1976 Canadian Grand Prix

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

1976 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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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 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 316.56 km (196.64 mi)
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 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:13.817 on lap 60
Podium
First
McLaren-Ford
Second
Tyrrell-Ford
Third
Lotus-Ford

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
1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:12.389 —
2 10 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:12.783 + 0.394
3 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:12.799 + 0.410
4 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:12.837 + 0.448
5 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1.13.028 + 0.639
6 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:13.060 + 0.671
7 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:13.191 + 0.802
8 34 Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:13.322 + 0.933
9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:13.425 + 1.036
10 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:13.438 + 1.049
11 12 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:13.439 + 1.050
12 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:13.500 + 1.111
13 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:13.665 + 1.276
14 28 John Watson Penske-Ford 1:13.973 + 1.584
15 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:14.397 + 2.008
16 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 1:14.461 + 2.072
17 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:14.471 + 2.082
18 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:15.113 + 2.724
19 7 Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:15.598 + 3.209
20 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:15.652 + 3.263
21 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 1:15.846 + 3.457
22 18 Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 1:16.201 + 3.812
23 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:16.534 + 4.145
24 25 Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 1:17.217 + 4.828
25 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:17.288 + 4.899
26 21 Chris Amon Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:18.202 + 5.813
27 39 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
1 11 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 80 1:40:09.626 1 9
2 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 6.331 4 6
3 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 80 + 10.366 5 4
4 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 19.745 7 3
5 12 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 80 + 41.811 11 2
6 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 46.256 12 1
7 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 80 + 46.472 10
8 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 80 + 1:12.957 6
9 10 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 79 + 1 lap 2
10 28 John Watson Penske-Ford 79 + 1 lap 14
11 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 79 + 1 lap 13
12 6 Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 lap 15
13 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 79 + 1 lap 16
14 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 79 + 1 lap 3
15 18 Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 78 + 2 laps 22
16 19 Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 78 + 2 laps 20
17 7 Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 78 + 2 laps 19
18 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 77 + 3 laps 18
19 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 77 + 3 laps 21
20 25 Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 75 + 5 laps 23
Ret 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 43 Oil pressure 9
Ret 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 41 Exhaust 17
Ret 34 Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 36 Handling 8
Ret 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams-Ford 11 Accident 24
DNS 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford Practice accident
DNS 21 Chris Amon Wolf-Williams-Ford Practice accident
DNQ 39 Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell-Ford
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 7 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References
  1. "1976 Canadian GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. "Weather information for the "1976 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. "1976 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. "Canada 1976 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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