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1976 Canadian Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = F1

|Country = Canada

|Grand Prix = Canadian

|Fulldate = {{Start date|1976|10|03|df=y}}

|Year = 1976

|Race_No = 14

|Season_No = 16

|Image = Mosport.svg

|Previous_round= 1976 Italian Grand Prix

|Next_round = 1976 United States Grand Prix

|Official name = XV Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix{{Cite web|title=1976 Canadian GP|url=http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1976&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.chicanef1.com}}

|Location = Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 2.458

|Course_km = 3.957

|Distance_laps = 80

|Distance_mi = 196.64

|Distance_km = 316.56

|Weather = Mild with temperatures approaching {{convert|22|C|F}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|8.9|km/h|mph}}{{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Bowmanville/1976-10-03|title=Weather information for the "1976 Canadian Grand Prix"|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac|access-date=2015-05-20}}

|Pole_Driver = James Hunt

|Pole_Team = McLaren-Ford

|Pole_Time = 1:12.389

|Pole_Country = GBR

|Fast_Driver = Patrick Depailler

|Fast_Team = Tyrrell-Ford

|Fast_Time = 1:13.817

|Fast_Country = FRA

|Fast_Lap = 60

|First_Driver = James Hunt

|First_Team = McLaren-Ford

|First_Country = GBR

|Second_Driver = Patrick Depailler

|Second_Team = Tyrrell-Ford

|Second_Country = France

|Third_Driver = Mario Andretti

|Third_Team = Lotus-Ford

|Third_Country = USA

|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1976|CAN}}

}}

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

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 =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
PosNo.DriverConstructorLapGap
1

| 11

| {{flagicon|UK}} James Hunt

| McLaren-Ford

| 1:12.389

|align="center"| —

2

| 10

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ronnie Peterson

| March-Ford

| 1:12.783

| + 0.394

3

| 9

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Vittorio Brambilla

| March-Ford

| 1:12.799

| + 0.410

4

| 4

| {{flagicon|France}} Patrick Depailler

| Tyrrell-Ford

| 1:12.837

| + 0.448

5

| 5

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mario Andretti

| Lotus-Ford

| 1:13.028

| + 0.639

6

| 1

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda

| Ferrari

| 1:13.060

| + 0.671

7

| 3

| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Jody Scheckter

| Tyrrell-Ford

| 1:13.191

| + 0.802

8

| 34

| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Joachim Stuck

| March-Ford

| 1:13.322

| + 0.933

9

| 26

| {{flagicon|France}} Jacques Laffite

| Ligier-Matra

| 1:13.425

| + 1.036

10

| 8

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Carlos Pace

| Brabham-Alfa Romeo

| 1:13.438

| + 1.049

11

| 12

| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Jochen Mass

| McLaren-Ford

| 1:13.439

| + 1.050

12

| 2

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Clay Regazzoni

| Ferrari

| 1:13.500

| + 1.111

13

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Pryce

| Shadow-Ford

| 1:13.665

| + 1.276

14

| 28

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Watson

| Penske-Ford

| 1:13.973

| + 1.584

15

| 6

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Nilsson

| Lotus-Ford

| 1:14.397

| + 2.008

16

| 22

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Jacky Ickx

| Ensign-Ford

| 1:14.461

| + 2.072

17

| 30

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Emerson Fittipaldi

| Fittipaldi-Ford

| 1:14.471

| + 2.082

18

| 17

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jarier

| Shadow-Ford

| 1:15.113

| + 2.724

19

| 7

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Larry Perkins

| Brabham-Alfa Romeo

| 1:15.598

| + 3.209

20

| 19

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Jones

| Surtees-Ford

| 1:15.652

| + 3.263

21

| 38

| {{flagicon|France}} Henri Pescarolo

| Surtees-Ford

| 1:15.846

| + 3.457

22

| 18

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brett Lunger

| Surtees-Ford

| 1:16.201

| + 3.812

23

| 24

| {{flagicon|Austria}} Harald Ertl

| Hesketh-Ford

| 1:16.534

| + 4.145

24

| 25

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Guy Edwards

| Hesketh-Ford

| 1:17.217

| + 4.828

25

| 20

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Arturo Merzario

| Wolf-Williams-Ford

| 1:17.288

| + 4.899

26

| 21

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Chris Amon

| Wolf-Williams-Ford

| 1:18.202

| + 5.813

27

| 39

| {{flagicon|Austria}} 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 =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1

| 11

| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Hunt

| McLaren-Ford

| 80

| 1:40:09.626

| 1

| 9

2

| 4

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Depailler

| Tyrrell-Ford

| 80

| + 6.331

| 4

| 6

3

| 5

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mario Andretti

| Lotus-Ford

| 80

| + 10.366

| 5

| 4

4

| 3

| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Jody Scheckter

| Tyrrell-Ford

| 80

| + 19.745

| 7

| 3

5

| 12

| {{flagicon|GER}} Jochen Mass

| McLaren-Ford

| 80

| + 41.811

| 11

| 2

6

| 2

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Clay Regazzoni

| Ferrari

| 80

| + 46.256

| 12

| 1

7

| 8

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Pace

| Brabham-Alfa Romeo

| 80

| + 46.472

| 10

|

8

| 1

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda

| Ferrari

| 80

| + 1:12.957

| 6

|

9

| 10

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Ronnie Peterson

| March-Ford

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 2

|

10

| 28

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Watson

| Penske-Ford

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 14

|

11

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Pryce

| Shadow-Ford

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 13

|

12

| 6

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gunnar Nilsson

| Lotus-Ford

| 79

| + 1 lap

| PL

|

13

| 22

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacky Ickx

| Ensign-Ford

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 16

|

14

| 9

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio Brambilla

| March-Ford

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 3

|

15

| 18

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brett Lunger

| Surtees-Ford

| 78

| + 2 laps

| 22

|

16

| 19

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Jones

| Surtees-Ford

| 78

| + 2 laps

| 20

|

17

| 7

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Larry Perkins

| Brabham-Alfa Romeo

| 78

| + 2 laps

| 19

|

18

| 17

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jarier

| Shadow-Ford

| 77

| + 3 laps

| 18

|

19

| 38

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo

| Surtees-Ford

| 77

| + 3 laps

| 21

|

20

| 25

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Guy Edwards

| Hesketh-Ford

| 75

| + 5 laps

| 23

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Laffite

| Ligier-Matra

| 43

| Oil pressure

| 9

|

Ret

| 30

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Emerson Fittipaldi

| Fittipaldi-Ford

| 41

| Exhaust

| 17

|

Ret

| 34

| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Joachim Stuck

| March-Ford

| 36

| Handling

| 8

|

Ret

| 20

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Arturo Merzario

| Wolf-Williams-Ford

| 11

| Accident

| 24

|

DNS

| 24

| {{flagicon|Austria}} Harald Ertl

| Hesketh-Ford

|

| Practice accident

|

|

DNS

| 21

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Chris Amon

| Wolf-Williams-Ford

|

| Practice accident

|

|

DNQ

| 39

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Otto Stuppacher

| Tyrrell-Ford

|

|

|

|

colspan="8"|{{center|Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/455/ |title=1976 Canadian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210042812/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/455/ |archive-date=10 December 2014}}}}

Championship standings after the race

{{col-start}}

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;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Driver

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda

| align="right"| 64

2

| {{flagicon|UK}} James Hunt

| align="right"| 56

3

| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Jody Scheckter

| align="right"| 43

4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Depailler

| align="right"| 33

5

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Clay Regazzoni

| align="right"| 29

colspan=4|Source: {{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/canada/championnat.aspx|title=Canada 1976 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Constructor

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari

| align="right"| 77

2

| {{flagicon|UK}} McLaren-Ford

| align="right"| 61 (62)

3

| {{flagicon|UK}} Tyrrell-Ford

| align="right"| 59

4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Ligier-Matra

| align="right"| 20

5

| {{flagicon|UK}} Lotus-Ford

| align="right"| 20

colspan=4|Source:

{{col-end}}

  • 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

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{{F1 race report|

Name_of_race = Canadian Grand Prix |

Year_of_race = 1976 |

Previous_race_in_season = 1976 Italian Grand Prix |

Next_race_in_season = 1976 United States Grand Prix |

Previous_year's_race = 1974 Canadian Grand Prix |

Next_year's_race = 1977 Canadian Grand Prix

}}

{{F1GP 70-79}}

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