1976 Monaco Grand Prix

  1976 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
Date	May 30, 1976
Official name	XXXIV Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.303 km (2.061 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 255.684 km (158.874 mi)
Scheduled Distance	78 laps, 255.684 km (158.874 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time	1:29.65[1]
Fastest lap
Driver	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time	1:30.28 on lap 60[2]
Podium
First	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford
Third	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford

The 1976 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the XXXIV Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at the Monaco street circuit in Monaco on May 30, 1976. The race, contested over 78 laps, was the fifth round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was won by Ferrari driver Niki Lauda, who had also taken pole position. Jody Scheckter finished the race in second position for the Tyrrell team, whilst his teammate, Patrick Depailler, completed the podium in third position. As a consequence of the race, Lauda extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 33 points.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	78	1:59:51.47	1	9
2	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+ 11.13	5	6
3	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+ 1:04.84	4	4
4	34	Hans Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	6	3
5	12	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	11	2
6	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	77	+ 1 lap	7	1
7	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	15
8	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	10
9	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	76	+ 2 Laps	13[1]
10	28	John Watson	Penske-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	17[1]
11	21	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	18[1]
12	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	75	Accident	8[1]
13	22	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	74	+ 4 Laps	12[1]
14	2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	73	Accident	2[1]
Ret	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	39	Engine	16[1]
Ret	10	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	26	Accident	3[1]
Ret	11	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	24	Engine	14[1]
Ret	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	9	Suspension	9[1]
Ret	19	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1	Collision	19[1]
Ret	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	Accident	20[1]
DNQ	20	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams-Ford
DNQ	38	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	37	Larry Perkins	Boro-Ford
DNQ	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford
DNQ	35	Arturo Merzario	March-Ford

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 48 2 Clay Regazzoni 15 3 James Hunt 15 4 Patrick Depailler 14 5 Jody Scheckter 14

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 51 2 Tyrrell-Ford 22 3 McLaren-Ford 21 4 Ligier-Matra 7 5 March-Ford 6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/447/. Retrieved 2007-06-16.