The 1976 Italian Grand Prix was Round 13 of the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Monza, Italy on Sunday, 12 September 1976. Jacques Laffite started on pole position in the Ligier Matra and Ronnie Peterson was the race winner in the March Ford.
1976 Italian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | 52 | 1:30:35.600 | 1:30:35.600 | - | - | 1:41.300 | 50 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 52 | +2.300 | 1:30:37.900 | +2.300 | +2.300 | 1:41.400 | 47 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 52 | +3.000 | 1:30:38.600 | +3.000 | +0.700 | 1:41.500 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 52 | +19.400 | 1:30:55.000 | +19.400 | +16.400 | 1:42.100 | 45 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 52 | +19.500 | 1:30:55.100 | +19.500 | +0.100 | 1:42.200 | 47 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 52 | +35.700 | 1:31:11.300 | +35.700 | +16.200 | 1:42.500 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 52 | +43.900 | 1:31:19.500 | +43.900 | +8.200 | 1:43.200 | 11 | 16 | |
| 8 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 52 | +52.900 | 1:31:28.500 | +52.900 | +9.000 | 1:42.500 | 47 | 15 | |
| 9 | 35 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Ferrari | Goodyear | 52 | +57.500 | 1:31:33.100 | +57.500 | +4.600 | 1:42.600 | 49 | 7 | |
| 10 | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 52 | +1:12.400 | 1:31:48.000 | +1:12.400 | +14.900 | 1:43.000 | 17 | 10 | |
| 11 | 28 | John Watson | Great Britain | Penske Ford | Goodyear | 52 | +1:42.200 | 1:32:17.800 | +1:42.200 | +29.800 | 1:43.300 | 17 | 29 | |
| 12 | 19 | Alan Jones | Australia | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:42.700 | 47 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:44.100 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 18 | Brett Lunger | United States | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:44.800 | 16 | 24 | ||
| 15 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:44.700 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 24 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 49 | Halfshaft | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:43.600 | 47 | 19 | ||
| 17 | 38 | Henri Pescarolo | France | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 49 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:46.100 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | 37 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | Italy | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 49 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:44.600 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 47 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 2 laps | 1:44.400 | 17 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 7 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 41 | Fuel System | 1:44.600 | 21 | 11 | ||||
| DNF | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 23 | Accident | 1:43.500 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 23 | Accident | 1:43.400 | 21 | 14 | ||||
| DNF | 11 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 11 | Spun Off | 1:43.000 | 7 | 27 | ||||
| DNF | 40 | Larry Perkins | Australia | Boro Ford | Goodyear | 8 | Engine | 1:45.200 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 4 | Engine | 1:46.000 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 2 | Ignition | 2:04.700 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| DNS | 25 | Guy Edwards | Great Britain | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 23 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Wolf-Williams Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 39 | Otto Stuppacher | Austria | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear |