French Grand Prix 1976
4 July 1976
Circuit Paul Ricard, France
- Location
- Le Castellet, France
- Laps
- 54
- Fastest time
1:32.740
Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari (2019)- Previous winners
- 2019Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- 2018Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- 1990Alain ProstFerrari
- 1989Alain ProstMcLaren
- 1988Alain ProstMcLaren
Starting Grid
- 1
James Hunt
McLaren
No time set
- 2
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
No time set
- 3
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
No time set
- 4
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
No time set
- 5
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 6
Ronnie Peterson
March
No time set
- 7
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 8
John Watson
Penske
No time set
- 9
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
No time set
- 10
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 11
Vittorio Brambilla
March
No time set
- 12
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
No time set
- 13
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 14
Jochen Mass
McLaren
No time set
- 15
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
No time set
- 16
Tom Pryce
Shadow
No time set
- 17
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
No time set
- 18
Alan Jones
Surtees
No time set
- 19
Jacky Ickx
Wolf
No time set
- 20
Arturo Merzario
March
No time set
- 21
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 22
Michel Leclère
Wolf
No time set
- 23
Brett Lunger
Surtees
No time set
- 24
Henri Pescarolo
Surtees
No time set
- 25
Guy Edwards
Hesketh
No time set
- 26
Patrick Nève
Ensign
No time set
- 29
Harald Ertl
Hesketh
No time set
- PIT
Damien Magee
Brabham-Ford
No time set
- PIT
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
No time set
- PIT
Loris Kessel
Brabham-Ford
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | James Hunt McLaren | 54 laps | 1:40:58.60 | 9pts |
| 2 | +1 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | 54 laps | +12.70 | 6pts |
| 3 | +5 | John Watson Penske | 54 laps | +23.55 | 4pts |
| 4 | +1 | Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 54 laps | +24.82 | 3pts |
| 5 | +2 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 54 laps | +43.92 | 2pts |
| 6 | +3 | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | 54 laps | +55.07 | 1pts |
| 7 | +10 | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | 54 laps | +1:21.55 | |
| 8 | +8 | Tom Pryce Shadow | 54 laps | +1:30.67 | |
| 9 | +11 | Arturo Merzario March | 54 laps | +1:53.57 | |
| 10 | +9 | Jacky Ickx Wolf | 53 laps | ||
| 11 | -1 | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 53 laps | ||
| 12 | +3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | 53 laps | ||
| 13 | +9 | Michel Leclère Wolf | 53 laps | ||
| 14 | -1 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 53 laps | ||
| 15 | -1 | Jochen Mass McLaren | 53 laps | ||
| 16 | +7 | Brett Lunger Surtees | 53 laps | ||
| 17 | +8 | Guy Edwards Hesketh | 53 laps | ||
| 18 | +8 | Patrick Nève Ensign | 53 laps | ||
| 19 | -13 | Ronnie Peterson March | 51 laps | ||
| R | - | Alan Jones Surtees | 44 laps | ||
| R | - | Vittorio Brambilla March | 28 laps | ||
| R | - | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 21 laps | ||
| R | - | Henri Pescarolo Surtees | 19 laps | ||
| R | - | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | 17 laps | ||
| R | - | Niki Lauda Ferrari | 8 laps | ||
| R | - | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | 8 laps | ||
| R | - | Harald Ertl Hesketh | 4 laps | ||
| F | - | Damien Magee Brabham-Ford | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford | 0 laps |