French Grand Prix 1976 Paul Ricard 4 July
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 11 James Hunt GBR Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford 54 1h40m58.60s 9 1 2 04 Patrick Depailler FRA Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell P34 Ford 54 1h41m11.30s 6 3 3 28 John Watson GBR Citibank Team Penske Penske PC4 Ford 54 1h41m22.15s 4 8 4 08 Carlos Pace BRA Martini Racing Brabham BT45 Alfa Roméo 54 1h41m23.42s 3 5 5 05 Mario Andretti USA John Player Team Lotus Lotus 77 Ford 54 1h41m42.52s 2 7 6 03 Jody Scheckter ZA Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell P34 Ford 54 1h41m53.67s 1 9 7 34 Hans Joachim Stuck GER March Engineering March 761 Ford 54 1h42m20.15s - 17 8 16 Tom Pryce GBR Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5B Ford 54 1h42m29.27s - 16 9 35 Arturo Merzario ITA Ovoro Team March March 761 Ford 54 1h42m52;17s - 20 10 20 Jacky Ickx BEL Walter Wolf Racing Williams FW05 Ford 53 - - 19 11 07 Carlos Reutemann ARG Martini Racing Brabham BT45 Alfa Roméo 53 - - 10 12 17 Jean Pierre Jarier FRA Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5B Ford 53 - - 15 13 21 Michele Leclere FRA Walter Wolf Racing Williams FW05 Ford 53 - - 22 14 26 Jacques Laffite FRA Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS5 Matra 53 - - 13 15 12 Jochen Mass GER Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford 53 - - 14 16 18 Brett Lunger USA Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford 53 - - 23 17 25 Guy Edwards GBR Penthouse Rizla Racing Hesketh 308D Ford 53 - - 25 18 22 Patrick Neve BEL Team Ensign Ensign N176 Ford 53 - - 26 19 10 Ronnie Peterson SWE March Engineering March 761 Ford 51 Fuel Metering Unit - 6 R 19 Alan Jones AUS Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford 44 Suspension - 18 R 09 Vittorio Brambilla ITA Beta Team March March 761 Ford 28 Oil Pressure - 11 R 30 Emerson Fittipaldi BRA Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 Ford 21 Oil Pressure - 21 R 38 Henri Pescarolo FRA Team Norev Racing Surtees TS19 Ford 19 Suspension - 24 R 02 Clay Regazzoni CH Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 17 Crankshaft - 4 R 01 Niki Lauda AUT Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 8 Crankshaft - 2 R 06 Gunnar Nilsson SWE John Player Team Lotus Lotus 77 Ford 8 Transmission - 12 R 24 Harald Ertl AUT Hesketh Racing Hesketh 308D Ford 4 Driveshaft (Started Illegally) - 29 DNQ 33 Damien Magee GBR RAM Racing Brabham BT44B Ford - - - - DNQ 31 Ingo Hoffman BRA Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 Ford - - - - DNQ 32 Loris Kessel CH RAM Racing Brabham BT44B Ford - - - - Lap Leaders Total Niki Lauda 1-8 8 James Hunt 9-54 46 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m47.89s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m51.0s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Niki Lauda AUT 52 2= Patrick Depailler FRA 26 2= James Hunt GBR 26 4 Jody Scheckter ZA 24 5 Clay Regazzoni CH 16 6= Jochen Mass GER 10 6= Jacques Laffite FRA 10