1976 Italian Grand Prix

1976 Italian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details
Date September 12, 1976
Official name XLVII Gran Premio d'Italia[1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.800 km (3.604 miles)
Distance 52 laps, 301.6 km (187.2 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Matra
Time 1:41.35[2]
Fastest lap
Driver Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford
Time 1:41.3 on lap 50[3]
Podium
First March-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders

The 1976 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy on 12 September 1976.[4] The race, contested over 52 laps, was the thirteenth round of the 1976 Formula One season. It was also the 45th running of the Italian Grand Prix, the 23rd which was a part of the World Championship. Ronnie Peterson took the March team's last victory in Formula One, and his only with the team. Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni finished the race in second position and polesitter Jacques Laffite completed the podium for Ligier. This was the last time Ferrari entered more than two cars for a race.

The race saw the return of World Championship leader Niki Lauda to the sport after his serious crash at the German Grand Prix - he finished this race in fourth place.

  1. ^ "1976 Italian GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 145. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 147. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  4. ^ "1976 Italian Grand Prix Entry list".