1976 / ROUND 15

United States Grand Prix

WinnerJames HuntPublished race classification

Official poleJames HuntSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance320.665 km59 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	James Hunt	McLaren	1	1	59	1:42:40.741	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	2	2	59	1:42:48.771	6
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	5	5	59	1:43:43.065	4
4	Jochen Mass	McLaren	17	17	59	1:43:43.199	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	6	6	59	1:43:48.719	2
6	John Watson	Penske	8	8	59	1:43:48.931	1
7	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	14	14	58	+1 lap	0
8	Alan Jones	Surtees	18	18	58	+1 lap	0
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	15	15	57	+2 laps	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	16	16	57	+2 laps	0
11	Brett Lunger	Surtees	24	24	57	+2 laps	0
12	Alex Ribeiro	Hesketh	22	22	57	+2 laps	0
13	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	21	21	54	+5 laps	0
14	Warwick Brown	Wolf-Williams	23	23	54	+5 laps	0
NC	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees	26	26	48	+11 laps	0
DNF	Tom Pryce	Shadow	9	9	45	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	12	12	34	Tyre	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	March	4	4	34	Tyre	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	Brabham	10	10	31	Collision	0
DNF	Larry Perkins	Brabham	13	13	30	Suspension	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	11	11	23	Suspension	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	19	19	14	Accident	0
DNF	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus	20	20	13	Engine	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	March	3	3	12	Suspension	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams	25	25	9	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	7	7	7	Fuel pipe	0
DNQ	Otto Stuppacher	Tyrrell	27	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	James Hunt	1:43.622
2	Jody Scheckter	1:43.870
3	Ronnie Peterson	1:43.941
4	Vittorio Brambilla	1:44.250
5	Niki Lauda	1:44.257
6	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:44.265
7	Patrick Depailler	1:44.516
8	John Watson	1:44.719
9	Tom Pryce	1:45.102
10	Carlos Pace	1:45.274
11	Mario Andretti	1:45.311
12	Jacques Laffite	1:45.324
13	Larry Perkins	1:45.353
14	Clay Regazzoni	1:45.534
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:45.646
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:45.979
17	Jochen Mass	1:46.067
18	Alan Jones	1:46.402
19	Jacky Ickx	1:46.605
20	Gunnar Nilsson	1:46.776
21	Harald Ertl	1:49.418
22	Alex Ribeiro	1:49.669
23	Warwick Brown	1:51.124
24	Brett Lunger	1:51.373
25	Arturo Merzario	2:00.932
26	Henri Pescarolo	2:05.211
27	Otto Stuppacher	2:11.070

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.