1976 season/Round 11
Austrian Grand Prix 1976
- Red Bull Ring
- Spielberg
- 15 August 1976
- 54 laps
- 319.2 km
- 5.911 km a lap
- P1John WatsonPenske1:30:07.860
- P2Jacques LaffiteLigier+10.790
- P3Gunnar NilssonLotus+11.980
- Pole positionJames HuntMcLaren · 1:35.020
- Fastest lapJames Hunt1:35.910
- Winner started fromP2on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:35.020 | |
| 2 | John Watson | Penske | 1:35.840 | +0.820 |
| 3 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 1:36.340 | +1.320 |
| 4 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus | 1:36.460 | +1.440 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:36.520 | +1.500 |
| 6 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 1:36.560 | +1.540 |
| 7 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 1:36.590 | +1.570 |
| 8 | Carlos Pace | Brabham | 1:36.660 | +1.640 |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:36.680 | +1.660 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 1:36.910 | +1.890 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 1:36.950 | +1.930 |
| 12 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 1:37.220 | +2.200 |
| 13 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:37.240 | +2.220 |
| 14 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham | 1:37.240 | +2.220 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Surtees | 1:37.600 | +2.580 |
| 16 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | 1:37.620 | +2.600 |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:37.760 | +2.740 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 1:37.880 | +2.860 |
| 19 | Hans Binder | Ensign | 1:38.360 | +3.340 |
| 20 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 1:39.090 | +4.070 |
| 21 | Arturo Merzario | Wolf-Williams | 1:39.330 | +4.310 |
| 22 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 1:39.840 | +4.820 |
| 23 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | Tyrrell | 1:40.670 | +5.650 |
| 24 | Lella Lombardi | Brabham | 1:42.250 | +7.230 |
| 25 | Loris Kessel | Brabham | 1:56.010 | +20.990 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | – | 1:35.910 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 11. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | 61 | |
| 2 | James Hunt | 38 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | 36 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | 26 | |
| 5 | John Watson | 19 | ▲2 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | 16 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | 16 | ▲1 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | 14 | ▼2 |
| 9 | Gunnar Nilsson | 10 | ▲2 |
| 10 | Tom Pryce | 7 | ▼1 |