The incident at Fuji damaged Lauda's relationship with Enzo Ferrari and Lauda officially became the second driver of the Scuderia with Carlos Reutemann as leader.
Pred sezono 1976 je napravil Fittipaldi presenetljivo potezo, namreč prestopil je v brazilsko ekipo Fittipaldi, ki je je vodil njegov brat Wilson, sponzor pa je bil Copersucar.