The 1976 Spanish Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Jarama, Spain on Sunday, 2 May 1976. James Hunt started on pole position in the McLaren Ford and was the race winner.
1976 Spanish Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42:20.430 | 1:42:20.430 | - | - | 1:21.070 | 36 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 75 | +30.970 | 1:42:51.400 | +30.970 | +30.970 | 1:21.260 | 48 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 75 | +48.020 | 1:43:08.450 | +48.020 | +17.050 | 1:21.410 | 48 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.170 | 73 | 12 | 3 | |
| 5 | 22 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:21.540 | 43 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:21.910 | 69 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 20 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Wolf-Williams | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.150 | 29 | 21 | |||
| 8 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.250 | 62 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 19 | Alan Jones | Australia | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.130 | 59 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 21 | Michel Leclere | France | Wolf-Williams | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:23.340 | 39 | 23 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 72 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.440 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 72 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:21.350 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 13 | 37 | Larry Perkins | Australia | Boro Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:22.800 | 49 | 24 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 65 | Engine | 10 laps | 7 laps | 1:20.930 | 52 | 4 | ||
| DNF | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 61 | Electrical | 14 laps | 4 laps | 1:21.960 | 47 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 53 | Engine | 22 laps | 8 laps | 1:22.090 | 50 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 28 | John Watson | Great Britain | Penske Ford | Goodyear | 51 | Engine | 24 laps | 2 laps | 1:22.370 | 51 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 35 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 36 | Gearbox | 39 laps | 15 laps | 1:22.420 | 20 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 34 | Gearbox | 41 laps | 2 laps | 1:21.640 | 26 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 25 | Accident | 50 laps | 9 laps | 1:21.230 | 18 | 3 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 21 | Suspension | 54 laps | 4 laps | 1:22.000 | 4 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Gearbox | 59 laps | 5 laps | 1:23.280 | 6 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | 11 | Transmission | 64 laps | 5 laps | 1:22.990 | 4 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 3 | Transmission | 72 laps | 8 laps | 1:24.810 | 2 | 19 | ||
| DNQ | 18 | Brett Lunger | United States | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 75 laps | 3 laps | |||||||
| DNQ | 32 | Loris Kessel | Switzerland | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 75 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 25 | Emilio Zapico | Spain | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 75 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 33 | Emilio de Villota | Spain | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 75 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 24 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 75 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 31 | Ingo Hoffmann | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 75 laps |