Race Result
| GP n. 265 - 25/01/1976 - Grand Prix of Brazil Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace |
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| Winner: | Niki Lauda / Ferrari - 1:45'16.78 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 2:32.50 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Jean Pierre Jarier / Shadow-Ford - 2:35.07 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 40 | 1:45'16.78 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | + 21.47 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 16 |  Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 40 | + 23.84 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | 34 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 40 | + 1'28.17 | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |  Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | + 1'56.46 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 40 | + 1'58.27 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 40 | + 2'15.24 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 20 |  Jacky Ickx |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | 21 |  Renzo Zorzi |
Williams-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 17 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 |  Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 39 | + 1 lap | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | Ingo Hoffman |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 7 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 37 | out of fuel | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 37 | + 3 laps | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | 10 | Lella Lombardi |
March-Ford | 36 | + 4 laps | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 33 | accident | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 32 | accident | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla |
March-Ford | 15 | oil leak | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 14 | transmission | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 10 | accident | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 6 | accident | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Ian Ashley |
BRM | 2 | oil pump | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 | John Watson |
Penske-Ford | 2 | fuel system | 8 | 0 |