Season 1976 · Round 5

Belgian Grand Prix

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1976-05-16 · Zolder · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 70Lap · 298.340km
1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:42:53.230
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari +3.460
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +35.380
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Brett Lunger L62 Carlos Pace L58 Chris Amon L51 James Hunt L35 Hans-Joachim Stuck L33 Harald Ertl L31 Patrick Depailler L29 Mario Andretti L28 Patrick Nève L26 Arturo Merzario L21 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/10 50%
Circuit Info
Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
70Lap 298.340km 10 races held (1973–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P21 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P27 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P33 Carlos Reutemann 10 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Lauda · P1 → P1 1 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Regazzoni · P2 → P2 2 Regazzoni REG 2 Regazzoni REG Laffite · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Scheckter · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Jones · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Jones JON 5 Jones JON Mass · P18 → P6 · +12 18 Mass MAS 6 Mass MAS Watson · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Watson WAT 7 Watson WAT Perkins · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Perkins PER 8 Perkins PER Jarier · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Jarier JAR 9 Jarier JAR Pryce · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Pryce PRY 10 Pryce PRY Leclère · P25 → P11 · +14 25 Leclère LEC 11 Leclère LEC Kessel · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Kessel KES 12 Kessel KES Lunger · P26 → retired L62 Lunger · retired L62 26 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Pace · P9 → retired L58 Pace · retired L58 9 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Amon · P8 → retired L51 Amon · retired L51 8 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Hunt · P3 → retired L35 Hunt · retired L35 3 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Stuck · P15 → retired L33 Stuck · retired L33 15 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Ertl · P24 → retired L31 Ertl · retired L31 24 Ertl ERT R Ertl ERT Depailler · P4 → retired L29 Depailler · retired L29 4 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Andretti · P11 → retired L28 Andretti · retired L28 11 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Nève · P19 → retired L26 Nève · retired L26 19 Nève NÈV R Nève NÈV Merzario · P21 → retired L21 Merzario · retired L21 21 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Reutemann · P12 → retired L17 Reutemann · retired L17 12 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Peterson · P10 → retired L16 Peterson · retired L16 10 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Nilsson · P22 → retired L7 Nilsson · retired L7 22 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Brambilla · P5 → retired L6 Brambilla · retired L6 5 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 70 1:42:53.230 9
2 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 2 70 +3.460 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 70 +35.380 4
4 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 7 70 +1:31.000 3
5 19 Alan Jones Surtees 16 69 +1 Lap 2
6 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 18 69 +1 Lap 1
7 28 John Watson Penske 17 69 +1 Lap
8 7 Larry Perkins Boro 20 69 +1 Lap
9 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 14 69 +1 Lap
10 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 13 68 +2 Laps
11 21 Michel Leclère Wolf 25 68 +2 Laps
12 32 Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 23 63 +7 Laps
R 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 26 62 Electrical
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 58 Electrical
R 21 Chris Amon Ensign 8 51 Accident
R 11 James Hunt McLaren 3 35 Gearbox
R 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 15 33 Suspension
R 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 24 31 Engine
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4 29 Engine
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 28 Halfshaft
R 22 Patrick Nève Brabham-Ford 19 26 Halfshaft
R 20 Arturo Merzario March 21 21 Engine
R 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 17 Engine
R 10 Ronnie Peterson March 10 16 Accident
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 22 7 Accident
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 5 6 Halfshaft
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Niki Lauda
2
2 Clay Regazzoni
3
11 James Hunt
4
26 Jacques Laffite
4
4 Patrick Depailler
5
9 Vittorio Brambilla
7
3 Jody Scheckter
8
21 Chris Amon
9
8 Carlos Pace
10
10 Ronnie Peterson
11
5 Mario Andretti
12
35 Carlos Reutemann
13
16 Tom Pryce
14
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
15
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
16
19 Alan Jones
17
28 John Watson
18
12 Jochen Mass
19
22 Patrick Nève
20
7 Larry Perkins
21
20 Arturo Merzario
22
6 Gunnar Nilsson
23
32 Loris Kessel
24
24 Harald Ertl
25
21 Michel Leclère
26
18 Brett Lunger
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