Overview - 1976 British Grand Prix

Information on the race, grand prix, and circuit of the 1976 British Grand Prix, as well as the grand prix weekly schedule and entry list.

Race

29th John Player Grand Prix

  • Season1976
  • Round

    9

  • Race Number by F1 Championship

    273

  • Grand PrixBritish Grand Prix
  • Race Number by Grand Prix

    27

  • CircuitBrands Hatch
  • Race Number by Circuit

    7

  • Laps

    76

  • Race Length

    319.656km

Grand Prix

British Grand Prix

Circuit

Brands Hatch

  • Circuit Type

    Permanent Circuit

  • Length

    4.207km

  • Turns

    9

  • Elevation

    ?m

  • Direction

    Clockwise

  • Track Record

    Nelson Piquet1:06.9611986 British Grand Prix (Qualifying 2)

  • Lap Record

    Nigel Mansell1:09.5931986 British Grand Prix (Race, Lap 69)

Schedule

  • July 16 (Fri)

    • Qualifying 110:00 AM
    • Qualifying 21:15 PM
  • July 17 (Sat)

    • Practice10:00 AM
    • Qualifying 31:00 PM
  • July 18 (Sun)

    • Race Warm-up11:40 AM
    • Race3:00 PM

Entries

No.
Driver
Team
Entrant
Constructor
Car
Engine
Note
1

Niki Lauda

Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC

Ferrari

Ferrari 312T2Ferrari 015 3.0L F12
2

Clay Regazzoni

Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC

Ferrari

Ferrari 312T2Ferrari 015 3.0L F12
3

Jody Scheckter

Tyrrell

Elf Team Tyrrell

Tyrrell-Ford

Tyrrell 007Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8Spare Car
Tyrrell P34
4

Patrick Depailler

Tyrrell

Elf Team Tyrrell

Tyrrell-Ford

Tyrrell P34Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
5

Mario Andretti

Lotus

John Player Team Lotus

Lotus-Ford

Lotus 77Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
6

Gunnar Nilsson

Lotus

John Player Team Lotus

Lotus-Ford

Lotus 77Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
7

Carlos Reutemann

Brabham

Martini Racing

Brabham-Alfa Romeo

Brabham BT45Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0L F12
8

Jose Carlos Pace

Brabham

Martini Racing

Brabham-Alfa Romeo

Brabham BT45Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0L F12
9

Vittorio Brambilla

March

Beta Team March

March-Ford

March 761Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
10

Ronnie Peterson

March

March Engineering

March-Ford

March 761Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
11

James Hunt

McLaren

Marlboro Team McLaren

McLaren-Ford

McLaren M23Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
12

Jochen Mass

McLaren

Marlboro Team McLaren

McLaren-Ford

McLaren M23Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
13

Divina Galica

ShellSport Whiting

ShellSport Whiting

Surtees-Ford

Surtees TS16Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
16

Tom Pryce

Shadow

Shadow Racing Team

Shadow-Ford

Shadow DN5BFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
17

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Shadow

Shadow Racing Team

Shadow-Ford

Shadow DN5BFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
18

Brett Lunger

Surtees

Team Surtees

Surtees-Ford

Surtees TS19Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
19

Alan Jones

Surtees

Durex Team Surtees

Surtees-Ford

Surtees TS19Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
20

Jacky Ickx

Frank Williams Racing Cars

Walter Wolf Racing

Wolf-Williams-Ford

Wolf-Williams FW05Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
22

Chris Amon

Ensign

Team Ensign

Ensign-Ford

Ensign N176Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
24

Harald Ertl

Hesketh

Hesketh Racing

Hesketh-Ford

Hesketh 308DFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
25

Guy Edwards

Hesketh

Penthouse Rizla Racing

Hesketh-Ford

Hesketh 308DFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
26

Jacques Laffite

Ligier

Ligier Gitanes

Ligier-Matra

Ligier JS5Matra MS73 3.0L V12
28

John Watson

Penske

Citibank Team Penske

Penske-Ford

Penske PC4Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
30

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi Automotive

Copersucar-Fittipaldi

Copersucar-Ford Cosworth

Fittipaldi FD04Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
31

Ingo Hoffmann

Fittipaldi Automotive

Copersucar-Fittipaldi

Copersucar-Ford Cosworth

Fittipaldi FD04Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8Non-Entry (Car used by other driver)
32

Bob Evans

RAM Racing

RAM Racing

Brabham-Ford

Brabham BT44BFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
33

Lella Lombardi

RAM Racing

RAM Racing

Brabham-Ford

Brabham BT44BFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
34

Hans-Joachim Stuck

March

March Engineering

March-Ford

March 761Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
35

Arturo Merzario

March

Ovoro Team March

March-Ford

March 761Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
38

Henri Pescarolo

BS Fabrications

Team Norev / B&S Fabrications

Surtees-Ford

Surtees TS19Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
40

Mike Wilds

Team PR Reilly

Team P R Reilly

Shadow-Ford

Shadow DN3BFord Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8