1976 European Formula Two Championship

1976 European Formula Two season

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The 1976 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Équipe Elf Switzerland driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille clinched the championship title. In a change from 1975 pure race engines was allowed and would be to the end of the formula in 1984. For 1976 Renault-Alpine exploited this opportunity.

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Template:Flagicon Hockenheim	10-11 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:45.6 1'23:45.6	199.286 km/h 196.190 km/h	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon René Arnoux
2	Template:Flagicon Thruxton	19 April	55	3.792=208.56 km	1'06:51.54	187.164 km/h	Template:Flagicon Maurizio Flammini	Template:Flagicon Maurizio Flammini	Template:Flagicon Maurizio Flammini
3	Template:Flagicon Vallelunga	9 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'18:03.1	159.894 km/h	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille
4	Template:Flagicon Salzburgring	23 May	50	4.238=211.9 km	1'04:28.82	197.176 km/h	Template:Flagicon Maurizio Flammini	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon Michel Leclère
5	Template:Flagicon Pau	7 June	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'32:11.58	131.125 km/h	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux
6	Template:Flagicon Hockenheim	20 June	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:27.6 1'21:34.3	200.020 km/h 199.746 km/h	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	Template:Flagicon Michel Leclère	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Michel Leclère
7	Template:Flagicon Rouen	27 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'09:59.77	180.553 km/h	Template:Flagicon Alex Ribeiro	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon Maurizio Flammini
8	Template:Flagicon Mugello	11 July	43	5.245=225.535 km	1'19:28.8	170.258 km/h	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille
9	Template:Flagicon Pergusa-Enna	25 July	30+30	4.95=297.0 km	1'36:12.9	185.210 km/h	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Template:Flagicon Alex Ribeiro	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux
10	Template:Flagicon Estoril	8 August	50	4.35=217.50 km	1'20:19.77	162.456 km/h	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux
	Template:Flagicon Zolder	22 August	cancelled
11	Template:Flagicon Nogaro	19 September	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'20:12.91	151.692 km/h	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay
12	Template:Flagicon Hockenheim	25-26 September	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'22:32.9	197.383 km/h	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Note:

Race 1, 6, 9 and 12 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 1 and 6 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 9 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	HOC Template:Flagicon	THR Template:Flagicon	VLL Template:Flagicon	SAL Template:Flagicon	PAU Template:Flagicon	HOC Template:Flagicon	ROU Template:Flagicon	MUG Template:Flagicon	EMM Template:Flagicon	EST Template:Flagicon	NOG Template:Flagicon	HOC Template:Flagicon	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Équipe Elf Switzerland	Elf-Jabouille	Renault	-	-	9	1	6	4	6	9	3	6	-	9	53
2	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Écurie Elf	Martini	Renault	9	-	-	3	9	3	-	6	9	9	-	4	52
3	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Écurie Elf	Martini	Renault	6	4	6	4	-	6	-	4	-	-	9	-	39
4	Template:Flagicon Michel Leclère	Équipe Elf Switzerland	Elf-Jabouille	Renault	-	-	3	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	33
5	Template:Flagicon Alex Ribeiro	March Cars/BMW Motorsport	March	BMW	-	6	4	2	3	-	-	3	6	4	3	-	31
6	Template:Flagicon Maurizio Flammini	March Cars/BMW Motorsport	March	BMW	-	9	-	6	-	1	9	1	-	-	-	-	26
7	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Martini	Scuderia Everest	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	12
	Template:Flagicon Hans Binder	Chevron Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	3	12
9	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	March	Hart	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2			10
		Project Four Racing	Ralt	Hart											1	-
10	Template:Flagicon Roberto Marazzi	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron	BMW	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Toj	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	5
12	Template:Flagicon Wilhelm Deutsch	Team Daimon Varley	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Willy Kauhsen Racing Team	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
14	Template:Flagicon Ingo Hoffmann	Willy Kauhsen Racing Team	March	Hart	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	Template:Flagicon Harald Ertl	Motor Racing Company	Chevron	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Scuderia Gulf Rondini	March	BMW	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
17	Template:Flagicon Hans Heyer	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Toj	BMW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon François Migault	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	BMW	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Sté Racing Organisation Course	Chevron	Chrysler	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Freddy Kottulinsky	Fritz Lochmann Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Markus Hotz	Lista Racing Team	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Alberto Colombo	?	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Francia	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Template:Flagicon Juan Cochesa	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula Two races, which did not count towards the European Championship, also held in 1976.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor
Template:Flagicon XXXIX Internationales ADAC-Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	2 May	Template:Flagicon Freddy Kottulinsky	Template:Flagicon Ralt-BMW
Template:Flagicon I Preis der Elektro-Diesel-Bosch	Salzburgring	23 May	Template:Flagicon Otto Stuppacher	Template:Flagicon GRD-Ford
Template:Flagicon III Coppa Santamonica	Misano	22 August	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	Template:Flagicon March-BMW