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1976 Brazil Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Interlagos circuit. Full information

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1976 Brazil Grand Prix

1976 Brazil Grand Prix is 265th Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Interlagos circuit. James Hunt won the pole position, Niki Lauda won this race. This was his 8th victory. Patrick Depailler and Tom Pryce also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 40 laps (318 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 1975 USA Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 1976 South Africa Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1976 Brazil Grand Prix

60th victory for the Ferrari team
8th victory for the Niki Lauda
14th podium for the Niki Lauda
3rd podium for the Patrick Depailler
2nd podium for the Tom Pryce

Niki Lauda - Winner of the 1976 Brazil Grand Prix

1976 Brazil Grand Prix

Ferrari 312T - 1976 Brazil Grand Prix winner

1976 Brazil Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Niki Lauda	9.00	1h 45m 16.78s ( 181.460 km/h )	40	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Patrick Depailler	6.00	1h 45m 35.25s ( +18.47s )	40	Elf Team Tyrrell
3	Tom Pryce	4.00	1h 45m 40.62s ( +23.84s )	40	Shadow Racing Team
4	Hans Joachim Stuck	3.00	1h 46m 44.95s ( +1m 28.17s )	40	March Engineering
5	Jody Scheckter	2.00	1h 47m 13.24s ( +1m 56.46s )	40	Elf Team Tyrrell
6	Jochen Mass	1.00	1h 47m 15.05s ( +1m 58.27s )	40	Marlboro Team McLaren
7	Clay Regazzoni	0	1h 47m 32.02s ( +2m 15.24s )	40	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
8	Jacky Ickx	0		39	Frank Williams Racing Cars
9	Renzo Zorzi	0		39	Frank Williams Racing Cars
10	Carlos Pace	0		39	Martini Racing
11	Ingo Hoffmann	0		39	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
12	Carlos Reutemann	0	Out of fuel	37	Martini Racing
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	0		37	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
14	Lella Lombardi	0		36	Lavazza March
ab	Jean-Pierre Jarier	0	Accident	33	Shadow Racing Team
ab	James Hunt	0	Accident	32	Marlboro Team McLaren
ab	Vittorio Brambilla	0	Oil pressure	15	Beta Team March
ab	Jacques Laffite	0	Gearbox	14	Ligier Gitanes
ab	Ronnie Peterson	0	Overheating	10	John Player Team Lotus
ab	Mario Andretti	0	Collision	6	John Player Team Lotus
ab	Ian Ashley	0	Oil pump	2	Stanley BRM
ab	John Watson	0	Fire	2	Citibank Team Penske

Qualifying Results for the 1976 Brazil Grand Prix on the Interlagos circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	James Hunt	2'32''50	Marlboro Team McLaren
2	Niki Lauda	2'32''52	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	2'32''66	Shadow Racing Team
4	Clay Regazzoni	2'33''17	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	2'33''33	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
6	Jochen Mass	2'33''59	Marlboro Team McLaren
7	Vittorio Brambilla	2'33''63	Beta Team March
8	John Watson	2'33''87	Citibank Team Penske
9	Patrick Depailler	2'34''49	Elf Team Tyrrell
10	Carlos Pace	2'34''54	Martini Racing
11	Jacques Laffite	2'34''67	Ligier Gitanes
12	Tom Pryce	2'34''84	Shadow Racing Team
13	Jody Scheckter	2'35''03	Elf Team Tyrrell
14	Hans Joachim Stuck	2'35''38	March Engineering
15	Carlos Reutemann	2'35''97	Martini Racing
16	Mario Andretti	2'36''01	John Player Team Lotus
17	Renzo Zorzi	2'37''07	Frank Williams Racing Cars
18	Ronnie Peterson	2'37''19	John Player Team Lotus
19	Jacky Ickx	2'37''62	Frank Williams Racing Cars
20	Ingo Hoffmann	2'40''35	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
21	Ian Ashley	2'40''94	Stanley BRM
22	Lella Lombardi	2'40''95	Lavazza March