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1976 Grand Prix of Austria

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Formula One race number 11 of 16
Sunday, August 15, 1976 at Osterreichring, Knittelfeld, Austria
54 laps on a 5.910 kilometer road course (319.140 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:30:07.86
Average speed: 212.463 kph
Pole time: 95.02 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 10.79 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1976 Formula One results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	28	John Watson	Citibank Team Penske	Penske PC4 / Ford Cosworth DFV	54	1:30:07.86	45	9
2	5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS5 / Matra MS73	54	+10.79	0	6
3	4	6	Gunnar Nilsson	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 77 / Ford Cosworth DFV	54	+11.98	0	4
4	1	11	James Hunt	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV	54	+12.44	0	3
5	9	5	Mario Andretti	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 77 / Ford Cosworth DFV	54	+21.49	0	2
6	3	10	Ronnie Peterson	March Engineering	March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV	54	+34.34	8	1
7	12	12	Jochen Mass	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV	54	+59.45	0	0
8	20	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh Racing	Hesketh 308D / Ford Cosworth DFV	53	+1 lap	0	0
9	22	38	Henri Pescarolo	Team Norev Racing	Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV	52	+2 laps	0	0
10	16	18	Brett Lunger	Team Surtees	Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV	51	crash	0	0
11	23	40	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Scuderia Gulf Rodini	Tyrrell 007 / Ford Cosworth DFV	51	+3 laps	0	0
12	24	33	Lella Lombardi	RAM Racing with Lavazza	Brabham BT44B / Ford Cosworth DFV	50	+4 laps	0	0
ret	19	22	Hans Binder	Team Ensign	Ensign N176 / Ford Cosworth DFV	47	throttle	0	0
nc	25	32	Loris Kessel	RAM Racing	Brabham BT44B / Ford Cosworth DFV	44	+10 laps	0	0
ret	7	9	Vittorio Brambilla	Beta Team March	March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV	43	crash	0	0
ret	17	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi FD04 / Ford Cosworth DFV	43	crash	0	0
ret	18	8	Carlos Pace	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45 / Alfa Romeo 115-12	40	crash	0	0
ret	8	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B / Ford Cosworth DFV	40	fuel pump	0	0
ret	15	19	Alan Jones	Durex Team Surtees	Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV	30	crash	0	0
ret	11	34	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March Engineering	March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV	26	fuel system	0	0
ret	13	4	Patrick Depailler	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV	24	suspension	0	0
ret	21	20	Arturo Merzario	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf-Williams FW05 / Ford Cosworth DFV	17	crash	0	0
ret	6	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B / Ford Cosworth DFV	14	brakes	0	0
ret	10	3	Jody Scheckter	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV	14	suspension	1	0
ret	14	7	Carlos Reutemann	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45 / Alfa Romeo 115-12	0	clutch	0	0

Fastest Lap: 221.833 kph by James Hunt

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
John Watson	1	2	2
Ronnie Peterson	3	9	7
Jody Scheckter	10	10	1
Ronnie Peterson	11	11	1
John Watson	12	54	43

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Niki Lauda	61
2	James Hunt	38	-23
3	Jody Scheckter	36	-25
4	Patrick Depailler	26	-35
5	John Watson	19	-42
6	Clay Regazzoni	16	-45
6	Jacques Laffite	16	-45
8	Jochen Mass	14	-47
9	Gunnar Nilsson	10	-51
10	Tom Pryce	7	-54
10	Carlos Pace	7	-54
12	Hans-Joachim Stuck	6	-55
13	Mario Andretti	5	-56
14	Alan Jones	4	-57
15	Carlos Reutemann	3	-58
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	3	-58
17	Chris Amon	2	-59
18	Ronnie Peterson	1	-60
18	Rolf Stommelen	1	-60