The 1976 French Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on Sunday, 4 July 1976. James Hunt started on pole position in the McLaren Ford and was the race winner.
1976 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 54 | 1:40:58.60 | 1:40:58.600 | - | - | 1:51.300 | 17 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +12.700 | 1:41:11.300 | +12.700 | +12.700 | 1:51.500 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 28 | John Watson | Great Britain | Penske Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +23.550 | 1:41:22.150 | +23.550 | +10.850 | 1:51.400 | 51 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 54 | +24.820 | 1:41:23.420 | +24.820 | +1.270 | 1:51.600 | 41 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +43.920 | 1:41:42.520 | +43.920 | +19.100 | 1:51.800 | 51 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +55.070 | 1:41:53.670 | +55.070 | +11.150 | 1:51.800 | 20 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +1:21.550 | 1:42:20.150 | +1:21.550 | +26.480 | 1:52.600 | 10 | 17 | |
| 8 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +1:30.670 | 1:42:29.270 | +1:30.670 | +9.120 | 1:52.900 | 33 | 16 | |
| 9 | 35 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 54 | +1:53.570 | 1:42:52.170 | +1:53.570 | +22.900 | 1:53.200 | 11 | 20 | |
| 10 | 20 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Wolf-Williams | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:53.500 | 42 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:52.900 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:53.200 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 21 | Michel Leclere | France | Wolf-Williams | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:53.800 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:52.200 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 12 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:52.900 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 18 | Brett Lunger | United States | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:53.900 | 39 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 25 | Guy Edwards | Great Britain | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:54.300 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 22 | Patrick Nève | Belgium | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:54.200 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 19 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | 51 | Fuel System | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:51.700 | 23 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Alan Jones | Australia | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 44 | Suspension | 1:53.200 | 31 | 18 | ||||
| DNF | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 28 | Oil Pressure | 1:52.400 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| DNF | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 21 | Oil Pressure | 1:53.700 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| DNF | 38 | Henri Pescarolo | France | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 19 | Suspension | 1:54.000 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| DNF | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 17 | Engine | 1:51.200 | 16 | 4 | ||||
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 8 | Engine | 1:51.000 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| DNF | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 8 | Gearbox | 1:53.500 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| DNF | 24 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 4 | Differential | 1:57.300 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| DNQ | 33 | Damien Magee | Great Britain | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 31 | Ingo Hoffmann | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 32 | Loris Kessel | Switzerland | Brabham Ford | Goodyear |