Race Result
| GP n. 266 - 06/03/1976 - Grand Prix of South-Africa Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit |
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| Winner: | Niki Lauda / Ferrari - 1:42'18.4 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:16.10 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Niki Lauda / Ferrari - 1:17.97 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 78 | 1:42'18.4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 78 | + 1.3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 78 | + 45.9 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 |  Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 78 | + 1'08.4 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | 28 | John Watson |
Penske-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 27 |  Mario Andretti |
Parnelli-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
March-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Bob Evans |
Lotus-Ford | 77 | + 1 lap | 23 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | Brett Lunger |
Surtees-Ford | 77 | +1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 34 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 76 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | Michel Leclere |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 76 | + 2 laps | 22 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 |  Chris Amon |
Ensign-Ford | 76 | + 2 laps | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | Harald Ertl |
Hesketh-Ford | 74 | + 4 laps | 24 | 0 |
| 16 | 20 |  Jacky Ickx |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 73 | + 5 laps | 19 | 0 |
| 17 | 30 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 70 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 52 | engine | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 49 | engine | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 28 | radiator | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 22 | oil pressure | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 18 | clutch | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 16 | oil pressure | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 15 | accident | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Ian Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | accident | 16 | 0 |