1976 Canadian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	80	1hr 40m 09.626s	9
2	+2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	80	+6.331s	6
3	+2	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	80	+10.366s	4
4	+3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	80	+19.745s	3
5	+6	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	80	+41.811s	2
6	+6	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	80	+46.256s	1
7	+3	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	80	+46.472s
8	-2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	80	+1m 12.957s
9	-7	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
10	+4	John Watson	Penske-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
11	+2	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
12	PL	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
13	+3	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
14	-11	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
15	+7	Brett Lunger	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	78	+2 laps
16	+4	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	78	+2 laps
17	+2	Larry Perkins	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	+2 laps
18		Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	77	+3 laps
19	+2	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	77	+3 laps
20	+3	Guy Edwards	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	75	+5 laps
R		Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	43	DNF
R		Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	41	DNF
R		Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford Cosworth	11	DNF
Did not start
		Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
		Chris Amon	Williams-Ford Cosworth

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.389

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth
3	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
6	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
7	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford Cosworth
9	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
10	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
11	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
13	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
14	John Watson	Penske-Ford Cosworth
15
16	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
19	Larry Perkins	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
20	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
21	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22	Brett Lunger	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
23	Guy Edwards	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
24	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

Driver	Constructor
Otto Stuppacher	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1976 Canadian Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Niki Lauda	64
2	James Hunt	56
3	Jody Scheckter	43
4	Patrick Depailler	33
5	Clay Regazzoni	29
6	Jacques Laffite	20
7	John Watson	19
8	Jochen Mass	16
9	Mario Andretti	13
10	Ronnie Peterson	10
11	Gunnar Nilsson	10
12	Tom Pryce	10
13	Carlos Pace	7
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	6
15	Alan Jones	4
16	Carlos Reutemann	3
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	3
18	Chris Amon	2
19	Rolf Stommelen	1
=	Vittorio Brambilla	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	77
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	61
3	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	59
4	Ligier-Matra	20
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	20
6	Penske-Ford Cosworth	19
7	March-Ford Cosworth	17
8	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	10
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	9
10	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	4
11	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	3
12	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	2
13	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & milestones

Last start

Guy Edwards

Milestone race start

50th for James Hunt (32nd driver to start 50 races, 8th British driver)

Wins

6th for James Hunt

20th for McLaren (4th constructor to win 20 races)

Podiums

15th for James Hunt, 8th for Patrick Depailler, 4th for Mario Andretti

106th for Lotus, 64th for McLaren, 54th for Tyrrell

Poles

7th for James Hunt

11th for McLaren

Fastest laps

3rd for Patrick Depailler (last until 1979; last for Tyrrell)

16th for Tyrrell

Front row starts

19th for Ronnie Peterson (last until 1978; last for March), 11th for James Hunt

Pole & win

4th for James Hunt

See also

• Canadian Grand Prix
• Mosport circuit
• 1976 World Championship season