1976 Pau Grand Prix

1976 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 7 June 1976
Official name XXXVI Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 201.480 km (125.193 miles)
Pole position
Driver Martini-Renault
Time 1:13.77
Fastest lap
Driver France Jacques Laffite Chevron-BMW
Time 1:14.37
Podium
First Martini-Renault
Second Chevron-BMW
Third Elf-Renault

The 1976 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 7 June 1976 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by René Arnoux, driving the Martini MK19. Jacques Laffite finished second and Jean-Pierre Jabouille third.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 France René Arnoux Martini-Renault 73 1hr 32min 11.58sec 2
2 27 France Jacques Laffite Chevron-BMW 73 + 42.91 s 3
3 5 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Elf-Renault 72 + 1 lap 4
4 18 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Chevron-Hart 72 + 1 lap 6
5 17 Italy Giancarlo Martini March-BMW 72 + 1 lap 8
6 4 Brazil Alex Ribeiro March-Renault 71 + 2 laps 15
7 23 Germany Klaus Ludwig March-Hart 70 + 3 laps 19
8 39 Sweden Freddy Kottulinsky Ralt-BMW 69 + 4 laps 18
9 7 Italy Gianfranco Trombetti Chevron-BMW 68 + 5 laps 14
Ret 15 United States Eddie Cheever March-Hart 56 Accident 13
Ret 8 Italy Roberto Marazzi Chevron-BMW 55 Engine mount 17
Ret 10 France François Migault Osella-BMW 47 Value 16
Ret 25 Italy Giorgio Francia Chevron-BMW 38 Driver fatigue 12
Ret 6 France Michel Leclère Elf-Renault 34 Valve 5
Ret 19 France José Dolhem Chevron-Hart 32 Gearbox 11
Ret 1 France Patrick Tambay Martini-Renault 29 Accident 1
Ret 3 Italy Maurizio Flammini March-BMW 27 Starter 7
Ret 14 Canada Gilles Villeneuve March-Hart 13 Overheating 10
Ret 30 Italy Alberto Colombo March-BMW 8 Piston 9
DNS 22 Brazil Ingo Hoffmann March-Hart Accident
DNS 9 Austria Hans Binder Osella-BMW
DNQ 20 France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Chevron-Chrysler
DNQ 29 Italy Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi March-BMW
DNQ 31 France Bernard Chevanne March-BMW
DNQ 32 France Xavier Lapeyre Chevron-BMW
DNQ 34 United Kingdom Ray Mallock March-Ford
DNQ 36 Australia Bob Muir Minos-Ford
DNQ 38 Belgium Bernard de Dryver March-BMW
Fastest Lap: Jacques Laffite (Chevron-BMW) - 1:14.37
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Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1976
Succeeded by

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