1976 Formula One season
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The 1976 Formula One season was the 30th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1976 World Championship of Drivers and the 1976 International Cup for Formula 1 Manufacturers. The two
James Hunt (pictured in 1977) won his first and only World Championship of Drivers driving for McLaren-Ford.
Defending Champion Niki Lauda (pictured in 1974) was runner up by one point, driving for Ferrari.
Jody Scheckter finished third, driving for Tyrrell-Ford.
Ferrari successfully defended their International Cup for F1 Manufacturers' title.
James Hunt
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James Simon Wallis Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 w
1976 Formula One season
…races were also held during the season. In an extraordinarily political and dramatic season, the Drivers' Championship went to McLaren driver James Hunt by one point from Ferrari's defending champion Niki Lauda, although Ferrari took the Manufacturers' trophy. The controversy began in Spain, where Hunt…
Hunt at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix
Hunt driving a Brabham BT21 in the Guards Trophy F3 race at Brands Hatch, 1969
Hunt in the Hesketh at the 1975 British Grand Prix
Hunt celebrates at the 1976 British Grand Prix; he would later be disqualified from the results.