1976 South African Grand Prix

Kyalami · 6 March 1976

Round 2South Africa

Niki Lauda won the 1976 South African Grand Prix for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid, 1.3s ahead of James Hunt. Bob Evans gained the most places, from 23rd on the grid to 10th.

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First GP

1967

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Weekend Points

Pos	Team	Points Breakdown	Pts
1	McLaren Hunt 6 + Mass 4	Hunt 6 + Mass 4	10
2	Ferrari Lauda 9 + Regazzoni 0	Lauda 9 + Regazzoni 0	9
3	Tyrrell Scheckter 3 + Depailler 0 + Scheckter 0	Scheckter 3 + Depailler 0 + Scheckter 0	3
4	Penske Watson 2	Watson 2	2
5	Parnelli Andretti 1	Andretti 1	1
6	Shadow Pryce 0 + Jarier 0	Pryce 0 + Jarier 0	0
7	March Brambilla 0 + Stuck 0 + Peterson 0	Brambilla 0 + Stuck 0 + Peterson 0	0
8	Team Lotus Evans 0 + Nilsson 0	Evans 0 + Nilsson 0	0
9	Surtees Lunger 0	Lunger 0	0
10	Wolf-Williams Leclère 0 + Ickx 0	Leclère 0 + Ickx 0	0
11	Ensign Amon 0	Amon 0	0
12	Hesketh Ertl 0	Ertl 0	0
13	Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0	Fittipaldi 0	0
14	Ligier Laffite 0	Laffite 0	0
15	Brabham-Alfa Romeo Pace 0 + Reutemann 0	Pace 0 + Reutemann 0	0

Race Result

Pos	Driver	Team	Race time / Gap	Laps	Stops	Pts
1	Niki Lauda Ferrari	Ferrari	1:42:18.400	78	—	9
2	James Hunt McLaren	McLaren	+1.300s	78	—	6
3	Jochen Mass McLaren	McLaren	+45.900s	78	—	4
4	Jody Scheckter Tyrrell	Tyrrell	+1:08.400	78	—	3
5	John Watson Penske	Penske	+1 Lap	77	—	2
6	Mario Andretti Parnelli	Parnelli	+1 Lap	77	—	1
7	Tom Pryce Shadow	Shadow	+1 Lap	77	—	—
8	Vittorio Brambilla March	March	+1 Lap	77	—	—
9	Patrick Depailler Tyrrell	Tyrrell	+1 Lap	77	—	—
10	Bob Evans Team Lotus	Team Lotus	+1 Lap	77	—	—
11	Brett Lunger Surtees	Surtees	+1 Lap	77	—	—
12	Hans-Joachim Stuck March	March	+2 Laps	76	—	—
13	Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams	Wolf-Williams	+2 Laps	76	—	—
14	Chris Amon Ensign	Ensign	+2 Laps	76	—	—
15	Harald Ertl Hesketh	Hesketh	+4 Laps	74	—	—
16	Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams	Wolf-Williams	+5 Laps	73	—	—
17	Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	DNF Engine	70	—	—
DNF	Clay Regazzoni Ferrari	Ferrari	DNF Engine	52	—	—
DNF	Jacques Laffite Ligier	Ligier	DNF Engine	49	—	—
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow	Shadow	DNF Radiator	28	—	—
DNF	Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	DNF Oil pressure	22	—	—
DNF	Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus	Team Lotus	DNF Clutch	18	—	—
DNF	Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	DNF Oil pressure	16	—	—
DNF	Ronnie Peterson March	March	DNF Accident	15	—	—
DNF	Ian Scheckter Tyrrell	Tyrrell	DNF Accident	0	—	—

Biggest MoverP23 → P10

Biggest LoserP5 → P8