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Home / Seasons / 1976 F1 World Championship Season / 1976 Canadian Grand Prix

1976 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 October 1976
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMosport, 80 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1976 Canadian Grand Prix was the

  • 278th World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Mosport
More 1976 season
More Canadian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth801hr 40m 09.626s9
2+2France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+6.331s6
3+2USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth80+10.366s4
4+3South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+19.745s3
5+6Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+41.811s2
6+6Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari80+46.256s1
7+3Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo80+46.472s 
8-2Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari80+1m 12.957s 
9-7Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
10+4United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
11+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
12PLSweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
13+3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
14-11Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
15+7USA flag lazyload Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
16+4Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
17+2Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBrabham-Alfa Romeo78+2 laps 
18 France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
19+2France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)77+3 laps 
20+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford Cosworth75+5 laps 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra43DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
Did not start
  Austria flag lazyload Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford Cosworth   
  New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonWilliams-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.389

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
3Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
4France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
6Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
7South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
9France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
10Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo
11Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
15  
16Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth
17Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
19Australia flag lazyload Larry PerkinsBrabham-Alfa Romeo
20Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22USA flag lazyload Brett LungerSurtees-Ford Cosworth
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford Cosworth
24Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Austria flag lazyload Otto StuppacherTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda64
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt56
3South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter43
4France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler33
5Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni29
6France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite20
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson19
8Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass16
9USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti13
10Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson10
11Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson10
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom Pryce10
13Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace7
14Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck6
15Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones4
16Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann3
17Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi3
18New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon2
19Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen1
=Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari77
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth61
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth59
4France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra20
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth20
6USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth19
7United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth17
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth10
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo9
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth4
11Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth3
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth2
13USA flag lazyload Parnelli-Ford Cosworth1

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

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