Statistics as of October 24, 1976

James Hunt
  • James Hunt
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 29 years 56 days
  • Team McLaren
  • 1976 championship position 1
  • Career 1976
    Races 53 16
    Wins (Best) 7 6
    Poles (Best) 8 8
Niki Lauda
  • Niki Lauda
  • Nationality Austria
  • Age 27 years 245 days
  • Team Ferrari
  • 1976 championship position 2
  • Career 1976
    Races 71 14
    Wins (Best) 12 5
    Poles (Best) 21 3
Jody Scheckter in 1978
  • Jody Scheckter
  • Nationality South Africa
  • Age 26 years 269 days
  • Team Tyrrell
  • 1976 championship position 3
  • Career 1976
    Races 51 16
    Wins (Best) 4 1
    Poles (Best) 1 1
Patrick Depailler
  • Patrick Depailler
  • Nationality France
  • Age 32 years 76 days
  • Team Tyrrell
  • 1976 championship position 4
  • Career 1976
    Races 47 16
    Wins (Best) 0 (2) 0 (2)
    Poles (Best) 1 0 (2)
Clay Regazzoni at the 1977 South African Grand Prix
  • Clay Regazzoni
  • Nationality Switzerland
  • Age 37 years 49 days
  • Team Ferrari
  • 1976 championship position 5
  • Career 1976
    Races 87 15
    Wins (Best) 4 1
    Poles (Best) 5 1
Mario Andretti at the first United States Grand Prix West
  • Mario Andretti
  • Nationality United States
  • Age 36 years 239 days
  • Team Parnelli/Team Lotus
  • 1976 championship position 6
  • Career 1976
    Races 51 15
    Wins (Best) 2 1
    Poles (Best) 2 1
John Watson at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix
  • John Watson
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 30 years 173 days
  • Team Penske
  • 1976 championship position 7
  • Career 1976
    Races 46 16
    Wins (Best) 1 1
    Poles (Best) 0 (2) 0 (2)
Jacques Laffite of Ligier at the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix
  • Jacques Laffite
  • Nationality France
  • Age 32 years 338 days
  • Team Ligier
  • 1976 championship position 8
  • Career 1976
    Races 33 16
    Wins (Best) 0 (2) 0 (2)
    Poles (Best) 1 1
Jochen Mass of McLaren, at the 1977 Formula One South African Grand Prix
  • Jochen Mass
  • Nationality Germany
  • Age 30 years 24 days
  • Team McLaren
  • 1976 championship position 9
  • Career 1976
    Races 46 16
    Wins (Best) 1 0 (3)
    Poles (Best) 0 (4) 0 (4)
Gunnar Nilsson
  • Gunnar Nilsson
  • Nationality Sweden
  • Age 27 years 339 days
  • Team Team Lotus
  • 1976 championship position 10
  • Career 1976
    Races 15 15
    Wins (Best) 0 (3) 0 (3)
    Poles (Best) 0 (4) 0 (4)
Ronnie Peterson
  • Ronnie Peterson
  • Nationality Sweden
  • Age 32 years 253 days
  • Team March/Team Lotus
  • 1976 championship position 11
  • Career 1976
    Races 92 16
    Wins (Best) 8 1
    Poles (Best) 11 1
Tom Pryce finished third at the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix
  • Tom Pryce
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 27 years 135 days
  • Team Shadow
  • 1976 championship position 12
  • Career 1976
    Races 39 16
    Wins (Best) 0 (3) 0 (3)
    Poles (Best) 1 0 (3)
Hans Stuck
  • Hans-Joachim Stuck
  • Nationality Germany
  • Age 25 years 297 days
  • Team March
  • 1976 championship position 13
  • Career 1976
    Races 35 16
    Wins (Best) 0 (4) 0 (4)
    Poles (Best) 0 (4) 0 (4)
Carlos Pace
  • Carlos Pace
  • Nationality Brazil
  • Age 32 years 18 days
  • Team Brabham
  • 1976 championship position 14
  • Career 1976
    Races 70 16
    Wins (Best) 1 0 (4)
    Poles (Best) 1 0 (3)
Alan Jones 1980 world champion
  • Alan Jones
  • Nationality Australia
  • Age 29 years 357 days
  • Team Surtees
  • 1976 championship position 15
  • Career 1976
    Races 22 14
    Wins (Best) 0 (4) 0 (4)
    Poles (Best) 0 (13) 0 (14)
Carlos Reutemann in 1978
  • Carlos Reutemann
  • Nationality Argentina
  • Age 34 years 195 days
  • Team Brabham/Ferrari
  • 1976 championship position 16
  • Career 1976
    Races 67 13
    Wins (Best) 4 0 (4)
    Poles (Best) 2 0 (7)
Emerson Fittipaldi at the 1971 British Grand Prix
  • Emerson Fittipaldi
  • Nationality Brazil
  • Age 29 years 317 days
  • Team Fittipaldi
  • 1976 championship position 17
  • Career 1976
    Races 88 16
    Wins (Best) 14 0 (6)
    Poles (Best) 6 0 (5)
Ensign driver Chris Amon at the 1976 South African Grand Prix
  • Chris Amon
  • Nationality New Zealand
  • Age 33 years 96 days
  • Team Ensign/Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position 18
  • Career 1976
    Races 108 9
    Wins (Best) 0 (2) 0 (5)
    Poles (Best) 5 0 (3)
Monza resident Vittorio Brambilla arrives at the circuit
  • Vittorio Brambilla
  • Nationality Italy
  • Age 38 years 348 days
  • Team March
  • 1976 championship position 19
  • Career 1976
    Races 43 16
    Wins (Best) 1 0 (6)
    Poles (Best) 1 0 (3)
  • Rolf Stommelen
  • Nationality Germany
  • Age 33 years 105 days
  • Team Brabham/Hesketh
  • 1976 championship position 20
  • Career 1976
    Races 48 3
    Wins (Best) 0 (3) 0 (6)
    Poles (Best) 0 (7) 0 (11)
  • Harald Ertl
  • Nationality Austria
  • Age 28 years 54 days
  • Team Hesketh
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 18 15
    Wins (Best) 0 (7) 0 (7)
    Poles (Best) 0 (17) 0 (19)
Jean-Pierre Jarier of Ligier at the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix
  • Jean-Pierre Jarier
  • Nationality France
  • Age 30 years 106 days
  • Team Shadow
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 55 16
    Wins (Best) 0 (3) 0 (7)
    Poles (Best) 2 0 (3)
Jacky Ickx of Lotus at the 1974 Belgian Grand Prix
  • Jacky Ickx
  • Nationality Belgium
  • Age 31 years 297 days
  • Team Ensign/Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 107 12
    Wins (Best) 8 0 (7)
    Poles (Best) 13 0 (10)
Australian driver Larry Perkins
  • Larry Perkins
  • Nationality Australia
  • Age 26 years 220 days
  • Team Boro/Brabham
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 10 9
    Wins (Best) 0 (8) 0 (8)
    Poles (Best) 0 (13) 0 (13)
  • Henri Pescarolo
  • Nationality France
  • Age 34 years 29 days
  • Team Surtees
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 63 9
    Wins (Best) 0 (3) 0 (9)
    Poles (Best) 0 (5) 0 (21)
Arturo Merzario
  • Arturo Merzario
  • Nationality Italy
  • Age 33 years 227 days
  • Team March/Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 46 14
    Wins (Best) 0 (4) 0 (9)
    Poles (Best) 0 (3) 0 (9)
  • Noritake Takahara
  • Nationality Japan
  • Age 25 years 140 days
  • Team Surtees
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (9) 0 (9)
    Poles (Best) 0 (24) 0 (24)
Shadow driver Renzo Zorzi
  • Renzo Zorzi
  • Nationality Italy
  • Age 29 years 317 days
  • Team Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 2 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (9) 0 (9)
    Poles (Best) 0 (17) 0 (17)
  • Michel Leclère
  • Nationality France
  • Age 30 years 220 days
  • Team Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 8 7
    Wins (Best) 0 (10) 0 (10)
    Poles (Best) 0 (18) 0 (18)
  • Brett Lunger
  • Nationality United States
  • Age 30 years 345 days
  • Team Surtees
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 15 12
    Wins (Best) 0 (10) 0 (10)
    Poles (Best) 0 (16) 0 (16)
Bob Evans makes his Lotus debut at the South African Grand Prix
  • Bob Evans
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 29 years 135 days
  • Team Brabham/Team Lotus
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 12 3
    Wins (Best) 0 (9) 0 (10)
    Poles (Best) 0 (20) 0 (22)
  • Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
  • Nationality Italy
  • Age 34 years 54 days
  • Team Tyrrell
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 4 4
    Wins (Best) 0 (11) 0 (11)
    Poles (Best) 0 (21) 0 (21)
  • Masahiro Hasemi
  • Nationality Japan
  • Age 30 years 346 days
  • Team Kojima
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (11) 0 (11)
    Poles (Best) 0 (10) 0 (10)
  • Ingo Hoffmann
  • Nationality Brazil
  • Age 23 years 239 days
  • Team Fittipaldi
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 4 4
    Wins (Best) 0 (11) 0 (11)
    Poles (Best) 0 (20) 0 (20)
Lella Lombardi
  • Lella Lombardi
  • Nationality Italy
  • Age 35 years 212 days
  • Team Brabham/March
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 17 4
    Wins (Best) 0 (6) 0 (12)
    Poles (Best) 0 (21) 0 (22)
  • Loris Kessel
  • Nationality Switzerland
  • Age 26 years 206 days
  • Team Brabham
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 5 5
    Wins (Best) 0 (12) 0 (12)
    Poles (Best) 0 (23) 0 (23)
  • Alex Ribeiro
  • Nationality Brazil
  • Age 27 years 352 days
  • Team Hesketh
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (12) 0 (12)
    Poles (Best) 0 (22) 0 (22)
Warwick Brown
  • Warwick Brown
  • Nationality Australia
  • Age 26 years 305 days
  • Team Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (14) 0 (14)
    Poles (Best) 0 (23) 0 (23)
Guy Edwards of Hesketh at the 1976 Italian Grand Prix
  • Guy Edwards
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 33 years 299 days
  • Team Hesketh
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 15 6
    Wins (Best) 0 (7) 0 (15)
    Poles (Best) 0 (14) 0 (23)
Patrick Nève
  • Patrick Nève
  • Nationality Belgium
  • Age 27 years 11 days
  • Team Brabham/Ensign
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 2 2
    Wins (Best) 0 (18) 0 (18)
    Poles (Best) 0 (19) 0 (19)
Conny Andersson in 1976
  • Conny Andersson
  • Nationality Sweden
  • Age 36 years 301 days
  • Team Surtees
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (26) 0 (26)
Ian Ashley at the 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Ian Ashley
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 28 years 364 days
  • Team BRM
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 6 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (14) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (20) 0 (21)
  • Hans Binder
  • Nationality Austria
  • Age 28 years 134 days
  • Team Ensign/Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 2 2
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (19) 0 (19)
Divina Galica of Hesketh at the 1978 Argentinean Grand Prix
  • Divina Galica
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 30 years 72 days
  • Team Surtees
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  • Boy Hayje
  • Nationality Netherlands
  • Age 27 years 174 days
  • Team Penske
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (21) 0 (21)
  • Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  • Nationality Japan
  • Age 29 years 115 days
  • Team Tyrrell
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (21) 0 (21)
  • Masami Kuwashima
  • Nationality Japan
  • Age 26 years 40 days
  • Team Wolf-Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Damien Magee made one appearance for Williams in 1975
  • Damien Magee
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 30 years 342 days
  • Team Brabham
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 2 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (14) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (22) 0 (0)
  • Jac Nellemann
  • Nationality Denmark
  • Age 32 years 188 days
  • Team Brabham
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  • Ian Scheckter
  • Nationality South Africa
  • Age 29 years 63 days
  • Team Tyrrell
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 6 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (12) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (16) 0 (16)
  • Otto Stuppacher
  • Nationality Austria
  • Age 29 years 235 days
  • Team Tyrrell
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 3 3
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  • Tony Trimmer
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 33 years 274 days
  • Team Maki
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 4 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  • Emilio de Villota
  • Nationality Spain
  • Age 30 years 90 days
  • Team Brabham
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Mike Wilds at the 1975 world championship
  • Mike Wilds
  • Nationality Great Britain
  • Age 30 years 291 days
  • Team Shadow
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 8 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (22) 0 (0)
  • Emilio Zapico
  • Nationality Spain
  • Age 32 years 156 days
  • Team Williams
  • 1976 championship position -
  • Career 1976
    Races 1 1
    Wins (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Poles (Best) 0 (0) 0 (0)