Canadian Grand Prix
1976 · Round 14 · Ontario, Canada · Oct 3, 1976Race summary
Victory went to Hunt (from 1st on the grid), with a 6.331s margin. Lunger made the biggest gain, from 22nd on the grid to 15th (up 7 places). Brambilla had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 14th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | 80 | 1:40:09.626 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 80 | +6.331 | 6 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 80 | +10.366 | 4 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 7 | 80 | +19.745 | 3 |
| 5 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 11 | 80 | +41.811 | 2 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 12 | 80 | +46.256 | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 10 | 80 | +46.472 | 0 |
| 8 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 6 | 80 | +1:12.957 | 0 |
| 9 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 2 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | John Watson | Penske | 14 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 13 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 15 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 16 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 3 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | 22 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Surtees | 20 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Larry Perkins | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 19 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 18 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 19 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 21 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 20 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | 23 | 75 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| – | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 9 | 43 | Oil pressure | 0 |
| – | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | 41 | Exhaust | 0 |
| – | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 8 | 36 | Handling | 0 |
| – | Arturo Merzario | Wolf | 24 | 11 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | – | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Chris Amon | Wolf | – | 0 | Accident | 0 |