German Grand Prix

Date
Sun 1st August 1976 (UTC)
Sun 1st August 1976 (Local)

Timestamp
1976-08-01T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1976

Round
10

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Location
Nürburgring

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The 1976 German Grand Prix (formally the XXXVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on 1 August 1976. It was the scene of reigning world champion Niki Lauda's near-fatal accident, and the last Formula One race to be held on the Nordschleife section of the track. The 14-lap race was the tenth round of the 1976 Formula One season and was won by James Hunt.
Defending world champion Niki Lauda, who was also the current season's points leader, was not impressed with safety conditions and the organizers' inability to provide enough safety support staff (doctors, helicopters, fire marshals) for the leviathan German circuit, especially since the forecast called for rain. He attempted to arrange a boycott of the race, but the other drivers voted against it by just one vote, and the race went ahead.
Lauda had also changed his tyres after lap one and was trying hard to make up for the lost time. Just after the fast left kink before the Bergwerk right hand curve, his Ferrari 312T2 snapped to the right and spun through the fencing into an earth bank. The car bounced back onto the track, enveloped in flames. Guy Edwards managed to avoid the Ferrari, but Brett Lunger hit it and Harald Ertl then hit Lunger's car. All three drivers stopped and tried to get Lauda out of the flames and they were joined by Merzario, who stopped his Wolf Williams after seeing the wreck. Lauda had suffered serious burns and was rushed by helicopter to the Bundeswehr hospital in Koblenz; from there he was flown to the Trauma Clinic in Ludwigshafen, home to Germany's most advanced burn ward at the time, where he fought for his life for the next few days.

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Result List

Result Description
1 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:41:42.7
2 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford + 27.7
3 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford + 52.4
4 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo + 54.2
5 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford + 1:57.3
6 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Alfa Romeo + 2:30.3
7 John Watson Penske-Ford + 2:33.9
8 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford + 2:48.2
9 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari + 3:46.0
10 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford + 3:47.3

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