1976 Canadian Grand Prix
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| 1976 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 3 October 1976 | ||||
| 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 |
 Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | |||
| Time | 1:13.817 on lap 60 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Ford | ||||
| Second | Tyrrell-Ford | ||||
| Third | Lotus-Ford | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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 classification
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.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap |
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| 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 |
