1976 French Grand Prix
🇫🇷 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France Circuit Paul Ricard 🇫🇷 Le Castellet, France Round 8 of 16
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 11 | 1 | 54 | 1:40:58.6 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 3 | 54 | +12.700s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | Penske | 28 | 8 | 54 | +23.550s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | 5 | 54 | +24.820s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 7 | 54 | +43.920s | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 3 | 9 | 54 | +55.070s | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 34 | 17 | 54 | +1:21.550 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 16 | 16 | 54 | +1:30.670 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Arturo Merzario | March | 35 | 20 | 54 | +1:53.570 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf | 20 | 19 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | 10 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 17 | 15 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Michel Leclère | Wolf | 21 | 22 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 13 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 12 | 14 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | 18 | 23 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | 25 | 25 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Patrick Nève | Ensign | 22 | 26 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 10 | 6 | 51 | +3 Laps | Fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Surtees | 19 | 18 | 44 | +10 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 9 | 11 | 28 | +26 Laps | Oil pressure | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 30 | 21 | 21 | +33 Laps | Oil pressure | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 38 | 24 | 19 | +35 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 2 | 4 | 17 | +37 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | 2 | 8 | +46 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 6 | 12 | 8 | +46 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 24 | 29 | 4 | +50 Laps | Differential | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.