Drivers' championship 1976Final standings

1976Drivers’ championship

James Hunt took the 1976 title by 1 point from Lauda, with 6 wins.

1976 World Champion

JamesHunt

McLaren

69Points

6Wins

Champion: 69; points · Hunt
Margin: 1; points to Lauda
Rounds: 16; in the season
Winners: 7; different race winners

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Hunt	Lauda	Scheckter	Depailler	Regazzoni
R1 · Brazilian Grand Prix	0	9	2	6	0
R2 · South African Grand Prix	6	18	5	6	0
R3 · United States Grand Prix West	6	24	5	10	9
R4 · Spanish Grand Prix	15	30	5	10	9
R5 · Belgian Grand Prix	15	39	8	10	15
R6 · Monaco Grand Prix	15	48	14	14	15
R7 · Swedish Grand Prix	17	52	23	20	16
R8 · French Grand Prix	26	52	24	26	16
R9 · British Grand Prix	26	61	30	26	16
R10 · German Grand Prix	35	61	36	26	16
R11 · Austrian Grand Prix	38	61	36	26	16
R12 · Dutch Grand Prix	47	61	38	26	22
R13 · Italian Grand Prix	47	64	40	27	28
R14 · Canadian Grand Prix	56	64	43	33	29
R15 · United States Grand Prix	65	68	49	33	29
R16 · Japanese Grand Prix	69	68	49	39	31

After round16 · Japanese Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1976 drivers’ championship table, after round 16 (Japanese Grand Prix).

1976 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1up 1 since the previous round (champion)	James Hunt McLaren	McLaren	6	Champion	69Champion
2down 1 since the previous round	Niki Lauda Ferrari	Ferrari	5	+1	68+1
3	Jody Scheckter Tyrrell	Tyrrell	1	+20	49+20
4	Patrick Depailler Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+30	39+30
5	Clay Regazzoni Ferrari	Ferrari	1	+38	31+38
6up 3 since the previous round	Mario AndrettiParnelli / Team Lotus	Parnelli / Team Lotus	1	+47	22+47
7down 1 since the previous round	John Watson Penske	Penske	1	+49	20+49
8down 1 since the previous round	Jacques Laffite Ligier	Ligier	0	+49	20+49
9down 1 since the previous round	Jochen Mass McLaren	McLaren	0	+50	19+50
10	Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+58	11+58
11	Ronnie PetersonTeam Lotus / March	Team Lotus / March	1	+59	10+59
12	Tom Pryce Shadow	Shadow	0	+59	10+59
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck March	March	0	+61	8+61
14	Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	+62	7+62
15	Alan Jones Surtees	Surtees	0	+62	7+62
16	Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo / Ferrari	Brabham-Alfa Romeo / Ferrari	0	+66	3+66
17	Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+66	3+66
18	Chris AmonEnsign / Wolf	Ensign / Wolf	0	+67	2+67
19	Vittorio Brambilla March	March	0	+68	1+68
20	Rolf StommelenHesketh / Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Hesketh / Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	+68	1+68
–	Harald Ertl Hesketh	Hesketh	0	+69	0+69
–	Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow	Shadow	0	+69	0+69
–	Jacky IckxWolf / Ensign	Wolf / Ensign	0	+69	0+69
–	Larry PerkinsBoro / Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Boro / Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	+69	0+69
–	Henri Pescarolo Surtees	Surtees	0	+69	0+69
–	Arturo MerzarioMarch / Wolf	March / Wolf	0	+69	0+69
–	Renzo Zorzi Williams	Williams	0	+69	0+69
–	Noritake Takahara Surtees	Surtees	0	+69	0+69
–	Michel Leclère Wolf	Wolf	0	+69	0+69
–	Brett Lunger Surtees	Surtees	0	+69	0+69
–	Bob EvansTeam Lotus / Brabham-Ford	Team Lotus / Brabham-Ford	0	+69	0+69
–	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+69	0+69
–	Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+69	0+69
–	Masahiro Hasemi Kojima	Kojima	0	+69	0+69
–	Lella LombardiMarch / Brabham-Ford	March / Brabham-Ford	0	+69	0+69
–	Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford	Brabham-Ford	0	+69	0+69
–	Alex Ribeiro Hesketh	Hesketh	0	+69	0+69
–	Warwick Brown Wolf	Wolf	0	+69	0+69
–	Guy Edwards Hesketh	Hesketh	0	+69	0+69
–	Patrick NèveBrabham-Ford / Ensign	Brabham-Ford / Ensign	0	+69	0+69
–	Hans BinderEnsign / Wolf	Ensign / Wolf	0	+69	0+69
–	Boy Hayje Penske	Penske	0	+69	0+69
–	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+69	0+69
–	Ian Ashley BRM	BRM	0	+69	0+69
–	Ian Scheckter Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+69	0+69
–	Conny Andersson Surtees	Surtees	0	+69	0+69
–	Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+69	0+69

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1976 championship.

Standings after round 16

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