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United States Grand Prix 1976

Round 15 of 16  · 10 October 1976  · Watkins Glen  · 59 laps

WCC Decider

Fastest Lap James Hunt 1:42.851 (lap 53)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 HUN James Hunt FL McLaren 1 1:42:40.741 9
2 SCH Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 2 +8.030 6
3 LAU Niki Lauda Ferrari 5 +1:02.324 4
4 MAS Jochen Mass McLaren 17 +1:02.458 3
5 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck March 6 +1:07.978 2
6 WAT John Watson Penske 8 +1:08.190 1
7 REG Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 14 +1 lap
8 JON Alan Jones Surtees 18 +1 lap
9 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 +2 laps
10 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 16 +2 laps
11 LUN Brett Lunger Surtees 24 +2 laps
12 RIB Alex Ribeiro Hesketh 22 +2 laps
13 ERT Harald Ertl Hesketh 21 +5 laps
14 BRO Warwick Brown Wolf-Williams 23 +5 laps
NC PES Henri Pescarolo Surtees 26 +11 laps
DNF PRY Tom Pryce Shadow 9 Engine
DNF LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 Tyre
DNF BRA Vittorio Brambilla March 4 Tyre
DNF PAC Carlos Pace Brabham 10 Collision
DNF PER Larry Perkins Brabham 13 Suspension
DNF AND Mario Andretti Lotus 11 Suspension
DNF ICK Jacky Ickx Ensign 19 Accident
DNF NIL Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 20 Engine
DNF PET Ronnie Peterson March 3 Suspension
DNF MER Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams 25 Accident
DNF DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 7 Fuel pipe
DNQ STU Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:43.622
2 SCH Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 1:43.870
3 PET Ronnie Peterson March 1:43.941
4 BRA Vittorio Brambilla March 1:44.250
5 LAU Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:44.257
6 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck March 1:44.265
7 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:44.516
8 WAT John Watson Penske 1:44.719
9 PRY Tom Pryce Shadow 1:45.102
10 PAC Carlos Pace Brabham 1:45.274
11 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:45.311
12 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:45.324
13 PER Larry Perkins Brabham 1:45.353
14 REG Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:45.534
15 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:45.646
16 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 1:45.979
17 MAS Jochen Mass McLaren 1:46.067
18 JON Alan Jones Surtees 1:46.402
19 ICK Jacky Ickx Ensign 1:46.605
20 NIL Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 1:46.776
21 ERT Harald Ertl Hesketh 1:49.418
22 RIB Alex Ribeiro Hesketh 1:49.669
23 BRO Warwick Brown Wolf-Williams 1:51.124
24 LUN Brett Lunger Surtees 1:51.373
25 MER Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams 2:00.932
26 PES Henri Pescarolo Surtees 2:05.211
27 STU Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell 2:11.070