Round 8 of 16 · Le Castellet · 4 July 1976, Sunday
French Grand Prix
Key highlights
Hunt
pole position
54
laps
19
finishers out of 27
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:40:58.60 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +12.70 | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | Penske | +23.55 | 4 |
| 4 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +24.82 | 3 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +43.92 | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | +55.07 | 1 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | +1:21.55 | |
| 8 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | +1:30.67 | |
| 9 | Arturo Merzario | March | +1:53.57 | |
| 10 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf | +1 Lap | |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | +1 Lap | |
| 13 | Michel Leclère | Wolf | +1 Lap | |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +1 Lap | |
| 15 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Patrick Nève | Ensign | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Ronnie Peterson | March | Fuel system | |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Surtees | Suspension | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla | March | Oil pressure | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Oil pressure | |
| DNF | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | Suspension | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | Engine | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | Engine | |
| DNF | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | Gearbox | |
| DNF | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | Differential | |
| DNQ | Damien Magee | Brabham-Ford | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Loris Kessel | Brabham-Ford | Did not qualify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify