Who won the 1976 F1 championship?

James Hunt won the 1976 drivers' championship with 69 points, 1 point ahead of Niki Lauda. Ferrari won the 1976 constructors' championship with 83 points, 9 points ahead of McLaren.

How many races were in the 1976 F1 season?

The 1976 Formula 1 season had 16 rounds, ending with the Japanese Grand Prix on 24 October 1976.

How were F1 points awarded in 1976?

In 1976, the top 6 finishers of each Grand Prix scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 points.

1976 season

1976 F1 Constructors' Standings

Final constructors' championship standings after round 16 of 16: points, wins and gap to the leader.

Ferrari won the 1976 constructors' championship with 83 points, 9 points ahead of McLaren, with Tyrrell third.

James Hunt won the 1976 drivers' championship with 69 points, 1 point ahead of Niki Lauda, with Jody Scheckter third.

F1 Standings

Drivers' and constructors' championship.

1976 constructors championship progression (cumulative pts after each round)
Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ferrari	9	18	33	39	54	63	68	68	77	77	77	83	92	93	97	99
McLaren	1	11	13	22	23	25	27	36	36	49	52	61	61	72	84	88
Tyrrell	8	11	15	15	18	28	43	50	56	62	62	64	67	76	82	88
Team Lotus	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	14	18	18	22	22	32
Penske	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	10	10	19	19	19	19	20	20
Ligier	0	0	3	3	7	7	10	10	10	10	16	16	20	20	20	20
March	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	17	17	19	19
Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Shadow	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10
Surtees	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7

1976 constructors championship progression (cumulative pts after each round)
Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ferrari	9	18	33	39	54	63	68	68	77	77	77	83	92	93	97	99
McLaren	1	11	13	22	23	25	27	36	36	49	52	61	61	72	84	88
Tyrrell	8	11	15	15	18	28	43	50	56	62	62	64	67	76	82	88
Team Lotus	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	14	18	18	22	22	32
Penske	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	10	10	19	19	19	19	20	20
Ligier	0	0	3	3	7	7	10	10	10	10	16	16	20	20	20	20
March	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	17	17	19	19
Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Shadow	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10
Surtees	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7

1	Ferrari Lauda 68 · Regazzoni 31 · Reutemann 0	6	–	83
2	McLaren Hunt 69 · Mass 19
3	Tyrrell Scheckter 49 · Depailler 39 · Scheckter 0
4	Team Lotus Andretti 21 · Nilsson 11 · Peterson 0
5	Penske Watson 20 · Lunger 0
6	Ligier Laffite 20
7	March Peterson 10 · Stuck 8 · Brambilla 1
8	Shadow Pryce 10 · Jarier 0
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo Pace 7 · Reutemann 3 · Stommelen 1
10	Surtees Jones 7 · Lunger 0 · Pescarolo 0
11	Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 3 · Hoffmann 0
12	Ensign Amon 2 · Nève 0 · Binder 0
13	Parnelli Andretti 1
–	Hesketh Ertl 0 · Edwards 0 · Stommelen 0
–	Wolf Ickx 0 · Leclère 0 · Merzario 0
–	Boro Perkins 0
–	Williams Zorzi 0
–	Kojima Hasemi 0
–	Brabham-Ford Kessel 0 · Nève 0 · Evans 0
–	BRM Ashley 0

Ferrari

Lauda 68 · Regazzoni 31 · Reutemann 0

McLaren

Hunt 69 · Mass 19

Tyrrell

Scheckter 49 · Depailler 39 · Scheckter 0

Team Lotus

Andretti 21 · Nilsson 11 · Peterson 0