1976 European Formula Two Championship

The 1976 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Équipe Elf Switzerland driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille clinched the championship title.^[1] In a change from 1975 pure race engines was allowed and would be to the end of the formula in 1984^[2]. For 1976 Renault-Alpine exploited this opportunity.

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	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	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck René Arnoux
2	Thruxton	19 April	55	3.792=208.56 km	1'06:51.54	187.164 km/h	Maurizio Flammini	Maurizio Flammini	Maurizio Flammini
3	Vallelunga	9 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'18:03.1	159.894 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
4	Salzburgring	23 May	50	4.238=211.9 km	1'04:28.82	197.176 km/h	Maurizio Flammini	René Arnoux	Michel Leclère
5	Pau	7 June	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'32:11.58	131.125 km/h	Patrick Tambay	Jacques Laffite	René Arnoux
6	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	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Michel Leclère	Hans-Joachim Stuck Michel Leclère
7	Rouen	27 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'09:59.77	180.553 km/h	Alex Ribeiro	René Arnoux	Maurizio Flammini
8	Mugello	11 July	43	5.245=225.535 km	1'19:28.8	170.258 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
9	Pergusa-Enna	25 July	30+30	4.95=297.0 km	1'36:12.9	185.210 km/h	Patrick Tambay	Alex Ribeiro	René Arnoux
10	Estoril	8 August	50	4.35=217.50 km	1'20:19.77	162.456 km/h	René Arnoux	René Arnoux	René Arnoux
	Zolder	22 August	cancelled
11	Nogaro	19 September	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'20:12.91	151.692 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Patrick Tambay	Patrick Tambay
12	Hockenheim	25-26 September	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'22:32.9	197.383 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux	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	THR	VLL	SAL	PAU	HOC	ROU	MUG	EMM	EST	NOG	HOC	Points
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Équipe Elf Switzerland	Elf-Jabouille	Renault	-	-	9	1	6	4	6	9	3	6	-	9	53
2	René Arnoux	Écurie Elf^[3]	Martini	Renault	9	-	-	3	9	3	-	6	9	9	-	4	52
3	Patrick Tambay	Écurie Elf	Martini	Renault	6	4	6	4	-	6	-	4	-	-	9	-	39
4	Michel Leclère	Équipe Elf Switzerland	Elf-Jabouille	Renault	-	-	3	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	33
5	Alex Ribeiro	March Cars/BMW Motorsport	March	BMW	-	6	4	2	3	-	-	3	6	4	3	-	31
6	Maurizio Flammini	March Cars/BMW Motorsport	March	BMW	-	9	-	6	-	1	9	1	-	-	-	-	26
7	Giancarlo Martini	Scuderia Everest	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	12
	Hans Binder	Chevron Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	3	12
9	Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	March	Hart	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2			10
9	Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	Ralt	Hart											1	-	10
10	Roberto Marazzi	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron	BMW	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Keke Rosberg	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Toj	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	5
12	Wilhelm Deutsch	Team Daimon Varley	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Klaus Ludwig	Willy Kauhsen Racing Team	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
14	Ingo Hoffmann	Willy Kauhsen Racing Team	March	Hart	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	Harald Ertl	Motor Racing Company	Chevron	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Scuderia Gulf Rondini	March	BMW	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
17	Hans Heyer	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Toj	BMW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	François Migault	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	BMW	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Sté Racing Organisation Course	Chevron	Chrysler	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Freddy Kottulinsky	Fritz Lochmann Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Markus Hotz	Lista Racing Team	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Alberto Colombo	?	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Giorgio Francia	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Juan Cochesa	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Note:

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

References

^ "1976 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
^ International Motor Racing, page 210
^ Sport Auto n°172 page74

[1] "1976 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[2] International Motor Racing, page 210

[3] Sport Auto n°172 page74

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