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1976 / HUNT

A scrolling recap of 1976 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. James Hunt closed the year on 69 points, a 1-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1976
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
James Hunt	0	6	6	15	15	15	17	26	26	35	38	47	47	56	65	69
Niki Lauda	9	18	24	30	39	48	52	52	61	61	61	61	64	64	68	68
Jody Scheckter	2	5	5	5	8	14	23	24	30	36	36	38	40	43	49	49
Patrick Depailler	6	6	10	10	10	14	20	26	26	26	26	26	27	33	33	39
Clay Regazzoni	0	0	9	9	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	22	28	29	29	31
Mario Andretti	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	9	9	13	13	22
Jacques Laffite	0	0	3	3	7	7	10	10	10	10	16	16	20	20	20	20
John Watson	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	10	10	19	19	19	19	20	20
Jochen Mass	1	5	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	16	19	19
Gunnar Nilsson	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	10	10	10	10	10	11

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Ferrari ended on 83 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1976
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	FERRARI	83
P2	MCLAREN–FORD	74
P3	TYRRELL–FORD	71
P4	LOTUS–FORD	29
P5	PENSKE–FORD	20
P6	LIGIER–MATRA	20
P7	MARCH–FORD	19
P8	SHADOW–FORD	10
P9	BRABHAM–ALFA ROMEO	9
P10	SURTEES–FORD	7
P11	FITTIPALDI–FORD	3
P12	ENSIGN–FORD	2
P13	PARNELLI–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1976
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
James Hunt	—	P2	P5	P2	P2	P2	P4	P2	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1
Niki Lauda	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2
Jody Scheckter	P5	P5	P6	P6	P6	P5	P2	P4	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Patrick Depailler	P2	P2	P2	P3	P4	P4	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P4	P4	P4
Clay Regazzoni	—	—	P3	P4	P2	P2	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P5	P4	P5	P5	P5
Mario Andretti	—	P9	P11	P14	P15	P16	P16	P14	P15	P15	P13	P11	P12	P9	P9	P6
John Watson	—	P8	P10	P12	P12	P12	P12	P8	P6	P7	P5	P6	P7	P7	P6	P7
Jacques Laffite	—	—	P8	P9	P7	P7	P6	P6	P7	P8	P7	P7	P6	P6	P7	P8
Jochen Mass	P6	P4	P4	P5	P5	P6	P7	P7	P8	P6	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P9
Gunnar Nilsson	—	—	—	P7	P8	P9	P9	P10	P11	P11	P9	P9	P10	P11	P11	P10
Ronnie Peterson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P18	P18	P9	P10	P10	P11
Tom Pryce	P3	P6	P7	P7	P8	P9	P9	P10	P9	P9	P10	P10	P11	P12	P12	P12
Hans-Joachim Stuck	P4	P7	P8	P9	P10	P8	P8	P9	P10	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P13	P13
Carlos Pace	—	—	—	P14	P15	P16	P16	P12	P12	P10	P11	P12	P13	P13	P14	P14
Alan Jones	—	—	—	—	P12	P12	P12	P15	P13	P13	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

12 drivers stood on a podium.

7 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 BRAZIL

1 LAUDA

2 DEPAILLER

3 PRYCE

R02 SOUTH AF

1 LAUDA

2 HUNT

3 MASS

R03 UNITED S

1 REGAZZONI

2 LAUDA

3 DEPAILLER

R04 SPAIN

1 HUNT

2 LAUDA

3 NILSSON

R05 BELGIUM

1 LAUDA

2 REGAZZONI

3 LAFFITE

R06 MONACO

1 LAUDA

2 SCHECKTER

3 DEPAILLER

R07 SWEDEN

1 SCHECKTER

2 DEPAILLER

3 LAUDA

R08 FRANCE

1 HUNT

2 DEPAILLER

3 WATSON

R09 GREAT BR

1 LAUDA

2 SCHECKTER

3 WATSON

R10 GERMANY

1 HUNT

2 SCHECKTER

3 MASS

R11 AUSTRIA

1 WATSON

2 LAFFITE

3 NILSSON

R12 NETHERLA

1 HUNT

2 REGAZZONI

3 ANDRETTI

R13 ITALY

1 PETERSON

2 REGAZZONI

3 LAFFITE

R14 CANADA

1 HUNT

2 DEPAILLER

3 ANDRETTI

R15 UNITED S

1 HUNT

2 SCHECKTER

3 LAUDA

R16 JAPAN

1 ANDRETTI

2 DEPAILLER

3 HUNT

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1976
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1976	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1976	LAUDA	DEPAILLER	PRYCE
R02 · The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa 1976	The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa 1976	LAUDA	HUNT	MASS
R03 · 1976 Long Beach Grand Prix	1976 Long Beach Grand Prix	REGAZZONI	LAUDA	DEPAILLER
R04 · Gran Premio de España 1976	Gran Premio de España 1976	HUNT	LAUDA	NILSSON
R05 · 1976 Belgian Grand Prix	1976 Belgian Grand Prix	LAUDA	REGAZZONI	LAFFITE
R06 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1976	Grand Prix de Monaco 1976	LAUDA	SCHECKTER	DEPAILLER
R07 · Gislaved Sveriges Grand Prix 1976	Gislaved Sveriges Grand Prix 1976	SCHECKTER	DEPAILLER	LAUDA
R08 · Grand Prix de France 1976	Grand Prix de France 1976	HUNT	DEPAILLER	WATSON
R09 · 1976 John Player British Grand Prix	1976 John Player British Grand Prix	LAUDA	SCHECKTER	WATSON
R10 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1976	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1976	HUNT	SCHECKTER	MASS
R11 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1976	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1976	WATSON	LAFFITE	NILSSON
R12 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1976	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1976	HUNT	REGAZZONI	ANDRETTI
R13 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1976	Gran Premio d'Italia 1976	PETERSON	REGAZZONI	LAFFITE
R14 · Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1976	Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1976	HUNT	DEPAILLER	ANDRETTI
R15 · 1976 United States Grand Prix	1976 United States Grand Prix	HUNT	SCHECKTER	LAUDA
R16 · 1976 Japanese Grand Prix	1976 Japanese Grand Prix	ANDRETTI	DEPAILLER	HUNT

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

20

WINNERS

7

PODIUM·DRIVERS

12

POINTS·SHARED

400

CHAMPION

James Hunt

69 PTS · 6 WINS

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