Season 1976 · Round 8

French Grand Prix

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1976-07-04 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 54Lap · 313.686km
11 James Hunt
McLaren 1:40:58.600
Team win 9pt P1 · P15
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +12.700
28 John Watson
Penske +23.550
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Alan Jones L44 Vittorio Brambilla L28 Emerson Fittipaldi L21 Henri Pescarolo L19 Clay Regazzoni L17 Niki Lauda L8 Gunnar Nilsson L8 Harald Ertl L4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
54Lap 313.686km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P7 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P12 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P12 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Chris Amon 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Hunt · P1 → P1 1 Hunt HUN 1 Hunt HUN Depailler · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Depailler DEP 2 Depailler DEP Watson · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Watson WAT 3 Watson WAT Pace · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Pace PAC 4 Pace PAC Andretti · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Andretti AND 5 Andretti AND Scheckter · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Scheckter SCH 6 Scheckter SCH Stuck · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Stuck STU 7 Stuck STU Pryce · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Pryce PRY 8 Pryce PRY Merzario · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Merzario MER 9 Merzario MER Ickx · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Ickx ICK 10 Ickx ICK Reutemann · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Reutemann REU 11 Reutemann REU Jarier · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Jarier JAR 12 Jarier JAR Leclère · P22 → P13 · +9 22 Leclère LEC 13 Leclère LEC Laffite · P13 → P14 · -1 13 Laffite LAF 14 Laffite LAF Mass · P14 → P15 · -1 14 Mass MAS 15 Mass MAS Lunger · P23 → P16 · +7 23 Lunger LUN 16 Lunger LUN Edwards · P25 → P17 · +8 25 Edwards EDW 17 Edwards EDW Nève · P26 → P18 · +8 26 Nève NÈV 18 Nève NÈV Peterson · P6 → P19 · -13 6 Peterson PET 19 Peterson PET Jones · P18 → retired L44 Jones · retired L44 18 Jones JON R Jones JON Brambilla · P11 → retired L28 Brambilla · retired L28 11 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Fittipaldi · P21 → retired L21 Fittipaldi · retired L21 21 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Pescarolo · P24 → retired L19 Pescarolo · retired L19 24 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Regazzoni · P4 → retired L17 Regazzoni · retired L17 4 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Lauda · P2 → retired L8 Lauda · retired L8 2 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Nilsson · P12 → retired L8 Nilsson · retired L8 12 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Ertl · P29 → retired L4 Ertl · retired L4 29 Ertl ERT R Ertl ERT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 James Hunt McLaren 1 54 1:40:58.600 9
2 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 3 54 +12.700 6
3 28 John Watson Penske 8 54 +23.550 4
4 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 5 54 +24.820 3
5 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 7 54 +43.920 2
6 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 9 54 +55.070 1
7 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 17 54 +1:21.550
8 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 16 54 +1:30.670
9 20 Arturo Merzario March 20 54 +1:53.570
10 22 Jacky Ickx Wolf 19 53 +1 Lap
11 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 53 +1 Lap
12 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 15 53 +1 Lap
13 21 Michel Leclère Wolf 22 53 +1 Lap
14 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 53 +1 Lap
15 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 14 53 +1 Lap
16 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 23 53 +1 Lap
17 25 Guy Edwards Hesketh 25 53 +1 Lap
18 22 Patrick Nève Ensign 26 53 +1 Lap
19 10 Ronnie Peterson March 6 51 Fuel system
R 19 Alan Jones Surtees 18 44 Suspension
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 11 28 Oil pressure
R 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 21 Oil pressure
R 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 24 19 Suspension
R 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 17 Engine
R 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 2 8 Engine
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 12 8 Gearbox
R 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 29 4 Differential
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 James Hunt
2
1 Niki Lauda
3
4 Patrick Depailler
4
2 Clay Regazzoni
5
8 Carlos Pace
6
10 Ronnie Peterson
7
5 Mario Andretti
8
28 John Watson
9
3 Jody Scheckter
10
35 Carlos Reutemann
11
9 Vittorio Brambilla
12
6 Gunnar Nilsson
13
26 Jacques Laffite
14
12 Jochen Mass
15
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
16
16 Tom Pryce
17
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
18
19 Alan Jones
19
22 Jacky Ickx
20
20 Arturo Merzario
21
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
22
21 Michel Leclère
23
18 Brett Lunger
24
38 Henri Pescarolo
25
25 Guy Edwards
26
22 Patrick Nève
29
24 Harald Ertl
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15