Race Result
| GP n. 274 - 01/08/1976 - Grand Prix of Germany Nürburgring |
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| Winner: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:41'42.7 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 7:06.5 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Jody Scheckter / Tyrrell-Ford - 7:10.8 | ||||||
| Pos | Nş | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 14 | 1:41'42.7 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 |  Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 14 | + 27.7 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 14 | + 52.4 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 |  Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 14 | + 54.2 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 |  Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 14 | + 1'57.3 | 16 | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | Rolf Stommelen |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 14 | + 2'30.3 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 28 | John Watson |
Penske-Ford | 14 | + 2'33.9 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 14 | + 2'48.2 | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 14 | + 3'46.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | 19 |  Alan Jones |
Surtees-Ford | 14 | + 3'46.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 |  Jean Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 14 | + 4'51.7 | 23 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 14 | + 4'58.1 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 14 | + 5'25.2 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 | 40 |  Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 13 | + 1 lap | 26 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | Guy Edwards |
Hesketh-Ford | 13 | + 1 lap | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | Arturo Merzario |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 3 | brakes | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla |
March-Ford | 1 | accident | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | fuel system | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 0 | accident | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 | Harald Ertl |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | accident | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 0 | gear box | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 0 | accident | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 34 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 0 | clutch | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 | Brett Lunger |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | accident | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | accident | 10 | 0 |
| Dnq | 33 | Lella Lombardi |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 38 | Henri Pescarolo |
Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Wd | 22 |  Chris Amon |
Ensign-Ford | 0 | withdrew | 2 | 0 |