The 1976 United States Grand Prix started October 10th, 1976 at 01:00 on Watkins Glen in New York State, USA. James Hunt started from pole position with Jody Scheckter next to him. Ronnie Peterson started from third place.
After 1 hour, 42 minutes and 40 seconds James Hunt finished the race first. The podium was completed with Jody Scheckter in second and Niki Lauda in third place.
After the 1976 United States Grand Prix, Niki Lauda is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 68 points. Lauda is 3 points ahead of James Hunt.
Circuit
Location
New York State, USA
Date
October 10th, 1976 at 01:00
Round
15/16
Winner
James Hunt
Winning time
1:42:40.742
Pole position
James Hunt

Results

Pos Driver Car Time/Retired Grid Laps Pts
1
#11 James Hunt
McLaren 1:42:40.742 1 59 9
2
#3 Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell +8.030 2 59 6
3 2
#1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +1:02.324 5 59 4
4 13
#12 Jochen Mass
McLaren +1:02.458 17 59 3
5 1
#34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
March +1:07.978 6 59 2
6 2
#28 John Watson
Penske +1:08.190 8 59 1
7 7
#2 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari +1 Lap 14 58 0
8 10
#19 Alan Jones
Surtees +1 Lap 18 58 0
9 6
#30 Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi +2 Laps 15 57 0
10 6
#17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow +2 Laps 16 57 0
11 13
#18 Brett Lunger
Surtees +2 Laps 24 57 0
12 10
#25 Alex Ribeiro
Hesketh +2 Laps 22 57 0
13 8
#24 Harald Ertl
Hesketh +5 Laps 21 54 0
14 9
#21 Warwick Brown
Wolf +5 Laps 23 54 0
-
#38 Henri Pescarolo
Surtees Not classified 26 48 0
-
#16 Tom Pryce
Shadow DNF (Engine) 9 45 0
-
#9 Vittorio Brambilla
March DNF (Tyre) 12 34 0
-
#26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier DNF (Tyre) 4 34 0
-
#8 Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo DNF (Collision) 10 31 0
-
#7 Larry Perkins
Brabham-Alfa Romeo DNF (Suspension) 13 30 0
-
#5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus DNF (Suspension) 11 23 0
-
#22 Jacky Ickx
Ensign DNF (Accident) 19 14 0
-
#6 Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus DNF (Engine) 20 13 0
-
#10 Ronnie Peterson
March DNF (Suspension) 3 12 0
-
#20 Arturo Merzario
Wolf DNF (Accident) 25 9 0
-
#4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell DNF (Fuel pipe) 7 7 0
-
#39 Otto Stuppacher
Tyrrell Did not qualify 0 0 0

Standings after race

Pos Driver Car Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1
Niki Lauda
Ferrari 5 9 68
2
James Hunt
McLaren 6 7 65 -3
3
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell 1 5 49 -19
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell 6 33 -35
5
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari 1 4 29 -39
6
John Watson
Penske 1 3 20 -48
7
Jacques Laffite
Ligier 3 20 -48
8
Jochen Mass
McLaren 2 19 -49
9
Mario Andretti
Parnelli 2 13 -55
10
Ronnie Peterson
March 1 1 10 -58
11
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus 2 10 -58
12
Tom Pryce
Shadow 1 10 -58
13
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March 8 -60
14
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 -61
15
Alan Jones
Surtees 4 -64
16
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari 3 -65
17
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi 3 -65
18
Chris Amon
Wolf 2 -66
19
Vittorio Brambilla
March 1 -67
20
Rolf Stommelen
Hesketh 1 -67
21
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow 0 -68
22
Jacky Ickx
Ensign 0 -68
23
Harald Ertl
Hesketh 0 -68
24
Larry Perkins
Brabham-Alfa Romeo 0 -68
25
Henri Pescarolo
Surtees 0 -68
26
Arturo Merzario
Wolf 0 -68
27
Renzo Zorzi
Williams 0 -68
28
Michel Leclère
Wolf 0 -68
29
Brett Lunger
Surtees 0 -68
30
Bob Evans
Brabham-Ford 0 -68
31
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
Tyrrell 0 -68
32
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi 0 -68
33
Lella Lombardi
Brabham-Ford 0 -68
34
Loris Kessel
Brabham-Ford 0 -68
35
Alex Ribeiro
Hesketh 0 -68
36
Warwick Brown
Wolf 0 -68
37
Guy Edwards
Hesketh 0 -68
38
Patrick Nève
Ensign 0 -68
39
Hans Binder
Ensign 0 -68
40
Boy Lunger
Penske 0 -68
41
Ian Ashley
BRM 0 -68
42
Conny Andersson
Surtees 0 -68
43
Ian Scheckter
Tyrrell 0 -68
44
Otto Stuppacher
Tyrrell 0 -68
45
Jac Nelleman
Brabham-Ford 0 -68
46
Emilio Zapico
Williams 0 -68
47
Emilio de Villota
Brabham-Ford 0 -68
48
Divina Galica
Surtees 0 -68
49
Damien Magee
Brabham-Ford 0 -68
50
Mike Wilds
Shadow 0 -68
Pos Team Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1 Ferrari 6 13 81
2 McLaren 6 9 70 -11
3 Tyrrell 1 11 65 -16
4 Penske 1 3 20 -61
5 Ligier 3 20 -61
6 Team Lotus 4 20 -61
7 March 1 1 19 -62
8 Shadow 1 10 -71
9 Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 -72
10 Surtees 4 -77
11 Fittipaldi 3 -78
12 Ensign 2 -79
13 Parnelli 1 -80
14 Wolf 0 -81
15 Hesketh 0 -81
16 Boro 0 -81
17 Williams 0 -81
18 Brabham-Ford 0 -81
19 BRM 0 -81

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1:38.788 -
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Sergio Pérez
1:38.485 -
Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen
2019
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen
1:36.169 -
Charles Leclerc
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2018
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton
1:37.392 -
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
2017
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Räikkönen
1:37.766 -
Kimi Räikkönen
Lewis Hamilton
2016
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg
Daniel Ricciardo
1:39.877 -
Sebastian Vettel
Lewis Hamilton
2015
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg
Sebastian Vettel
1:40.666 -
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
2014
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg
Daniel Ricciardo
1:41.379 -
Sebastian Vettel
Nico Rosberg
2013
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Romain Grosjean
Mark Webber
1:39.856 -
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
2012
#4 Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso
1:39.347 -
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
2007
#2 Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa
1:13.117 -
Kimi Räikkönen
Lewis Hamilton
2006
#5 Michael Schumacher
Felipe Massa
Giancarlo Fisichella
1:12.719 -
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
2005
#1 Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
Tiago Monteiro
1:11.497 -
Michael Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
2004
#1 Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
Takuma Sato
1:10.399 -
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
2003
#1 Michael Schumacher
Kimi Räikkönen
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Kimi Räikkönen
2002
#2 Rubens Barrichello
Michael Schumacher
David Coulthard
Michael Schumacher
2001
#3 Mika Häkkinen
Michael Schumacher
David Coulthard
Michael Schumacher
2000
#3 Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Michael Schumacher
1991
#1 Ayrton Senna
Alain Prost
Nelson Piquet
Ayrton Senna
1990
#27 Ayrton Senna
Jean Alesi
Thierry Boutsen
Gerhard Berger
1989
#2 Alain Prost
Riccardo Patrese
Eddie Cheever
Ayrton Senna
1980
#27 Alan Jones
Carlos Reutemann
Didier Pironi
Bruno Giacomelli
1979
#12 Gilles Villeneuve
René Arnoux
Didier Pironi
Alan Jones
1978
#11 Carlos Reutemann
Alan Jones
Jody Scheckter
Mario Andretti
1977
#1 James Hunt
Mario Andretti
Jody Scheckter
James Hunt
1975
#12 Niki Lauda
Emerson Fittipaldi
Jochen Mass
Niki Lauda
1974
#7 Carlos Reutemann
Carlos Pace
James Hunt
Carlos Reutemann
1973
#2 Ronnie Peterson
James Hunt
Carlos Reutemann
Ronnie Peterson
1972
#1 Jackie Stewart
François Cevert
Denny Hulme
Jackie Stewart
1971
#9 François Cevert
Jo Siffert
Ronnie Peterson
Jackie Stewart
1970
#24 Emerson Fittipaldi
Pedro Rodríguez
Reine Wisell
Jacky Ickx
1969
#2 Jochen Rindt
Piers Courage
John Surtees
Jochen Rindt
1968
#15 Jackie Stewart
Graham Hill
John Surtees
Mario Andretti
1967
#5 Jim Clark
Graham Hill
Denny Hulme
Graham Hill
1966
#1 Jim Clark
Jochen Rindt
John Surtees
Jack Brabham
1965
#3 Graham Hill
Dan Gurney
Jack Brabham
Graham Hill
1964
#3 Graham Hill
John Surtees
Jo Siffert
Jim Clark
1963
#1 Graham Hill
Richie Ginther
Jim Clark
Graham Hill
1962
#8 Jim Clark
Graham Hill
Bruce McLaren
Jim Clark
1961
#15 Innes Ireland
Dan Gurney
Tony Brooks
Jack Brabham
1960
#5 Stirling Moss
Innes Ireland
Bruce McLaren
Stirling Moss
1959
#9 Bruce McLaren
Maurice Trintignant
Tony Brooks
Stirling Moss