Season 1976 · Round 9

British Grand Prix

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1976-07-18 · Brands Hatch · UK · British Grand Prix · 76Lap · 319.656km
1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:44:19.660
Team win 9pt P1 · P17
3 Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell +16.180
28 John Watson
Penske
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Gunnar Nilsson L67 Ronnie Peterson L60 Brett Lunger L55 Patrick Depailler L47 Carlos Reutemann L46 Arturo Merzario L39 Clay Regazzoni L36 Jacques Laffite L31 Bob Evans L24 Vittorio Brambilla L22 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 4/14 28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Brands Hatch Kent, UK
76Lap 319.656km 14 races held (1964–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P10 Ronnie Peterson 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P19 Jacky Ickx 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P24 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P32 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L76 Lauda · P1 → P1 1 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Scheckter · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Watson · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Watson WAT 3 Watson WAT Pryce · P20 → P4 · +16 20 Pryce PRY 4 Pryce PRY Jones · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Jones JON 5 Jones JON Fittipaldi · P21 → P6 · +15 21 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT Ertl · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Ertl ERT 7 Ertl ERT Pace · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Pace PAC 8 Pace PAC Jarier · P24 → P9 · +15 24 Jarier JAR 9 Jarier JAR Hunt · P2 → P10 · -8 2 Hunt HUN 10 Hunt HUN Nilsson · P14 → retired L67 Nilsson · retired L67 14 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Peterson · P7 → retired L60 Peterson · retired L60 7 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Lunger · P18 → retired L55 Lunger · retired L55 18 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Depailler · P5 → retired L47 Depailler · retired L47 5 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Reutemann · P15 → retired L46 Reutemann · retired L46 15 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Merzario · P9 → retired L39 Merzario · retired L39 9 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Regazzoni · P4 → retired L36 Regazzoni · retired L36 4 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Laffite · P13 → retired L31 Laffite · retired L31 13 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Evans · P22 → retired L24 Evans · retired L24 22 Evans EVA R Evans EVA Brambilla · P10 → retired L22 Brambilla · retired L22 10 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Pescarolo · P26 → retired L16 Pescarolo · retired L16 26 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Amon · P6 → retired L8 Amon · retired L8 6 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Andretti · P3 → retired L4 Andretti · retired L4 3 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Mass · P12 → retired L1 Mass · retired L1 12 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Stuck · P17 → retired L0 Stuck · retired L0 17 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Edwards · P25 → retired L0 Edwards · retired L0 25 Edwards EDW R Edwards EDW
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 76 1:44:19.660 9
2 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 8 76 +16.180 6
3 28 John Watson Penske 11 75 +1 Lap 4
4 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 20 75 +1 Lap 3
5 19 Alan Jones Surtees 19 75 +1 Lap 2
6 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 74 +2 Laps 1
7 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 23 73 +3 Laps
8 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 16 73 +3 Laps
9 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 24 70 +6 Laps
D 11 James Hunt McLaren 2 76 Disqualified
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 14 67 Engine
R 10 Ronnie Peterson March 7 60 Fuel system
R 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 18 55 Gearbox
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 47 Engine
R 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 46 Oil pressure
R 20 Arturo Merzario March 9 39 Engine
R 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 36 Oil pressure
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 31 Suspension
R 32 Bob Evans Brabham-Ford 22 24 Gearbox
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 10 22 Accident
R 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 26 16 Fuel system
R 21 Chris Amon Ensign 6 8 Water leak
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 4 Ignition
R 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 12 1 Clutch
R 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 17 0 Accident
R 25 Guy Edwards Hesketh 25 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Niki Lauda
2
11 James Hunt
3
5 Mario Andretti
4
2 Clay Regazzoni
5
4 Patrick Depailler
6
21 Chris Amon
7
10 Ronnie Peterson
8
3 Jody Scheckter
9
20 Arturo Merzario
10
9 Vittorio Brambilla
11
28 John Watson
12
12 Jochen Mass
13
26 Jacques Laffite
14
6 Gunnar Nilsson
15
35 Carlos Reutemann
16
8 Carlos Pace
17
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
18
18 Brett Lunger
19
19 Alan Jones
20
16 Tom Pryce
21
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
22
32 Bob Evans
23
24 Harald Ertl
24
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
25
25 Guy Edwards
26
38 Henri Pescarolo
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 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