Red Bull Ring · 15 August 1976
John Watson won the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix for Penske from 2nd on the grid, 10.79s ahead of Jacques Laffite. Henri Pescarolo gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penske Watson 9 | Watson 9 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ligier Laffite 6 | Laffite 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Nilsson 4 + Andretti 2 | Nilsson 4 + Andretti 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | McLaren Hunt 3 + Mass 0 | Hunt 3 + Mass 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | March Peterson 1 + Brambilla 0 + Stuck 0 | Peterson 1 + Brambilla 0 + Stuck 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Hesketh Ertl 0 | Ertl 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Surtees Pescarolo 0 + Lunger 0 + Jones 0 | Pescarolo 0 + Lunger 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell Pesenti-Rossi 0 + Depailler 0 + Scheckter 0 | Pesenti-Rossi 0 + Depailler 0 + Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Brabham-Ford Lombardi 0 + Kessel 0 | Lombardi 0 + Kessel 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ensign Binder 0 | Binder 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Pace 0 + Reutemann 0 | Pace 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Shadow Jarier 0 + Pryce 0 | Jarier 0 + Pryce 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Wolf-Williams Merzario 0 | Merzario 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Watson Penske | Penske | 1:30:07.860 | 54 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +10.790s | 54 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +11.980s | 54 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | +12.440s | 54 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +21.490s | 54 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Ronnie Peterson March | March | +34.340s | 54 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +59.450s | 54 | — | — | |
| 8 | Harald Ertl Hesketh | Hesketh | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 9 | Henri Pescarolo Surtees | Surtees | +2 Laps | 52 | — | — | |
| 10 | Brett Lunger Surtees | Surtees | DNF Accident | 51 | — | — | |
| 11 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| 12 | Lella Lombardi Brabham-Ford | Brabham-Ford | +4 Laps | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans Binder Ensign | Ensign | DNF Throttle | 47 | — | — | |
| NC | Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford | Brabham-Ford | NC | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Accident | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Accident | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | Shadow | DNF Fuel pump | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Surtees | Surtees | DNF Accident | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | March | DNF Fuel system | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams | Wolf-Williams | DNF Accident | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | DNF Brakes | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Clutch | 0 | — | — |