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Article number: 56004189A
Product: 1:32 Triple-Set McLa. M23/312T /Tyr. P34
Held on the 18th of July 1976 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent the
British Grand Prix was the 9th round of the 1976 season. The season had
seen many great battles between the reigning champion Nikki Lauda and
the up and coming British driver James Hunt in his McLaren. Home support
was most definitely behind Hunt and he lined up on the grid right behind
Lauda, with the two championship protagonists closing out the front row
of the grid. At the start chaos ensued, with Laudas teammate Regazzoni
capitalising on a poor start from Hunt to come through the field. He
made contact with the left rear of Laudas car and pitched him into a
spin and broke his wheel. Various cars then hit Regazzoni and Hunt was
also eliminated. The race was stopped, with Hunt sprinting back to the
pits for his spare car. However, the officials decided that only drivers
in their original cars could compete, so James jumped back into his original
machine, and under pressure from a crowd that was rapidly becoming unruly he was allowed to start the race. During the race
Lauda and Hunt set a scorching pace, before James passed on the 45th lap
as gearbox problems afflicted the car of Lauda. Scheckter in the
distinctive P34 Tyrrell was up to fourth by this point, and with the
retirement of Regazzoni he was able to grab the final podium spot. After
the race, some teams appealed against Hunt being allowed to compete, as
he had not been running at the end of the first lap of the original
start. The appeal reached the FIA and eventually Hunt was indeed
disqualified, for outside assistance, promoting Lauda to first and
Scheckter to Second with John Watson inheriting the final podium spot.
The story of the 1976 season of course was not over, Lauda suffered his
tragic accident, made his incredible comeback but in the rain of Fuji Hunt was victorious.
1:32 Triple-Set McLa. M23/312T /Tyr. P34
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