The 1976 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the XXXIV Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at the Monaco street circuit in Monaco on 30 May 1976. It was the sixth round of the 1976 Formula One season and the 34th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was contested over 78 laps of the 3.3 km circuit for a race distance of 257 kilometres.
The race was won by Ferrari driver Niki Lauda, who had also taken pole position in his Ferrari 312T2.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!
!
! Driver
! Constructor
!Time
|-
!1
| align="center" |1
| data-sort-value="LAU" | Niki Lauda
|Ferrari
|1:29.65
|-
!2
| align="center" |2
| data-sort-value="REG" | Clay Regazzoni
|Ferrari
|1:29.91
|-
!3
| align="center" |10
| data-sort-value="PET" | Ronnie Peterson
|March-Ford
|1:30.08
|-
!4
| align="center" |4
| data-sort-value="DEP" | Patrick Depailler
|Tyrrell-Ford
|1:30.33
|-
!5
| align="center" |3
| data-sort-value="SCH" | Jody Scheckter
|Tyrrell-Ford
|1:30.55
|-
!6
| align="center" |34
| data-sort-value="STU" |
|March-Ford
|1:30.66
|-
!7
| align="center" |30
| data-sort-value="FIT" | Emerson Fittipaldi
|Fittipaldi-Ford
|1:31.39
|-
!8
| align="center" |26
| data-sort-value="LAF" | Jacques Laffite
|Ligier-Matra
|1:31.46
|-
!9
| align="center" |9
| data-sort-value="BRA" | Vittorio Brambilla
|March-Ford
|1:31.47
|-
!10
| align="center" |17
| data-sort-value="JAR" | Jean-Pierre Jarier
|Shadow-Ford
|1:31.65
|-
!11
| align="center" |12
| data-sort-value="MAS" | Jochen Mass
|McLaren-Ford
|1:31.67
|-
!12
| align="center" |22
| data-sort-value="AMO" | Chris Amon
|Ensign-Ford
|1:31.75
|-
!13
| align="center" |8
| data-sort-value="PAC" | Carlos Pace
|
|1:31.81
|-
!14
| align="center" |11
| data-sort-value="HUN" | James Hunt
|McLaren-Ford
|1:31.88
|-
!15
| align="center" |16
| data-sort-value="PRY" | Tom Pryce
|Shadow-Ford
|1:31.98
|-
!16
| align="center" |6
| data-sort-value="NIL" | Gunnar Nilsson
|Lotus-Ford
|1:32.10
|-
!17
| align="center" |28
| data-sort-value="WAT" | John Watson
|Penske-Ford
|1:32.14
|-
!18
| align="center" |21
| data-sort-value="LEC" | Michel Leclère
|Wolf-Williams-Ford
|1:32.17
|-
!19
| align="center" |19
| data-sort-value="JON" | Alan Jones
|Surtees-Ford
|1:32.33
|-
!20
| align="center" |7
| data-sort-value="REU" | Carlos Reutemann
|Brabham-Alfa Romeo
|1:32.43
|-style="background:#ffcccc;"
! 21
| align="center" |20
| data-sort-value="ICK" | Jacky Ickx
|Wolf-Williams-Ford
|1:32.74
|-style="background:#ffcccc;"
! 22
| align="center" |38
| data-sort-value="PES" | Henri Pescarolo
|Surtees-Ford
|1:32.82
|-style="background:#ffcccc;"
! 23
| align="center" |37
| data-sort-value="PER" | Larry Perkins
|Boro-Ford
|1:33.73
|-style="background:#ffcccc;"
! 24
| align="center" |24
| data-sort-value="ERT" | Harald Ertl
|Hesketh-Ford
|1:33.93
|-style="background:#ffcccc;"
! 25
| align="center" |35
| data-sort-value="MER" | Arturo Merzario
|March-Ford
|1:35.17
|-
! colspan="5" |Source:
|}
<nowiki/>*<nowiki/>Drivers with a red background all failed to qualify as the grid was limited to 20 places.
|}
Championship standings after the race
Points are accurate at the conclusion of the race and do not reflect final results of the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix as it was under appeal.
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| Niki Lauda
| 51
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 2
| Clay Regazzoni
| 15
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 3
| Patrick Depailler
| 14
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 4
| Jody Scheckter
| 14
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| Jochen Mass
| 10
|-
!colspan=4|Source:
|}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| Ferrari
| 54
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 2
| Tyrrell-Ford
| 22
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 3
| McLaren-Ford
| 12
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 4
| Ligier-Matra
| 7
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| Lotus-Ford
| 6
|-
!colspan=4|Source: