1976 Canadian Grand Prix

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1976 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Mosport.svg
Race details
Date 3 October 1976 (1976-10-03)
Official name XV Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix [1]
Location Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.957 km (2.458 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 316.56 km (196.64 miles)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 22 °C (72 °F); wind speeds up to 8.9 kilometres per hour (5.5 mph) [2]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:12.389
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:13.817 on lap 60
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1976 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1976 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on 3 October 1976.

Contents

At this weekend, British championship contender James Hunt found out that he lost 9 points from his victory at the British Grand Prix that year, and Austrian championship leader Niki Lauda gained another 3 points (he finished 2nd at that race). Hunt won the Mosport event, but it made no difference to his championship points standings before the race.

Qualifying

James Hunt managed to take pole position from the March cars of Ronnie Peterson and Vittorio Brambilla, whilst the rest of the top 10 qualifiers were Patrick Depailler, Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Hans Joachim Stuck, Jacques Laffite and Carlos Pace in the leading Brabham.

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverConstructorLapGap
111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:12.389
210 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:12.783+ 0.394
39 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:12.799+ 0.410
44 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:12.837+ 0.448
55 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:13.028+ 0.639
61 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:13.060+ 0.671
73 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:13.191+ 0.802
834 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:13.322+ 0.933
926 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:13.425+ 1.036
108 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:13.438+ 1.049
1112 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:13.439+ 1.050
122 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:13.500+ 1.111
1316 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:13.665+ 1.276
1428 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Penske-Ford 1:13.973+ 1.584
156 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:14.397+ 2.008
1622 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 1:14.461+ 2.072
1730 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:14.471+ 2.082
1817 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:15.113+ 2.724
197 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:15.598+ 3.209
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:15.652+ 3.263
2138 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 1:15.846+ 3.457
2218 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 1:16.201+ 3.812
2324 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:16.534+ 4.145
2425 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 1:17.217+ 4.828
2520 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:17.288+ 4.899
2621 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:18.202+ 5.813
2739 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.024+ 12.695

Race

James Hunt started from pole position but as ever, he didn't get away well off the start and allowed Peterson and in the March to take first ahead of Hunt and teammate Brambilla for the early stages. That was until Hunt retook the lead on lap 10, whilst Peterson and Brambilla fell out of the points later on. As Depailler took second for Tyrrell and Andretti was third in the leading Lotus. The order of the top 3 didn't change whilst Hunt's rival Lauda who was running 5th for most of the race had also dropped out of the points with the Marches due to handling problems, he would eventually finished 8th as a result. James Hunt had won the race ahead of Patrick Depailler, Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter, Jochen Mass and Clay Regazzoni. Which closed the gap from 17 back to 8 points in the championship, but Hunt was still slightly furious over his disqualification from the British Grand Prix after the race.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford 801:40:09.62619
24 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 80+ 6.33146
35 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 80+ 10.36654
43 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 80+ 19.74573
512 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 80+ 41.811112
62 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80+ 46.256121
78 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 80+ 46.47210
81 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 80+ 1:12.9576
910 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 79+ 1 lap2
1028 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Penske-Ford 79+ 1 lap14
1116 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 79+ 1 lap13
126 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 79+ 1 lapPL
1322 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 79+ 1 lap16
149 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 79+ 1 lap3
1518 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 78+ 2 laps22
1619 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 78+ 2 laps20
177 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 78+ 2 laps19
1817 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 77+ 3 laps18
1938 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 77+ 3 laps21
2025 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 75+ 5 laps23
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 43Oil pressure9
Ret30 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 41Exhaust17
Ret34 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 36Handling8
Ret20 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 11Accident24
DNS24 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford Practice accident
DNS21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Wolf-Williams-Ford Practice accident
DNQ39 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

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