Formula 1 Grand Prix of Germany 1976

The Grand Prix Formula 1 in Germany in 1976 was held on August 1 1976 at the Nürburgring . This was the last F1 Grand Prix this part of the circuit (current Nordschleife). By 1984, the new Nürburgring (GP-Strecke) off. In the meantime, the German Grand Prix took place at the Hockenheimring.

Contents

 * 1 Report
 * 1.1 Qualification
 * 1.2 Race
 * 2 Result
 * 3 Statistics

Qualification
James Hunt took the pole position for Niki Lauda , Patrick Depailler and Hans Stuck . Clay Regazzoni moved from fifth place behind Jacques Laffite , Carlos Pace , Jody Scheckter , Jochen Mass and Carlos Reutemann .

Race
Just before the race it started to rain, so most riders except Jochen Mass, left on natweer tires. At the start Regazzoni took the lead, Huntsville, Mass and Laffite. Regazzoni spun on the first lap and dropped back to fourth place. At the end of the first round, the weather changed again and it became dry, so all the riders came back in the pits. Mass was thus second behind Ronnie Peterson, who decided to ride another round natweer tires. At the end of the second lap Mass for Gunnar Nilsson, who decided not to stop, and Hunt.

Lauda did go into the pits and tried to make up for lost time. In Bergwerkstraße curve Lauda lost control of his car and spun through the guardrail. The car, which meanwhile was on fire, crashed back on the job. Guy Edwards was the Ferrari just avoid while Harald Ertl and Brett Lunger both crashed into the car. All three drivers stopped and tried to pull Lauda from the car. Also Arturo Merzario stopped after he saw the wreck.Lauda had suffered severe burns and fought for his life for several days in the hospital.

The race was put stop after the accident and restarted with twenty cars. Ertl and Lunger could not start, Chris Amon refused to start. Hunt took the lead for Regazzoni, Scheckter, Depailler and Pace. Peterson crashed heavily, while Regazzoni spun again, causing Depailler went off. Pace passed Scheckter and finished the first lap in second place. In the second lap Scheckter went again beyond the Brazilian and Regazzoni passed him. Vittorio Brambilla crashed through a brake problem. Mass took advantage of this and went by Nilsson in the fifth and Pace in the tenth round. In the twelfth round Regazzoni spun again and Mass and Pace took the third and fourth place. Nilsson finished fifth and Stommelen sixth.

Chris Amon finished his career immediately after the race.