Race · Round 5 of 16 · 16 May 1976

1976 Belgian Grand Prix

Niki Lauda won for Ferrari from pole at Circuit Zolder. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Belgium
Winner: Niki LaudaFerrari
Pole: Niki Lauda
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 2912 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	—	1	70	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	—	2	70	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS5	6	70	Finished	4
4	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	—	7	70	Finished	3
5	Alan Jones	Surtees	TS19	16	69	Finished	2
6	Jochen Mass	McLaren	—	18	69	Finished	1
7	John Watson	Penske	—	17	69	Finished	0
8	Larry Perkins	Boro	1	20	69	Finished	0
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	DN5B	14	69	Finished	0
10	Tom Pryce	Shadow	—	13	68	Finished	0
11	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams	—	25	68	Finished	0
12	Loris Kessel	Brabham	BT44B	23	63	Finished	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	Surtees	TS19	26	62	Electrical	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	Brabham	BT45	9	58	Electrical	0
DNF	Chris Amon	Ensign	—	8	51	Accident	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	—	3	35	Gearbox	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	761	15	33	Suspension	0
DNF	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	308D	24	31	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	—	4	29	Engine	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	77	11	28	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Patrick Nève	Brabham	BT44B	19	24	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	March	761	21	21	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	BT45	12	17	Engine	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	March	761	10	16	Accident	0
DNF	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	77	22	7	Accident	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	March	761	5	6	Halfshaft	0
DNQ	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Guy Edwards	Hesketh	308D	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout zolder-2 · 4.262 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Niki Lauda	1	1	70
Clay Regazzoni	2	2	70
Jacques Laffite	6	3	70
Jody Scheckter	7	4	70
Alan Jones	16	5	69
Jochen Mass	18	6	69
John Watson	17	7	69
Larry Perkins	20	8	69
Jean-Pierre Jarier	14	9	69
Tom Pryce	13	10	68
Michel Leclère	25	11	68
Loris Kessel	23	12	63
Brett Lunger	26	DNF	62
Carlos Pace	9	DNF	58
Chris Amon	8	DNF	51
James Hunt	3	DNF	35
Hans-Joachim Stuck	15	DNF	33
Harald Ertl	24	DNF	31
Patrick Depailler	4	DNF	29
Mario Andretti	11	DNF	28
Patrick Nève	19	DNF	24
Arturo Merzario	21	DNF	21
Carlos Reutemann	12	DNF	17
Ronnie Peterson	10	DNF	16
Gunnar Nilsson	22	DNF	7
Vittorio Brambilla	5	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	1:26.550	—	—
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	2	1:26.600	+0.050	+0.050
3	James Hunt	McLaren	11	1:26.740	+0.190	+0.140
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:26.910	+0.360	+0.170
5	Vittorio Brambilla	March	9	1:26.930	+0.380	+0.020
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:27.140	+0.590	+0.210
7	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	3	1:27.190	+0.640	+0.050
8	Chris Amon	Ensign	22	1:27.540	+0.990	+0.350
9	Carlos Pace	Brabham	8	1:27.660	+1.110	+0.120
10	Ronnie Peterson	March	10	1:27.720	+1.170	+0.060
11	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:27.750	+1.200	+0.030
12	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	7	1:28.300	+1.750	+0.550
13	Tom Pryce	Shadow	16	1:28.370	+1.820	+0.070
14	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	17	1:28.380	+1.830	+0.010
15	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	34	1:28.410	+1.860	+0.030
16	Alan Jones	Surtees	19	1:28.440	+1.890	+0.030
17	John Watson	Penske	28	1:28.440	+1.890	+0.000
18	Jochen Mass	McLaren	12	1:28.500	+1.950	+0.060
19	Patrick Nève	Brabham	33	1:28.800	+2.250	+0.300
20	Larry Perkins	Boro	37	1:28.810	+2.260	+0.010
21	Arturo Merzario	March	35	1:28.840	+2.290	+0.030
22	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	6	1:28.990	+2.440	+0.150
23	Loris Kessel	Brabham	32	1:29.090	+2.540	+0.100
24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	24	1:29.400	+2.850	+0.310
25	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams	21	1:29.460	+2.910	+0.060
26	Brett Lunger	Surtees	18	1:29.760	+3.210	+0.300
27	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	30	1:29.890	+3.340	+0.130
28	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams	20	1:30.610	+4.060	+0.720
29	Guy Edwards	Hesketh	25	1:30.770	+4.220	+0.160

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ligier JS5
Jacques Laffite GP Italia 1976 · Transferred from http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques_Laffite_Gp_Italia_1976.jpg it.wikipedia] Original source - f1passion.it · Public domain · unchecked

Lotus 77
Lotus 77 Sears Point · Luca Varani · CC BY-SA 2.5

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

1 more photograph

March 761
StuckHansJ1976-07-31 · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 5 of 1976
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 16 May 1976
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.