leclère Wolf 22 76 +2 Laps
14 21 Chris Amon Ensign 18 76 +2 Laps
15 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 24 74 +4 Laps
16 22 Jacky Ickx Wolf 19 73 +5 Laps
17 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 70 Engine
R 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 9 52 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 49 Engine
R 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 15 28 Radiator
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 14 22 Oil pressure
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 25 18 Clutch
R 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 16 Oil pressure
R 10 Ronnie Peterson March 13 15 Accident
R 15 Ian Scheckter Tyrrell 16 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
28 John Watson
4
12 Jochen Mass
5
9 Vittorio Brambilla
6
4 Patrick Depailler
7
16 Tom Pryce
8
26 Jacques Laffite
9
2 Clay Regazzoni
11
35 Carlos Reutemann
12
3 Jody Scheckter
13
5 Mario Andretti
13
10 Ronnie Peterson
14
8 Carlos Pace
15
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
16
15 Ian Scheckter
17
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
18
21 Chris Amon
19
22 Jacky Ickx
20
18 Brett Lunger
21
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
22
21 Michel Leclère
23
32 Bob Evans
24
24 Harald Ertl
25
6 Gunnar Nilsson
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