Гран-при Испании 1976: Драма и апелляции в Мадриде

The 1976 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXII Gran Premio de España) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuito del Jarama in Madrid, Spain on 2 May 1976. The race was the fourth round of the 1976 Formula One season. The race was the 22nd Spanish Grand Prix and the sixth to be held at Jarama. The race was held over 75 laps of the 3.404 kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 255 kilometres. Initially the declared winner was Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T2 extending his Drivers' Championship lead to 23 points after first across the line James Hunt had his McLaren M23 disqualified in post race scrutineering. Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson took his Lotus 77 to second place with Carlos Reutemann finishing third in his Brabham BT45. McLaren appealed the disqualification and in July the appeal was upheld and Hunt re instated as winner of the Spanish Grand Prix.

As the European season began, new cars were launched as organisers were due to start enforcing new regulations for 1976 having allowed an easing in period over the first three races. There was a big talking point as the Tyrrell team entered a new P34 six wheeler for Patrick Depailler. Depailler was on the pace and qualified third, behind Hunt and Lauda. Lauda, driving with broken ribs after an accident driving a tractor once again beat Hunt off the line at the start and led for the first third of the race. Depailler, after a slow start, was running fourth behind Mass when he spun off and crashed with brake problems. Just before mid race, the McLarens of Hunt and Mass found another gear and drove past Lauda, but towards the end of the race, Mass had to retire with an engine failure. Hunt took his first win of the season, with Lauda second and Gunnar Nilsson's Lotus third. After the race, scrutineers examined the bulk of the field and Hunt was disqualified because his McLaren was found to be too wide and Lauda was declared the winner. One of the new rules which came into force on 1 May 1976 defined how wide a Formula One car could be. McLaren appealed the decision. Two months after the race, McLaren's appeal was successful as the tribunal considered that the 1.5 cm difference was "minimal" and Hunt was reinstated as the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix. Chris Amon's 5th place made him the last driver from New Zealand to score points in Formula One until Brendon Hartley finished 10th in the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix some 42 years later.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 James Hunt McLaren Ford 75 1:42:20.43 1 9 2 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 75 + 30.97 2 6 3 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus Ford 75 + 48.02 7 4 4 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham Alfa Romeo 74 + 1 lap 12 3 5 22 Chris Amon Ensign Ford 74 + 1 lap 10 2 6 8 Carlos Pace Brabham Alfa Romeo 74 + 1 lap 11 1 7 20 Jacky Ickx Wolf Williams Ford 74 + 1 lap 21 8 16 Tom Pryce Shadow Ford 74 + 1 lap 22 9 19 Alan Jones Surtees Ford 74 + 1 lap 20 10 21 Michel Leclère Wolf Williams Ford 73 + 2 laps 23 11 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 72 + 3 laps 5 12 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier Matra 72 + 3 laps 8 13 37 Larry Perkins Boro Ford 72 + 3 laps 24 Ret 12 Jochen Mass McLaren Ford 65 Engine 4 Ret 17 Jean Pierre Jarier Shadow Ford 61 Electrical 15 Ret 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell Ford 53 Engine 14 Ret 28 John Watson Penske Ford 51 Engine 13 Ret 35 Arturo Merzario March Ford 36 Gearbox 18 Ret 5 Mario Andretti Lotus Ford 34 Gearbox 9 Ret 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell Ford 25 Accident 3 Ret 9 Vittorio Brambilla March Ford 21 Suspension 6 Ret 34 Hans Joachim Stuck March Ford 16 Gearbox 17 Ret 10 Ronnie Peterson March Ford 11 Transmission 16 Ret 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Ford 3 Transmission 19 DNQ 18 Brett Lunger Surtees Ford DNQ 32 Loris Kessel Brabham Ford DNQ 25 Emilio Zapico Williams Ford DNQ 33 Emilio de Villota Brabham Ford DNQ 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh Ford DNQ 31 Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi FordSource: