1976
Season

1976

Drivers' Champion
P1 J.Hunt 69 pts
P2 N.Lauda 68 pts
P3 J.Scheckter 49 pts
Constructors' Champion
P1 Ferrari 83 pts
P2 McLaren 74 pts
P3 Tyrrell 71 pts

Driver Standings

Points System
# Driver Team Pts +/- Elo Peak
1 🇬🇧 James Hunt McLaren 69 6 +21 2,427 2,427
2 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda Ferrari 68 5 -120 2,269 2,580
3 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 49 1 -45 2,369 2,541
4 🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 39 — +72 2,259 2,401
5 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 31 1 +17 2,365 2,406
6 🇺🇸 Mario Andretti Parnelli 22 1 +83 2,252 2,447
7 🇬🇧 John Watson Penske 20 1 -65 2,222 2,483
8 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 — +47 2,185 2,465
9 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass McLaren 19 — -56 2,219 2,339
10 🇸🇪 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 11 — +66 2,153 2,316
11 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson March 10 1 -84 2,061 2,449
12 🇬🇧 Tom Pryce Shadow 10 — -24 2,206 2,336
13 🇩🇪 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 8 — -1 2,061 2,338
14 🇧🇷 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 — -61 2,078 2,352
15 🇦🇺 Alan Jones Surtees 7 — +52 2,261 2,594
16 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 — +81 2,049 2,626
17 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 3 — -47 2,059 2,447
18 🇳🇿 Chris Amon Wolf 2 — -60 1,980 2,374
19 🇮🇹 Vittorio Brambilla March 1 — -13 2,133 2,241
20 🇩🇪 Rolf Stommelen Hesketh 1 — -45 2,137 2,255
21 🇦🇹 Harald Ertl Hesketh 0 — +62 2,103 2,121
22 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 0 — +22 2,175 2,351
23 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx Ensign 0 — -49 2,065 2,447
24 🇦🇺 Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 0 — -40 1,938 2,073
25 🇫🇷 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 0 — +18 2,060 2,259
26 🇮🇹 Arturo Merzario Wolf 0 — +8 1,879 2,223
27 🇯🇵 Noritake Takahara Surtees 0 — +63 2,063 2,063
28 🇮🇹 Renzo Zorzi Williams 0 — +41 2,077 2,090
29 🇫🇷 Michel Leclère Wolf 0 — +25 2,110 2,124
30 🇺🇸 Brett Lunger Surtees 0 — +32 2,136 2,182
31 🇬🇧 Bob Evans Brabham-Ford 0 — +18 1,968 2,081
32 🇮🇹 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell 0 — +14 2,010 2,073
33 🇧🇷 Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi 0 — -47 1,884 2,032
34 🇯🇵 Masahiro Hasemi Kojima 0 — +49 2,049 2,049
35 🇮🇹 Lella Lombardi Brabham-Ford 0 — +58 1,944 2,054
36 🇨🇭 Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 0 — +37 1,956 2,019
37 🇧🇷 Alex Ribeiro Hesketh 0 — +48 2,048 2,107
38 🇦🇺 Warwick Brown Wolf 0 — +34 2,034 2,034
39 🇬🇧 Guy Edwards Hesketh 0 — +4 1,942 2,118
40 🇧🇪 Patrick Nève Ensign 0 — +14 2,004 2,136
41 🇦🇹 Hans Binder Wolf 0 — +28 2,057 2,199
42 🇳🇱 Boy Lunger Penske 0 — +32 2,032 2,032
43 🇯🇵 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Tyrrell 0 — -9 1,991 2,034
44 🇬🇧 Ian Ashley BRM 0 — -33 1,849 2,079
45 🇸🇪 Conny Andersson Surtees 0 — -45 1,955 1,955
46 🇿🇦 Ian Scheckter Tyrrell 0 — -62 1,956 2,113
47 🇬🇧 Tony Trimmer Maki 0 — -30 1,802 1,932
48 🇦🇹 Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell 0 — -38 1,855 1,939
49 🇩🇰 Jac Nelleman Brabham-Ford 0 — -59 1,941 1,941
50 🇪🇸 Emilio Zapico Williams 0 — -48 1,952 1,952
51 🇪🇸 Emilio de Villota Brabham-Ford 0 — -55 1,945 2,002
52 🇬🇧 Divina Galica Surtees 0 — -54 1,946 1,946
53 🇬🇧 Damien Magee Brabham-Ford 0 — -62 1,968 2,030
54 🇬🇧 Mike Wilds Shadow 0 — -37 1,848 1,916

Race Finishes

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# Driver Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16
1 Hunt 69 DNF P2 DNF P1 DNF DNF P5 P1 DSQ P1 P4 P1 DNF P1 P1 P3
2 Lauda 68 P1 P1 P2 P2 P1 P1 P3 DNF P1 DNF P4 P8 P3 DNS
3 Scheckter 49 P5 P4 DNF DNF P4 P2 P1 P6 P2 P2 DNF P5 P5 P4 P2 DNF
4 Depailler 39 P2 P9 P3 DNF DNF P3 P2 P2 DNF DNF DNF P7 P6 P2 DNF P2
5 Regazzoni 31 P7 DNF P1 P11 P2 DNF P6 DNF DNF P9 P2 P2 P6 P7 P5
6 Andretti 22 DNF P6 DNF DNF DNF DNF P5 DNF P12 P5 P3 DNF P3 DNF P1
7 Watson 20 DNF P5 NC DNF P7 P10 DNF P3 P3 P7 P1 DNF P11 P10 P6 DNF
8 Laffite 20 DNF DNF P4 P12 P3 DNF P4 P14 DNF DNF P2 DNF P3 DNF DNF P7
9 Mass 19 P6 P3 P5 DNF P6 P5 P11 P15 DNF P3 P7 P9 DNF P5 P4 DNF
10 Nilsson 11 DNF DNF P3 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P5 P3 DNF P13 P12 DNF P6
11 Peterson 10 DNF DNF P10 DNF DNF DNF P7 DNF DNF DNF P6 DNF P1 P9 DNF DNF
12 Pryce 10 P3 P7 DNF P8 P10 P7 P9 P8 P4 P8 DNF P4 P8 P11 DNF DNF
13 Stuck 8 P4 P12 DNF DNF DNF P4 DNF P7 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P5 DNF
14 Pace 7 P10 DNF P9 P6 DNF P9 P8 P4 P8 P4 DNF DNF DNF P7 DNF DNS
15 Jones 7 NC P9 P5 DNF P13 DNF P5 P10 DNF P8 P12 P16 P8 P4
16 Reutemann 3 DNF DNF DNF P4 DNF DNF DNF P11 DNF DNF DNF DNF P9
17 Fittipaldi 3 P13 DNF P6 DNF DNQ P6 DNF DNF P6 P13 DNF DNF P15 DNF P9 DNS
18 Amon 2 P14 P8 P5 DNF P13 DNF DNF DNF DNF
19 Brambilla 1 DNF P8 DNF DNF DNF DNF P10 DNF DNF DNF DNF P6 P7 P14 DNF DNF
20 Stommelen 1 P6 P12 DNF
21 Ertl 0 P15 DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNF DNF P7 DNF P8 DNF DNF DNF P13 P8
22 Jarier 0 DNF DNF P7 DNF P9 P8 P12 P12 P9 P11 DNF P10 P19 P18 P10 P10
23 Ickx 0 P8 P16 DNQ P7 DNQ DNQ P10 DNQ DNF P10 P13 DNF
24 Perkins 0 P13 P8 DNQ DNF DNF DNF P17 DNF DNS
25 Pescarolo 0 DNQ DNF DNF DNQ P9 P11 P17 P19 NC
26 Merzario 0 DNQ DNF DNF DNQ DNF P9 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNS DNF DNF DNF
27 Takahara 0 P9
28 Zorzi 0 P9
29 Leclère 0 P13 DNQ P10 P11 P11 DNF P13
30 Lunger 0 P11 DNQ DNQ DNF P15 P16 DNF DNF DNF P14 P15 P11
31 Evans 0 P10 DNQ DNF
32 Pesenti-Rossi 0 P14 P11 DNQ P18
33 Hoffmann 0 P11 DNQ DNQ DNQ
34 Hasemi 0 P11
35 Lombardi 0 P14 DNQ DNQ P12
36 Kessel 0 DNQ P12 DNF DNQ NC
37 Ribeiro 0 P12
38 Brown 0 P14
39 Edwards 0 DNQ P17 DNF P15 DNS P20
40 Nève 0 DNF P18
41 Binder 0 DNF DNF
42 Lunger 0 DNF
43 Hoshino 0 DNF
44 Ashley 0 DNF
45 Andersson 0 DNF
46 Scheckter 0 DNF
47 Trimmer 0 DNQ
48 Stuppacher 0 DNS DNQ DNQ
49 Nelleman 0 DNQ
50 Zapico 0 DNQ
51 de Villota 0 DNQ
52 Galica 0 DNQ
53 Magee 0 DNQ
54 Wilds 0 DNQ

Driver Standings

Constructor Standings

# Constructor Pts 2nd 3rd +/- Elo Peak
1 Ferrari 83 6 5 2 -35 2,293 2,569
2 McLaren 74 6 1 3 -2 2,251 2,544
3 Tyrrell 71 1 9 2 -3 2,166 2,348
4 Team Lotus 29 1 — 4 +46 2,103 2,338
5 Penske 20 1 — 2 -36 2,174 2,211
6 Ligier 20 — 1 2 +30 2,114 2,382
7 March 19 1 — — -21 2,009 2,240
8 Shadow 10 — — 1 -9 2,135 2,182
9 Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 — — — -32 1,983 2,103
10 Surtees 7 — — — +39 2,098 2,153
11 Fittipaldi 3 — — — -22 1,963 2,239
12 Ensign 2 — — — — 1,980 2,106
13 Parnelli 1 — — — — 2,031 2,117
14 Hesketh 0 — — — +33 2,036 2,195
15 Wolf 0 — — — +9 1,882 2,233
16 Boro 0 — — — — 1,959 2,044
17 Williams 0 — — — — 1,998 2,600
18 Kojima 0 — — — +18 2,018 2,018
19 Brabham-Ford 0 — — — — 2,017 2,148
20 BRM 0 — — — — 1,744 2,410
21 Maki 0 — — — -15 1,769 2,000

Official championship standings from the historical archive.

Constructor Standings

Calendar

Rd Circuit Date
1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace Brazil Jan 25
2 Kyalami South Africa Mar 06
3 Long Beach USA Mar 28
4 Jarama Spain May 02
5 Zolder Belgium May 16
6 Circuit de Monaco Monaco May 30
7 Scandinavian Raceway Sweden Jun 13
8 Circuit Paul Ricard France Jul 04
9 Brands Hatch UK Jul 18
10 Nürburgring Germany Aug 01
11 Red Bull Ring Austria Aug 15
12 Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands Aug 29
13 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Italy Sep 12
14 Mosport International Raceway Canada Oct 03
15 Watkins Glen USA Oct 10
16 Fuji Speedway Japan Oct 24

Teams

BRM
🇬🇧 Ian Ashley 1849
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
🇧🇷 Carlos Pace 2078
🇦🇺 Larry Perkins 1938
Brabham-Ford
🇮🇹 Lella Lombardi 1944
🇬🇧 Bob Evans 1968
🇨🇭 Loris Kessel 1956
🇪🇸 Emilio de Villota 1945
🇩🇰 Jac Nelleman 1941
🇬🇧 Damien Magee 1968
Ensign
🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx 2065
🇧🇪 Patrick Nève 2004
Ferrari
🇦🇹 Niki Lauda 2269
🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni 2365
🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann 2049
Fittipaldi
🇧🇷 Ingo Hoffmann 1884
🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi 2059
Hesketh
🇦🇹 Harald Ertl 2103
🇬🇧 Guy Edwards 1942
🇩🇪 Rolf Stommelen 2137
🇧🇷 Alex Ribeiro 2048
Kojima
🇯🇵 Masahiro Hasemi 2049
Ligier
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite 2185
Maki
🇬🇧 Tony Trimmer 1802
March
🇩🇪 Hans-Joachim Stuck 2061
🇮🇹 Vittorio Brambilla 2133
🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson 2061
McLaren
🇩🇪 Jochen Mass 2219
🇬🇧 James Hunt 2427
Parnelli
🇺🇸 Mario Andretti 2252
Penske
🇬🇧 John Watson 2222
🇳🇱 Boy Lunger 2032
Shadow
🇬🇧 Tom Pryce 2206
🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier 2175
🇬🇧 Mike Wilds 1848
Surtees
🇺🇸 Brett Lunger 2136
🇦🇺 Alan Jones 2261
🇫🇷 Henri Pescarolo 2060
🇬🇧 Divina Galica 1946
🇸🇪 Conny Andersson 1955
🇯🇵 Noritake Takahara 2063
Team Lotus
🇸🇪 Gunnar Nilsson 2153
Tyrrell
🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler 2259
🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter 2369
🇿🇦 Ian Scheckter 1956
🇮🇹 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi 2010
🇦🇹 Otto Stuppacher 1855
🇯🇵 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1991
Williams
🇮🇹 Renzo Zorzi 2077
🇪🇸 Emilio Zapico 1952
Wolf
🇫🇷 Michel Leclère 2110
🇳🇿 Chris Amon 1980
🇮🇹 Arturo Merzario 1879
🇦🇹 Hans Binder 2057
🇦🇺 Warwick Brown 2034

Points System

Race Points
P1 9
P2 6
P3 4
P4 3
P5 2
P6 1

Win increased to 9 points. Drop-scores applied until 1990.

Elo Ratings

Elo Progression

Season MVP (Elo) M.Andretti +238
Biggest Race Gain G.Nilsson Jarama (+122)
Biggest Race Drop N.Lauda Circuit Paul Ricard (-145)
Avg Field Elo 2,061

Season Elo Gainers

1 M.Andretti +238
2 J.Laffite +193
3 G.Nilsson +153
4 M.Leclère +142
5 J.Jarier +139

Season Elo Losers

1 E.Fittipaldi -295
2 N.Lauda -212
3 C.Reutemann -173
4 O.Stuppacher -145
5 I.Hoffmann -116