1976 Spanish Grand Prix

1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 4 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details
Date 2 May 1976
Official name XXII Gran Premio de España[1]
Location Jarama, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 255.3 km (158.625 miles)
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:18.52[2]
Fastest lap
Driver West Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford
Time 1:20.93 on lap 52[3]
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1976 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXII Gran Premio de España) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuito del Jarama in Madrid, Spain on 2 May 1976. The race was the fourth round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the 22nd Spanish Grand Prix and the sixth to be held at Jarama. The race was held over 75 laps of the 3.404-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 255 kilometres.

Initially the declared winner was Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T2 extending his Drivers' Championship lead to 23 points after first across the line James Hunt had his McLaren M23 disqualified in post-race scrutineering. Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson took his Lotus 77 to second place with Carlos Reutemann finishing third in his Brabham BT45.

McLaren appealed the disqualification and in July the appeal was upheld and Hunt re-instated as winner of the Spanish Grand Prix.

  1. ^ "1976 Spanish GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 117. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 119. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.

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