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1976 International Gold Cup
1976 Italian GP
1974 Canadian GP
1976 Canadian GP
1976 United States GP
1977 Canadian GP
XV
Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
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Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
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Classification
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Fastest Laps
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Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 3 October 1976
Start time
14:00
Event
Canadian GP
Circuit
Mosport Park
Event Format
Race of 80 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#14 of
16
in 1976
#278 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
80
Circuit Perimeter
3957 m
Race Distance
3957 × 80 = 316.560 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
27
Qualifiers
26
Finishers
20
Debutants
None
Records Broken
1.
Most 4th Place Qualifications in a Season
–
Patrick Depailler
(
5
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
350
),
2.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
218
),
3.
Most 6th Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
44
),
4.
Highest 2nd Place Finish Ratio
–
Tyrrell
(
13.81%
),
5.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
734
),
6.
Most 6th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
57
)
World Championship standings
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
1
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
77
2
McLaren
/
Ford
61
3
Tyrrell
/
Ford
59
4
Ligier
/
Matra
20
5
Lotus
/
Ford
20
6
Penske
/
Ford
19
7
March
/
Ford
17
8
Shadow
/
Ford
10
9
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
9
10
Surtees
/
Ford
4
11
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
3
12
Ensign
/
Ford
2
13
Parnelli
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 11
Car 11
Car 4
Entrant
Marlboro Team McLaren
Marlboro Team McLaren
Elf Team Tyrrell
Driver
James Hunt
James Hunt
Patrick Depailler
Car
McLaren
M23
McLaren
M23
Tyrrell
P34
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time
1:40'09.626
1'12.389
1'13.817
Speed
189.632 km/h
196.787 km/h
192.980 km/h
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