The1976 Dutch Grand Prixwas aFormula Onemotor race held atCircuit Zandvoorton 29 August 1976.[4]It was won by British driverJames Huntdriving aMcLaren M23on his 29th birthday. The race, contested over 75 laps, was the twelfth round of the1976 Formula One season.

1976 Dutch Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the1976 Formula One season
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Race details
Date August 29, 1976
Official name XXIIIGrote Prijs van Nederland[1]
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort
Zandvoort,Netherlands
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.226 km (2.626 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 316.960 km (196.950 miles)
Weather Warm, dry
Pole position
Driver March-Ford
Time 1:21.31[2]
Fastest lap
Driver SwitzerlandClay Regazzoni Ferrari
Time 1:22.59[3]on lap 49
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The weekend was marred by the death of track marshal Ron Lenderink during a touring car support race. He was 29.[5]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos Driver Team Time
1 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:21.31
2 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:21.39
3 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:21.55
4 John Watson Penske-Ford 1:21.62
5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:21.85
6 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:21.88
7 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:21.88
8 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.91
9 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:22.03
10 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:22.06
11 Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 1:22.13
12 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:22.16
13 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:22.16
14 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:22.27
15 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:22.48
16 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:22.51
17 Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar-Ford 1:22.55
18 Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:22.59
19 Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 1:23.10
20 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:23.18
21 Boy Hayje Penske-Ford 1:23.26
22 Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 1:23.55
23 Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford 1:24.09
24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:24.37
25 Rolf Stommelen Hesketh-Ford 1:24.71
26 Conny Andersson Surtees-Ford 1:24.74
DNQ Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.01
Source:[6]

Race

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Race classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 75 1:44:52.09 2 9
2 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 75 + 0.92 5 6
3 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 75 + 2.09 6 4
4 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 75 + 6.94 3 3
5 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 22.46 8 2
6 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 75 + 45.03 7 1
7 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 56.28 14
8 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 16
9 12 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 15
10 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 20
11 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 22
12 25 Rolf Stommelen Hesketh-Ford 72 + 3 Laps 25
Ret 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 66 Electrical 11
Ret 39 Boy Hayje Penske-Ford 63 Halfshaft 21
Ret 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 53 Oil Leak 9
Ret 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 53 Oil Leak 10
Ret 10 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 52 Oil Pressure 1
Ret 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 49 Spun Off 24
Ret 28 John Watson Penske-Ford 47 Gearbox 4
Ret 27 Larry Perkins Boro-Ford 44 Accident 19
Ret 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 40 Electrical 17
Ret 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 Clutch 12
Ret 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 10 Accident 13
Ret 34 Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 9 Engine 18
Ret 18 Conny Andersson Surtees-Ford 9 Engine 26
Ret 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 5 Accident 23
Source:[7]

Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swedish driverConny Anderssonand Dutch driverBob Hayje.
  • This race marked the 100th podium finish for anAmericandriver.
  • This was the 10th Grand Prix start forWolf-Williams.
  • This race saw the 5th pole position for aMarch.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note:Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 7 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points do not reflect final results of1976 British Grand Prixas it was under appeal.

References

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  1. ^"1976 Dutch GP".www.chicanef1.com.Retrieved2020-08-02.
  2. ^Lang, Mike (1983).Grand Prix! Vol 3.Haynes Publishing Group. p. 142.ISBN0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^Lang, Mike (1983).Grand Prix! Vol 3.Haynes Publishing Group. p. 144.ISBN0-85429-380-9.
  4. ^"1976 Dutch Grand Prix Entry list".
  5. ^"Motorsport Memorial -".motorsportmemorial.org.
  6. ^"Netherlands 1976 - Qualifications".statsf1.com.Retrieved29 June2020.
  7. ^"1976 Dutch Grand Prix".formula1.com. Archived fromthe originalon 10 December 2014.Retrieved23 December2015.
  8. ^ab"Netherlands 1976 - Championship • STATS F1".www.statsf1.com.Retrieved15 March2019.


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