South African Grand Prix

Date
Sat 6th March 1976 (UTC)
Sat 6th March 1976 (Local)

Timestamp
1976-03-06T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1976

Round
2

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Location
Kyalami

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The 1976 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 March 1976 at Kyalami in Transvaal Province, South Africa. It was the second round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the 22nd South African Grand Prix and the tenth to be held at Kyalami. The race was held over 78 laps of the 4.104-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 320 kilometres.
The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda in a Ferrari 312T. The win was Lauda's third win in succession. He finished 1.3 seconds ahead of British driver and Lauda's season long rival James Hunt in a McLaren M23. Hunt's McLaren teammate, West German driver Jochen Mass, finished third.
Two wins from two races saw Lauda twelve points clear in the championship over Hunt and Tyrrell's Patrick Depailler. In the constructors' championship, Ferrari were nine points clear of Tyrrell and eleven points ahead of McLaren.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:42:18.4
2 James Hunt McLaren-Ford + 1.3
3 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford + 45.9
4 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford + 1:08.4
5 John Watson Penske-Ford + 1 Lap
6 Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford + 1 Lap
7 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford + 1 Lap
8 Brambilla March-Ford + 1 Lap
9 Depailler Tyrrell-Ford + 1 Lap
10 Bob Evans Lotus-Ford + 1 Lap

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