1976 Canadian Grand Prix

 1976 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 16 races of the 1976 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XV Canadian Grand Prix
Date:	3rd October 1976
Place:	Bowmanville
Course:	Mosport Park
Length:	316.56 km in 80 laps of 3.957 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	James Hunt	McLaren
Time:	1: 12.389 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 13.817 min
Podium
First:	James Hunt	McLaren
Second:	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
Third:	Mario Andretti	lotus

The 1976 Canadian Grand Prix took place on October 3rd and was the fourteenth race of the 1976 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

With 17 points behind the World Championship leader Niki Lauda , James Hunt went into the three overseas races that made up the end of the season. The McLaren team also had a chance of winning the constructors' championship. Because of this situation, it was decided to suspend the further development of the problematic M26 for the time being and to end the season with the mature M23 .

The use of Carlos Reutemann at Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix was first no sequel. The team's commitment was again reduced to the two usual works cars for Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni . Larry Perkins was signed for the remainder of the season to fill the cockpit that had become vacant at Brabham after Reutemann's resignation and which was temporarily occupied by Rolf Stommelen in Italy . His previous team, HB Bewaking Systems , decided not to take part in the overseas races.

Chris Amon , who actually decided to retire from motorsport during the German Grand Prix , returned to the field at the wheel of the second Wolf-Williams .

training

In addition to James Hunt, who achieved pole position, the March drivers Ronnie Peterson and Vittorio Brambilla in particular showed good training performances with the second and third fastest lap times. This was followed by Patrick Depailler , Mario Andretti and Niki Lauda.

After Chris Amon spun, Harald Ertl was unable to evade in time and collided with his car. Both drivers injured themselves slightly, so that they could not take part in the race, also due to the damage to their vehicles.

Otto Stuppacher made another attempt to qualify for a Grand Prix in a private Tyrrell 007 , but he was far from successful. In the meantime, some driver colleagues appealed to him to stop the attempt, as they saw in him a danger due to his inexperience.

run

Peterson got off to a better start than Hunt, which allowed him to take the lead. In the second corner, Depailler overtook Brambilla, who had started a little worse, and thus came in third. During the further course of the first lap, Brambilla was overtaken by Mario Andretti, on the fourth lap by Jody Scheckter and on the ninth lap by Niki Lauda.

Hunt took the lead on lap ninth and never gave it up for the rest of the race. The previous leader, Peterson, lost numerous positions during the following laps and ended up finishing ninth.

Due to handling problems, Lauda had to let Jochen Mass , Clay Regazzoni and Carlos Pace pass on the 59th lap and thus fell back to eighth place.

With his victory, James Hunt reduced his deficit in the World Championship standings to eight points, as his opponent Niki Lauda remained without points.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari 312T2	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G
	2	Clay Regazzoni
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell P34	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 77		G
	6th	Gunnar Nilsson
Martini Racing	7th	Larry Perkins	Brabham BT45	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12	G
	8th	Carlos Pace
Beta Team March	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
March engineering	10	Ronnie Peterson			G
	34	Hans-Joachim Stuck
Marlboro Team McLaren	11	James Hunt	McLaren M23		G
	12	Jochen Mass
Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN8		G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN5B
Team Surtees	18th	Brett Lunger	Surtees TS19		G
	19th	Alan Jones
Walter Wolf Racing	20th	Arturo Merzario	Williams FW05		G
	21st	Chris Amon
Team Ensign	22nd	Jacky Ickx	Ensign N176		G
Hesketh Racing with Rizla Penthouse	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308D		G
Penthouse Rizla Racing with Hesketh	25th	Guy Edwards
Ligier Gitanes	26th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5	Matra MS73 3.0 V12	G
Citibank Team Penske	28	John Watson	Penske PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	30th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD04		G
Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications	38	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees TS19		G
ÖASC Racing Team	39	Otto Stuppacher	Tyrrell 007		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 12.389	196.787 km / h	01
02	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 12.783	195.722 km / h	02
03	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 12.799	195.679 km / h	03
04th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 12.837	195.576 km / h	04th
05	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 13.028	195.065 km / h	05
06th	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 13.060	194.979 km / h	06th
07th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 13.191	194.630 km / h	07th
08th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 13.322	194.283 km / h	08th
09	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 13.425	194.010 km / h	09
10	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 13.438	193.976 km / h	10
11	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 13.439	193.973 km / h	11
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 13,500	193.812 km / h	12
13	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 13.665	193.378 km / h	13
14th	John Watson	Penske-Ford	1: 13.973	192.573 km / h	14th
15th	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	1: 14.397	191.475 km / h	15th
16	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford	1: 14.461	191.311 km / h	16
17th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 14.471	191.285 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 15.113	189.650 km / h	18th
19th	Larry Perkins	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 15.598	188.434 km / h	19th
20th	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	1: 15.652	188.299 km / h	20th
21st	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford	1: 15.846	187.817 km / h	21st
22nd	Brett Lunger	Surtees-Ford	1: 16,201	186.942 km / h	22nd
23	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1: 16.534	186.129 km / h	DNS
24	Guy Edwards	Hesketh-Ford	1: 17.217	184.483 km / h	23
25th	Arturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 17.288	184.313 km / h	24
26th	Chris Amon	Wolf-Williams-Ford	1: 18.202	182.159 km / h	DNS
DNQ	Otto Stuppacher	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 25.084	167.425 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	80	0	1: 40: 09.626	01	1: 14.124
02	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	80	0	+ 6.331	04th	1: 13.817
03	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	80	0	+ 10.366	05	1: 14.160
04th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	80	0	+ 19.745	07th	1: 14.124
05	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	80	0	+ 41.811	11	1: 14.273
06th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	80	0	+ 46.256	12	1: 14.453
07th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	80	0	+ 46.472	10	1: 14.026
08th	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	80	0	+1: 12.957	06th	1: 14.648
09	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	02	1: 15.141
10	John Watson	Penske-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 14.727
11	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 14.716
12	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 15.280
13	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 15.345
14th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	03	1: 15.087
15th	Brett Lunger	Surtees-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 16.137
16	Alan Jones	Surtees-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 14.792
17th	Larry Perkins	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 15.388
18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	18th	1: 15.891
19th	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 17.273
20th	Guy Edwards	Hesketh-Ford	75	0	+ 5 rounds	23	1: 17.276
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	43	0	DNF	09	1: 14.815	Oil pressure loss
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	41	2	DNF	17th	1: 15.690	defective exhaust
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	36	3	DNF	08th	1: 15.211	Handling problems
-	Arturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams-Ford	11	0	DNF	24	1: 20.053	Driving error

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Niki Lauda Ferrari 64 02  James Hunt McLaren 56 03  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 43 04th  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 33 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 29 06th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 20th 07th  John Watson Penske 19th 08th  Jochen Mass McLaren 16 09  Mario Andretti Parnelli / Lotus 13 10  Gunnar Nilsson lotus 10

Item driver constructor Points 11  Tom Pryce Shadow 10 12  Ronnie Peterson March 10 13  Carlos Pace Brabham 7th 14th  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 6th 15th  Alan Jones Surtees 4th 16  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 17th  Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar 3 18th  Chris Amon Ensign 2 19th  Vittorio Brambilla March 1 20th  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 77 02  McLaren 61 03  Tyrrell 59 04th  Ligier 20th 05  lotus 20th 06th  Penske 19th 07th  March 17th

Item constructor Points 08th  Shadow 10 09  Brabham 9 10  Surtees 4th 11  Copersucar 3 12  Ensign 2 13  Parnelli 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 9, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed April 9, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 9, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website