French Grand Prix
James Hunt (McLaren) won the 1976 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Circuit Circuit Paul Ricard
LocationLe Castellet, France
Date4 July 1976
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1 | 54 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 3 | 54 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | Penske | 8 | 54 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | 54 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 7 | 54 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 9 | 54 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 17 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 16 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Arturo Merzario | March | 20 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf | 19 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 10 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 15 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Michel Leclère | Wolf | 22 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 13 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 14 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | 23 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | 25 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Patrick Nève | Ensign | 26 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 6 | 51 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Surtees | 18 | 44 | Suspension | 0 |
| 21 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 11 | 28 | Oil pressure | 0 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 21 | 21 | Oil pressure | 0 |
| 23 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | 24 | 19 | Suspension | 0 |
| 24 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 4 | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 25 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 2 | 8 | Engine | 0 |
| 26 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 12 | 8 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 27 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 29 | 4 | Differential | 0 |