The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix was Round 16 of the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Fuji Speedway Japan on Sunday, 24 October 1976. Mario Andretti started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and was the race winner. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 1976 Drivers’ Championship and James Hunt won the title.
1976 Japanese Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 73 | 1:43:58.860 | 1:43:58.860 | - | - | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 13 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 11 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 19 | Alan Jones | Australia | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 20 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 7 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 16 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.970 | 11 | |||
| 8 | 24 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 22 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | Noritake Takahara | Japan | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | 24 | |||
| 10 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 15 | |||
| 11 | 51 | Masahiro Hasemi | Japan | Kojima Ford | Dunlop | 66 | +7 laps | 7 laps | 3 laps | 10 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 58 | Overheating | 15 laps | 8 laps | 5 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Hans Binder | Austria | Wolf-Williams Ford | Goodyear | 49 | Wheel | 24 laps | 9 laps | 25 | |||
| DNF | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 46 | Engine | 27 laps | 3 laps | 14 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 38 | Electrical | 35 laps | 8 laps | 8 | |||
| DNF | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 37 | Electrical | 36 laps | 1 lap | 18 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 35 | Accident | 38 laps | 2 laps | 12 | |||
| DNF | 28 | John Watson | Great Britain | Penske Ford | Goodyear | 33 | Engine | 40 laps | 2 laps | 4 | |||
| DNF | 52 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Japan | Tyrrell Ford | Bridgestone | 27 | Tyre | 46 laps | 6 laps | 21 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Wolf-Williams Ford | Goodyear | 23 | Gearbox | 50 laps | 4 laps | 19 | |||
| WD | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 9 | Withdrew | 64 laps | 14 laps | 23 | |||
| WD | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 7 | Withdrew | 66 laps | 2 laps | 6 | |||
| WD | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 2 | Withdrew | 71 laps | 5 laps | 3 | |||
| WD | 7 | Larry Perkins | Australia | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 1 | Withdrew | 72 laps | 1 lap | 17 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | Engine | 73 laps | 1 lap | 9 | ||||
| DNQ | 54 | Tony Trimmer | Great Britain | Maki Ford | - | 73 laps |