Nürburgring · 1 August 1976
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Hunt 9 + Mass 4 | Hunt 9 + Mass 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Tyrrell Scheckter 6 + Pesenti-Rossi 0 + Depailler 0 | Scheckter 6 + Pesenti-Rossi 0 + Depailler 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Pace 3 + Stommelen 1 + Reutemann 0 | Pace 3 + Stommelen 1 + Reutemann 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Team Lotus Nilsson 2 + Andretti 0 | Nilsson 2 + Andretti 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Penske Watson 0 | Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Shadow Pryce 0 + Jarier 0 | Pryce 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Regazzoni 0 + Lauda 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Surtees Jones 0 + Lunger 0 | Jones 0 + Lunger 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Hesketh Edwards 0 + Ertl 0 | Edwards 0 + Ertl 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Wolf Merzario 0 | Merzario 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | March Brambilla 0 + Peterson 0 + Stuck 0 | Brambilla 0 + Peterson 0 + Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ensign Amon 0 | Amon 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | 1:41:42.700 | 14 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +27.700s | 14 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +52.400s | 14 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +54.200s | 14 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:57.300 | 14 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +2:30.300 | 14 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | John Watson Penske | Penske | +2:33.900 | 14 | — | — | |
| 8 | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | +2:48.200 | 14 | — | — | |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | Ferrari | +3:46.000 | 14 | — | — | |
| 10 | Alan Jones Surtees | Surtees | +3:47.300 | 14 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | Shadow | +4:51.700 | 14 | — | — | |
| 12 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +4:58.100 | 14 | — | — | |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +5:25.200 | 14 | — | — | |
| 14 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 15 | Guy Edwards Hesketh | Hesketh | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 16 | Arturo Merzario Wolf | Wolf | DNF Brakes | 3 | — | — | |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| 18 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 19 | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Fuel system | 0 | — | — | |
| 20 | Ronnie Peterson March | March | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | March | DNF Clutch | 0 | — | — | |
| 22 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Gearbox | 0 | — | — | |
| 23 | Chris Amon Ensign | Ensign | DNF | 0 | — | — | |
| 24 | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 25 | Brett Lunger Surtees | Surtees | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 26 | Harald Ertl Hesketh | Hesketh | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |