1976 season

Penske

Championship: 5th
63 pts to the leader
Points: 20pts
16 Grands Prix

Nationality: American

Penske, an American constructor, competed in the 1976 Formula 1 season with John Watson and Boy Lunger.

Penske finished 5th in the 1976 constructors' championship with 20 points, 1 win and 3 podiums – 63 points behind champions Ferrari. Penske won 1 Grand Prix, the last of them the Austrian Grand Prix.

Final 1976 results after 16 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.

Wins

of Grands Prix

Podiums

0.2 per race

Poles

pole rate

1-2 finishes

of Grands Prix

DNFs

finish rate

59%

Races

17 car starts

Penske drivers in 1976

Share of the team's points (race and sprint).

John Watson
16 races
20
pts
Share of team points100%
Boy Lunger
1 race
0
pts
Share of team points0%

Penske points by round

Race and sprint points per round, stacked by driver (Watson, Lunger: darker to lighter).

Penske teammate head-to-head

Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.

Lunger vs Watson

1 shared GPs

Boy Lunger

1:0

Race H2H

John Watson

Qualifying

Race

Points

–Avg finish–

21.0Avg grid4.0

–Best finish–

1DNFs1

Penske 1976 results

Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.

Rd	Grand Prix	Watson	Lunger	Pts
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	DNF	–	0
2	South African Grand Prix	P5	–	2
3	United States Grand Prix West	DNF	–	0
4	Spanish Grand Prix	DNF	–	0
5	Belgian Grand Prix	P7	–	0
6	Monaco Grand Prix	P10	–	0
7	Swedish Grand Prix	DNF	–	0
8	French Grand Prix	P3	–	4
9	British Grand Prix	P3	–	4
10	German Grand Prix	P7	–	0
11	Austrian Grand Prix	P1	–	9
12	Dutch Grand Prix	DNF	DNF	0
13	Italian Grand Prix	P11	–	0
14	Canadian Grand Prix	P10	–	0
15	United States Grand Prix	P6	–	1
16	Japanese Grand Prix	DNF	–	0