1976 European Formula Two season

1976 European Formula Two season
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The 1976 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jabouille was the season champion.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Hockenheim	West Germany	April 10/11 1976	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:45.6 1'23:45.6	199.286 km/h 196.190 km/h	Hans-Joachim Stuck René Arnoux	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck
2	Thruxton	United Kingdom	19 April 1976	55	3.792=208.56 km	1'06:51.54	187.164 km/h	Maurizio Flammini	Maurizio Flammini	Maurizio Flammini
3	Vallelunga	Italy	9 May 1976	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'18:03.1	159.894 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux
4	Salzburgring	Austria	23 May 1976	50	4.238=211.9 km	1'04:28.82	197.176 km/h	Michel Leclère	Maurizio Flammini	René Arnoux
5	Pau	France	7 June 1976	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'32:11.58	131.125 km/h	René Arnoux	Patrick Tambay	Jacques Laffite
6	Hockenheim	West Germany	20 June 1976	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:27.6 1'21:34.3	200.020 km/h 199.746 km/h	Hans-Joachim Stuck Michel Leclère	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Michel Leclère
7	Rouen	France	27 June 1976	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'09:59.77	180.553 km/h	Maurizio Flammini	Alex Ribeiro	René Arnoux
8	Mugello	Italy	11 July 1976	43	5.245=225.535 km	1'19:28.8	170.258 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux
9	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	25 July 1976	30+30	4.95=297.0 km	1'36:12.9	185.210 km/h	René Arnoux	Patrick Tambay	Alex Ribeiro
10	Estoril	Portugal	8 August 1976	50	4.35=217.50 km	1'20:19.77	162.456 km/h	René Arnoux	René Arnoux	René Arnoux
	Zolder	Belgium	22 August 1976	cancelled
11	Nogaro	France	19 September 1976	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'20:12.91	151.692 km/h	Patrick Tambay	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Patrick Tambay
12	Hockenheim	West Germany	September 25/26 1976	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'22:32.9	197.383 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux

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	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine													Total Points
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	France	Équipe Elf Switzerland	Elf-Jabouille	Renault	-	-	9	1	6	4	6	9	3	6	-	9	53
2	René Arnoux	France	Écurie Renault	Martini	Renault	9	-	-	3	9	3	-	6	9	9	-	4	52
3	Patrick Tambay	France	Écurie Renault	Martini	Renault	6	4	6	4	-	6	-	4	-	-	9	-	39
4	Michel Leclère	France	Équipe Elf Switzerland	Elf-Jabouille	Renault	-	-	3	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	33
5	Alex Ribeiro	Brazil	March Cars/BMW Motorsport	March	BMW	-	6	4	2	3	-	-	3	6	4	3	-	31
6	Maurizio Flammini	Italy	March Cars/BMW Motorsport	March	BMW	-	9	-	6	-	1	9	1	-	-	-	-	26
7	Giancarlo Martini	Italy	Team Everest	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	12
	Hans Binder	Austria	Chevron Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	3	12
9	Eddie Cheever	United States	Project Four Racing	March	Hart	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2			10
			Project Four Racing	Ralt	Hart											1	-
10	Roberto Marazzi	Italy	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	BMW	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Keke Rosberg	Finland	Team Euroracing	Toj	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	5
12	Wilhelm Deutsch	West Germany	Team Daimon Varley	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Klaus Ludwig	West Germany	Kauhsen Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
14	Ingo Hoffmann	Brazil	Kauhsen Racing	March	Hart	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	Harald Ertl	Austria	Motor Racing Company	Chevron	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Italy	Scuderia Rondini	March	BMW	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
17	Hans Heyer	West Germany	Team Euroracing	Toj	BMW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	François Migault	France	Osella	Osella	BMW	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	France	Sté Racing	Chevron	Chrysler	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Freddy Kottulinsky	Sweden	Lochmann Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Markus Hotz	Switzerland	Lista Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Alberto Colombo	Italy	private entry	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Giorgio Francia	Italy	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Juan Cochesa	Venezuela	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Note:

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