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Event: John Player Grand Prix			Date: 18.7.1976
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.206 kms		Organiser: RAC
GP Great Britain
Formula 1 World Championship (round 9)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance
1^st	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari 312 T2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	76	321.2251 kms
2^nd	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell P34 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	76
3^rd	28	John Watson	Penske PC4 Ford	First National City Team Penske	75
4^th	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN5 Ford	Shadow Racing	75
5^th	19	Alan Jones	Surtees TS19 Ford	Team Surtees	75
6^th	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi FD04 Ford	Copersucar Fittipaldi	74
7^th	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308D Ford	Hesketh Racing	73
8^th	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham BT45 Alfa Romeo	Martini Racing	73
9^th	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN5 Ford	Shadow Racing	70

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Reason
11	James Hunt	McLaren M23 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	76		Immobile when race stopped
2T	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312 T2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	36		Took restart in different car
26T	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5 Matra	Ligier Gitanes	31		Took restart in different car

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Reason
6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus 77 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	67		Engine
10	Ronnie Peterson	March 761 Ford	March Racing	60		Oil pressure
18	Brett Lunger	Surtees TS19 Ford	Team Surtees	55		Gearbox
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell P34 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	47		Engine
7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT45 Alfa Romeo	Martini Racing	46		Oil pressure
35	Arturo Merzario	March 761 Ford	Ovoro Team March	39		Engine
32	Bob Evans	Brabham BT44B Ford	RAM Racing	24		Gearbox
9	Vittorio Brambilla	March 761 Ford	Beta Team March	22		Front suspension
38	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees TS19 Ford	Team Norev	16		Fuel pressure
22	Chris Amon	Ensign N176 Ford	Team Ensign	8		Water leak
5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 77 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	4		Engine
12	Jochen Mass	McLaren M23 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	1		Clutch
2	Regazzoni	Ferrari 312 T2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	0		Accident, 1st start
26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5 Matra	Ligier Gitanes	0		Accident, 1st start
34	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March 761 Ford	March Racing	0		Accident
25	Guy Edwards	Hesketh 308D Ford	Penthouse Rizla Racing with Hesketh	0		Accident

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
20	Jacky Ickx	Williams FW05 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing
13	Divina Galica	Surtees TS16 Ford	ShellSPORT-Whiting
40	Mike Wilds	Shadow DN3B Ford	Team P. R. Reilly
33	Lella Lombardi	Brabham BT44B Ford	RAM Racing

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Reason
	3T	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell 007 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell			Spare car
	5T	Andretti / Nilsson	Lotus 77 Ford	John Player Team Lotus			Spare car
	8T	Carlos Pace	Brabham BT45 Alfa Romeo	Martini Racing			Spare car

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
4T		Tyrrell 007 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	Spare car
11T		McLaren M23 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	Spare car
16T		Shadow DN5 Ford	Shadow Racing	Spare car
28T		Penske PC3 Ford	First National City Team Penske	Spare car
30T		Fittipaldi FD04 Ford	Copersucar Fittipaldi	Spare car

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
31	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi FD04 Ford	Copersucar Fittipaldi
41	Brian McGuire	Williams FW04 Ford	Brian McGuire	Reserve

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