1976 / ROUND 8

French Grand Prix

WinnerJames HuntPublished race classification

Official poleJames HuntSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance313.686 km54 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	James Hunt	McLaren	1	1	54	1:40:58.600	9
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	3	3	54	1:41:11.300	6
3	John Watson	Penske	8	8	54	1:41:22.150	4
4	Carlos Pace	Brabham	5	5	54	1:41:23.420	3
5	Mario Andretti	Lotus	7	7	54	1:41:42.520	2
6	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	9	9	54	1:41:53.670	1
7	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	17	17	54	1:42:20.150	0
8	Tom Pryce	Shadow	16	16	54	1:42:29.270	0
9	Arturo Merzario	March	20	20	54	1:42:52.170	0
10	Jacky Ickx	Wolf-Williams	19	19	53	+1 lap	0
11	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	10	10	53	+1 lap	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	15	15	53	+1 lap	0
13	Michel Leclère	Wolf-Williams	22	22	53	+1 lap	0
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	13	13	53	+1 lap	0
15	Jochen Mass	McLaren	14	14	53	+1 lap	0
16	Brett Lunger	Surtees	23	23	53	+1 lap	0
17	Guy Edwards	Hesketh	25	25	53	+1 lap	0
18	Patrick Nève	Ensign	26	26	53	+1 lap	0
19	Ronnie Peterson	March	6	6	51	Fuel system	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Surtees	18	18	44	Suspension	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	March	11	11	28	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	21	21	21	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Henri Pescarolo	Surtees	24	24	19	Suspension	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	4	4	17	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	2	8	Engine	0
DNF	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus	12	12	8	Gearbox	0
DNF	Harald Ertl	Hesketh	29	27	4	Differential	0
DNQ	Damien Magee	Brabham	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Loris Kessel	Brabham	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	James Hunt	1:47.890
2	Niki Lauda	1:48.170
3	Patrick Depailler	1:48.590
4	Clay Regazzoni	1:48.690
5	Carlos Pace	1:48.750
6	Ronnie Peterson	1:49.070
7	Mario Andretti	1:49.190
8	John Watson	1:49.220
9	Jody Scheckter	1:49.630
10	Carlos Reutemann	1:49.790
11	Vittorio Brambilla	1:49.790
12	Gunnar Nilsson	1:49.830
13	Jacques Laffite	1:50.060
14	Jochen Mass	1:50.100
15	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:50.120
16	Tom Pryce	1:50.270
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:50.310
18	Alan Jones	1:51.110
19	Jacky Ickx	1:51.410
20	Arturo Merzario	1:51.790
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:52.110
22	Michel Leclère	1:52.290
23	Brett Lunger	1:52.410
24	Henri Pescarolo	1:52.600
25	Guy Edwards	1:52.630
26	Patrick Nève	1:52.820
27	Damien Magee	1:53.490
28	Ingo Hoffmann	1:53.780
29	Harald Ertl	1:54.050
30	Loris Kessel	1:55.300

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.