Prior to the last race of the 1976 season, Niki Lauda in the Ferrari 312T2 led the championship from James Hunt in the McLaren M23 by only 3 points. Lauda had escaped from a bad crash and dreadful fire earlier, at the Nurburgring, but made an incredibly quick return to racing. However, Niki Lauda considered the rain affected Japanese GP at Fuji to be unsafe and withdrew from the race; Hunt came third to take the Drivers' title by just 1 point. Ferrari, with Lauda and Clay Regazzoni, took the Constructors' Championship with McLaren second.

The Ross Wardle artwork portrays James Hunt in his McLaren-Cosworth M23 leading the USA East Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, with the unusual Tyrrell-Cosworth P34 in pursuit, followed by Niki Lauda’s Ferrari 312T2. We have been extremely fortunate to attract signatures from Jody Scheckter and his brother Ian, who also raced F1.