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1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 16 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details
Date
24 October 1976
Official name
XI Japanese Grand Prix[1]
Location
Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.359 km (2.709 miles)
Distance
73 laps, 318.207[2] km (197.725 miles)
Weather
Very wet and misty, eventually drying
Pole position
Driver
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Time
1:12.77
Fastest lap
Driver
Jacques Laffite2
Ligier-Matra
Time
1:19.97 on lap 70
Podium
First
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Second
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford
Third
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix1 was a Formula One motor race held at Fuji Speedway on 24 October 1976. It was the 16th and final race of the 1976 Formula One World Championship
The 1976 World Championship was to be decided at the Mount Fuji circuit, with Niki Lauda just three points ahead of James Hunt after a season full of incidents including Lauda's near-fatal crash at the Nürburgring and subsequent missed races.
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