Race results
Race startAugust 1, 1976 at 01:00Central European Standard Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:41:42.7 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | +27.700 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | +52.400 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +54.200 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | +1:57.300 | 14 | 16 | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +2:30.300 | 14 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 28 | John Watson | Penske | +2:33.900 | 14 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | +2:48.200 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | +3:46.000 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | 19 | Alan Jones | Surtees | +3:47.300 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | +4:51.700 | 14 | 23 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +4:58.100 | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +5:25.200 | 14 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 | 40 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 13 | 26 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | +1 Lap | 13 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Wolf | DNF (Brakes) | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | DNF (Accident) | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF (Fuel system) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| - | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | March | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| - | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | DNF (Clutch) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Gearbox) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Chris Amon | Ensign | DNF | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 24 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 22 | 0 |