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| 1976 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||
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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 | Lotus-Ford | |||
| Time | 1:12.77 | |||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver |
 Jacques Laffite2 | Ligier-Matra | ||
| Time | 1:19.97 on lap 70 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | Lotus-Ford | |||
| Second | Tyrrell-Ford | |||
| Third | McLaren-Ford | |||
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Lap leaders | ||||
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.
- ^ "1976 Japanese GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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