1976 standings

Final standings, Japanese Grand Prix, 24 Oct 1976. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1975 · 1977

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	James Hunt	McLaren	6	69	leader
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	5	68	-1
3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	1	49	-20
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	0	39	-30
5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1	31	-38
6	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	1	22	-47
7	John Watson	Penske	1	20	-49
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	0	20	-49
9	Jochen Mass	McLaren	0	19	-50
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Lotus	0	11	-58
11	Ronnie Peterson	March	1	10	-59
12	Tom Pryce	Shadow	0	10	-59
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	0	8	-61
14	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	7	-62
15	Alan Jones	Surtees	0	7	-62
16	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	0	3	-66
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	3	-66
18	Chris Amon	Wolf	0	2	-67
19	Vittorio Brambilla	March	0	1	-68
20	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	1	-68
21	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	0	0	-69
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	0	0	-69
23	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	0	0	-69
24	Larry Perkins	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	0	-69
25	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees	0	0	-69
26	Arturo Merzario	Wolf	0	0	-69
27	Noritake Takahara	Surtees	0	0	-69
28	Renzo Zorzi	Williams	0	0	-69
29	Michel Leclère	Wolf	0	0	-69
30	Brett Lunger	Surtees	0	0	-69
31	Bob Evans	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-69
32	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Tyrrell	0	0	-69
33	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi	0	0	-69
34	Masahiro Hasemi	Kojima	0	0	-69
35	Lella Lombardi	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-69
36	Loris Kessel	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-69
37	Alex Ribeiro	Hesketh	0	0	-69
38	Warwick Brown	Wolf	0	0	-69
39	Guy Edwards	Hesketh	0	0	-69
40	Patrick Nève	Ensign	0	0	-69
41	Hans Binder	Wolf	0	0	-69
42	Boy Lunger	Penske	0	0	-69
43	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Tyrrell	0	0	-69
44	Ian Ashley	BRM	0	0	-69
45	Conny Andersson	Surtees	0	0	-69
46	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell	0	0	-69
47	Tony Trimmer	Maki	0	0	-69
48	Otto Stuppacher	Tyrrell	0	0	-69
49	Jac Nelleman	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-69
50	Emilio Zapico	Williams	0	0	-69
51	Emilio de Villota	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-69
52	Divina Galica	Surtees	0	0	-69
53	Damien Magee	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-69
54	Mike Wilds	Shadow	0	0	-69

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	6	83	leader
2	McLaren	6	74	-9
3	Tyrrell	1	71	-12
4	Team Lotus	1	29	-54
5	Penske	1	20	-63
6	Ligier	0	20	-63
7	March	1	19	-64
8	Shadow	0	10	-73
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	9	-74
10	Surtees	0	7	-76
11	Fittipaldi	0	3	-80
12	Ensign	0	2	-81
13	Parnelli	0	1	-82
14	Hesketh	0	0	-83
15	Wolf	0	0	-83
16	Boro	0	0	-83
17	Williams	0	0	-83
18	Kojima	0	0	-83
19	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-83
20	BRM	0	0	-83
21	Maki	0	0	-83

Standings after each round

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	9
2	South African Grand Prix	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	18
3	United States Grand Prix West	Clay Regazzoni	Niki Lauda	24
4	Spanish Grand Prix	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	30
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	39
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	48
7	Swedish Grand Prix	Jody Scheckter	Niki Lauda	52
8	French Grand Prix	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	52
9	British Grand Prix	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	61
10	German Grand Prix	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	61
11	Austrian Grand Prix	John Watson	Niki Lauda	61
12	Dutch Grand Prix	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	61
13	Italian Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	Niki Lauda	64
14	Canadian Grand Prix	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	64
15	United States Grand Prix	James Hunt	Niki Lauda	68
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	James Hunt	69