| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | September 12, 1976 | |
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.6 mi) | |
| Distance | 52 laps, 301.24 km (187.2 mi) | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Jacques Laffite
|
Ligier-Matra |
| Time | 1:41.35[1] | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Ronnie Peterson
|
March-Ford |
| Time | 1:41.3 on lap 50[2] | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ronnie Peterson
|
March-Ford |
| Second |  Clay Regazzoni
|
Ferrari |
| Third | Jacques Laffite
|
Ligier-Matra |
The 1976 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy on September 12, 1976. The race, contested over 52 laps, was the thirteenth round of the 1976 Formula One season. It was also the 45th running of the Italian Grand Prix, the 23rd which was a part of the World Championship. Ronnie Peterson took the March team's last victory in Formula One, and his only with the team. Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni finished the race in second position and polesitter Jacques Laffite completed the podium for Ligier.
The race saw the return of World Championship leader Niki Lauda to the sport after his serious crash at the German Grand Prix - he finished this race in fourth place.
Report[]
Background[]
Monza had been modified from the year before, and the circuit featured 2 consecutive left-right chicanes creating the Variante Retefilo added before the Curva Grande, and a left-right chicane added before the first Lesmo curve.
Qualifying[]
The qualifying session on Friday was wet, so the dry session on Saturday was to provide the field with their best times. After this session, Brett Lunger, Arturo Merzario and the very slow Otto Stuppacher had failed to qualify. John Watson qualified in eighth position, with James Hunt ninth and Jochen Mass tenth, but their times were later disallowed due to fuel irregularities. This meant that their Friday times counted for their grid positions. As a result, these three drivers were the three slowest and were deemed not to have qualified, allowing Lunger, Merzario and Stuppacher on to the grid.
Stuppacher had already left the circuit and flown back home to Austria, so could not take his place on the grid. This promoted Hunt back into the 26 qualifiers. Merzario withdrew and promoted Mass, and later Guy Edwards also decided to withdraw in order to let Watson race.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra | 1:41.35 | — |
| 2 | 3 |  Jody Scheckter
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:41.38 | + 0.03 |
| 3 | 8 |  Carlos Pace
|
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:41.53 | + 0.18 |
| 4 | 4 | Patrick Depailler
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:42.06 | + 0.71 |
| 5 | 1 |  Niki Lauda
|
Ferrari | 1.42.09 | + 0.74 |
| 6 | 34 |  Hans Joachim Stuck
|
March-Ford | 1:42.18 | + 0.83 |
| 7 | 35 |  Carlos Reutemann
|
Ferrari | 1:42.38 | + 1.03 |
| 8 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson
|
March-Ford | 1:42.64 | + 1.29 |
| 9 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni
|
Ferrari | 1:42.96 | + 1.61 |
| 10 | 22 |  Jacky Ickx
|
Ensign-Ford | 1:43.29 | + 1.94 |
| 11 | 7 | Rolf Stommelen
|
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:43.29 | + 1.94 |
| 12 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:43.30 | + 1.95 |
| 13 | 40 |  Larry Perkins
|
Boro-Ford | 1:43.32 | + 1.97 |
| 14 | 5 |  Mario Andretti
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:43.34 | + 1.99 |
| 15 | 16 |  Tom Pryce
|
Shadow-Ford | 1:43.63 | + 2.28 |
| 16 | 9 |  Vittorio Brambilla
|
March-Ford | 1:43.94 | + 2.59 |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Shadow-Ford | 1:44.05 | + 2.70 |
| 18 | 19 | Alan Jones
|
Surtees-Ford | 1:44.41 | + 3.06 |
| 19 | 24 | Harald Ertl
|
Hesketh-Ford | 1:44.56 | + 3.21 |
| 20 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi
|
Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:44.57 | + 3.22 |
| 21 | 37 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:44.62 | + 3.27 |
| 22 | 38 | Henri Pescarolo
|
Surtees-Ford | 1:45.12 | + 3.77 |
| 23 | 25 | Guy Edwards
|
Hesketh-Ford | 1:45.79 | + 4.44 |
| 24 | 18 | Brett Lunger
|
Surtees-Ford | 1:46.48 | + 5.13 |
| 25 | 20 | Arturo Merzario
|
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 1:47.31 | + 5.96 |
| 26 | 39 | Otto Stuppacher
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:55.22 | + 13.87 |
| 27 | 11 | James Hunt
|
McLaren-Ford | 2:08.76 | + 27.41 |
| 28 | 12 | Jochen Mass
|
McLaren-Ford | 2:11.06 | + 29.71 |
| 29 | 28 | John Watson
|
Penske-Ford | 2:13.95 | + 32.60 |
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson
|
March-Ford | 52 | 1:30:35.6 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni
|
Ferrari | 52 | + 2.3 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
|
Ligier-Matra | 52 | + 3.0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Niki Lauda
|
Ferrari | 52 | + 19.4 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Jody Scheckter
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 52 | + 19.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Patrick Depailler
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 52 | + 35.7 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla
|
March-Ford | 52 | + 43.9 | 16 | |
| 8 | 16 | Tom Pryce
|
Shadow-Ford | 52 | + 52.9 | 15 | |
| 9 | 35 | Carlos Reutemann
|
Ferrari | 52 | + 57.5 | 7 | |
| 10 | 22 | Jacky Ickx
|
Ensign-Ford | 52 | + 1:12.4 | 10 | |
| 11 | 28 | John Watson
|
Penske-Ford | 52 | + 1:42.2 | 26 | |
| 12 | 19 | Alan Jones
|
Surtees-Ford | 51 | + 1 Lap | 18 | |
| 13 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson
|
Lotus-Ford | 51 | + 1 Lap | 12 | |
| 14 | 18 | Brett Lunger
|
Surtees-Ford | 50 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
| 15 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi
|
Fittipaldi-Ford | 50 | + 2 Laps | 20 | |
| 16 | 24 | Harald Ertl
|
Hesketh-Ford | 49 | Halfshaft | 19 | |
| 17 | 38 | Henri Pescarolo
|
Surtees-Ford | 49 | + 3 Laps | 22 | |
| 18 | 37 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 49 | + 3 Laps | 21 | |
| 19 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Shadow-Ford | 47 | + 5 Laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 7 | Rolf Stommelen
|
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 41 | Fuel System | 11 | |
| Ret | 34 | Hans Joachim Stuck
|
March-Ford | 23 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti
|
Lotus-Ford | 23 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 11 | James Hunt
|
McLaren-Ford | 11 | Spun Off | 24 | |
| Ret | 40 | Larry Perkins
|
Boro-Ford | 8 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 8 | Carlos Pace
|
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 4 | Engine | 3 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jochen Mass
|
McLaren-Ford | 2 | Ignition | 25 | |
| DNS | 25 | Guy Edwards
|
Hesketh-Ford | Withdrew | |||
| DNS | 20 | Arturo Merzario
|
Wolf-Williams-Ford | Withdrew | |||
| DNS | 39 | Otto Stuppacher
|
Tyrrell-Ford | Not present |
Notes[]
- Pole position: Jacques Laffite - 1:41.35[1]
- Fastest lap: Ronnie Peterson - 1:41.3 on lap 50[2]
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.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 145.
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Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/454/. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
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