1976 Watkins Glen Formula 1 Grand Prix
10 October 1976
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | FL | Team | Time | Grid | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | FL | McLaren | 1:42:40.741 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | -00:08.030 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | ▲ 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | -01:02.324 | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | ▲ 13 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | -01:02.458 | 17 | 3 | |
| 5 | ▲ 1 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | -01:07.978 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | ▲ 2 | John Watson | Penske | -01:08.190 | 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | ▲ 7 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | -1 lap | 14 | ||
| 8 | ▲ 10 | Alan Jones | Surtees | -1 lap | 18 | ||
| 9 | ▲ 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | -2 laps | 15 | ||
| 10 | ▲ 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | -2 laps | 16 | ||
| 11 | ▲ 13 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | -2 laps | 24 | ||
| 12 | ▲ 10 | Alex Ribeiro-Dias | Hesketh | -2 laps | 22 | ||
| 13 | ▲ 8 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | -5 laps | 21 | ||
| 14 | ▲ 9 | Warwick Brown | Williams | -5 laps | 23 | ||
| 15 | ▲ 11 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 48 laps NC | 26 | ||
| 16 | ▼ 7 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 45 laps | 9 | ||
| 17 | ▼ 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 34 laps | 12 | ||
| 18 | ▼ 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 34 laps | 4 | ||
| 19 | ▼ 9 | Carlos Pace | Brabham | 31 laps | 10 | ||
| 20 | ▼ 7 | Larry Perkins | Brabham | 30 laps | 13 | ||
| 21 | ▼ 10 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 23 laps | 11 | ||
| 22 | ▼ 3 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 14 laps | 19 | ||
| 23 | ▼ 3 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus | 13 laps | 20 | ||
| 24 | ▼ 21 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 12 laps | 3 | ||
| 25 | Arturo Merzario | Williams | 9 laps | 25 | |||
| 26 | ▼ 19 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 7 laps | 7 | ||
| 27 | ▼ 27 | Otto Stuppacher | Tyrrell | DNQ | 0 |
Fastest lap James Hunt : 1:42.851
First and last
| Type | Driver |
|---|---|
| race | Warwick Brown |
First
| Type | Driver | #Future |
|---|---|---|
| race | Alex Ribeiro-Dias | 19 |
Last
| Type | Driver | #Past |
|---|---|---|
| race | Henri Pescarolo | 62 |
| race | Otto Stuppacher | 2 |
Aniversary
| Type | Driver | #Aniversary | #Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| race | Jody Scheckter | 50 | 63 |
| race | Mario Andretti | 50 | 81 |
| race | Niki Lauda | 70 | 107 |