| Circuit | Autódromo José Carlos Pace |
|---|---|
| Date | 1976-01-25 |
| Round | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 2 | 40 | 1:45:16.780 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 9 | 40 | +21.470 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 12 | 40 | +23.840 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 14 | 40 | +1:28.170 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 13 | 40 | +1:56.460 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 6 | 40 | +1:58.270 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 4 | 40 | +2:15.240 | — | 0 |
| 8 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf | 19 | 39 | +1 Lap | — | 0 |
| 9 | Renzo Zorzi | Williams | 17 | 39 | +1 Lap | — | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 10 | 39 | +1 Lap | — | 0 |
| 11 | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi | 20 | 39 | +1 Lap | — | 0 |
| 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 15 | 37 | Out of fuel | — | 0 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 5 | 37 | +3 Laps | — | 0 |
| 14 | Lella Lombardi | March | 22 | 36 | +4 Laps | — | 0 |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 3 | 33 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 16 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | 32 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 7 | 15 | Oil leak | — | 0 |
| 18 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | 14 | Transmission | — | 0 |
| 19 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 18 | 10 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 20 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 16 | 6 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 21 | John Watson | Penske | 8 | 2 | Fuel system | — | 0 |
| 22 | Ian Ashley | BRM | 21 | 2 | Oil pump | — | 0 |