GERMAN GRAND PRIX VICTORY FOR HUNT: The British driver dominated the 14-lap race at the Nurburgring, throwing his arms in as a was then in hospital, unable to defend his World Championship points lead.

The XXXVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland, otherwise known as the 1976 German Grand Prix, was the tenth round of the 1976 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Nürburgring on the 1st of August 1976. Hunt, meanwhile, slipped to third, remaining level on points with Depailler, having briefly moved to within twenty three points of Lauda. Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth were sat in second, while McLaren remained in third, the only team to have dropped points due to the rules surrounding dropped scores in 1976. Practice/qualifying would be staged across Friday and Saturday, with three "timed" sessions and a single "untimed" session, lasting between an hour and an hour and a half apiece.It was bright and warm on Friday morning, with Lauda ultimately setting the pace in spite of his less than enthusiastic approach to the Nordschleife.Friday afternoon would see more drivers get into the swing of things, the two six-wheeled Away from the pinnacle of the sport there were some dramas unfolding in the pitlane as the German police arrived to impound After a glorious Friday, Saturday proved to be a miserable affair, the morning "untimed" session heralded by heavy rain, although the circuit dried quickly as the session went on.Unfortunately the rain would return for the final "timed" session of the weekend, leaving entire sections of the Nordschleife wet while others were dry.As if to highlight this, Brambilla had his second accident of the weekend, this time writing off his orange coloured car by smashing the monocoque.The qualifying results for the 1976 German Grand Prix are outlined below: The organizers just did not have the resources to manage such a long circuit, even though the "Chris Amon decided to end his career immediately after Lauda's accident, but returned for the The full entry list for the 1976 German Grand Prix is outlined below: The old Nürburgring was considered to be the most challenging and demanding purpose-built circuit in the world. The race had been stopped after the accident, and at the restart only 20 of the 24 starters remained, although Lauda's accident proved why the old Nürburgring had become too dangerous and too difficult to manage satisfactorily for Formula One.
The race would be the last to be held on the fearsome Nordschleife layout of the Nürburgring, a fate sealed after the infamous accident suffered by Championship lead Niki Lauda.
With Hunt and McLaren-Ford Cosworth set to be disqualified, Ferrari were able to move twenty one points ahead of their pursuers, leaving Brands Hatch with 64 points to their name. Measuring at 14.2 miles (22.8 km), it was by far the longest circuit on the calendar and because it was built in the Eifel mountains it had over 1,000 feet (300 m) of elevation change. Although it had been slightly remodeled in 1971, it still retained much of the character that led three-time world champion The race weekend began with some changes to the drivers' lineup: In 1975, Lauda had been the first and only driver to break the seven-minute mark. Raceday proved to be more akin to Saturday rather than Friday, the warm-up session around the "Loop" held in the wet, prompting Further delays came as a result of the shower, with all bar By the time the field streamed off the "Loop" and onto the Nordschleife it was Regazzoni leading from Hunt, Ultimately, come the end of the opening tour, it was Mass who was really setting the pace, albeit still down in fifth as the field started the long climb up the In the pits, meanwhile, there would be mild chaos as teams dashed about fitting dry tyres, while On track, meanwhile, Mass had taken the lead from Peterson somewhere out on the Nordschleife, prompting a huge cheer when the German finally appeared in front of the Swede at one of the larger crowd areas.Ultimately this issue would become trivial, for a huge accident at It was just after 3:00pm local time when the field was sent to form up on the grid, with Lauda, Lunger, Ertl and With the grid reset to the original starting order, gaps being left for those not taking the restart, there was little surprise that Hunt jetted straight into the lead from pole.The entire field was now on slick tyres despite the damp patches remaining on the circuit, a fact which would catch out Peterson as he crested the legendary All the turmoil of the second opening tour meant that Hunt had a huge lead over Pace and Scheckter, with Regazzoni a lonely fourth.That quickly came down to sixteen, as Brambilla had his third huge accident of the weekend, this time getting to climb out his ruined car at Pace would soon be relegated to fourth by Regazzoni as the pair started the third lap, although both were to be taken by Mass, who desperately wanted a podium at his home race.As Regazzoni limped around to have his now damaged nose replaced the race was all but over, for Hunt and Scheckter were almost thirty seconds apart, while Mass was screaming away from the spluttering Pace.With that the race was run, with Hunt duly sweeping home to record an almost hollow victory given the circumstances of his major rival.As for Lauda, the Austrian underwent emergency surgery in Mannheim before beginning his intense treatment course, while his Ferrari was closely examined in the paddock.The results for the 1976 German Grand Prix are outlined below: Just after the fast left kink before the Bergwerk right hand curve, his Most cars had assembled at the crash site, being unable to pass by on the narrow track. The highly-charged 1976 season continued at the …