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1976 French Grand Prix

The French Grand Prix 1976 was the 8th round of the 1976 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France, on July 4th.

James Hunt won the race from the pole, followed by Patrick Depailler, and John Watson completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
James Hunt
McLaren
1:40:58.60
Finished
2
1
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
+12.70
Finished
3
5
John Watson
Penske
+23.55
Finished
4
1
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+24.82
Finished
5
2
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
+43.92
Finished
6
3
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
+55.07
Finished
7
10
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
+1:21.55
Finished
8
8
Tom Pryce
Shadow
+1:30.67
Finished
9
11
Arturo Merzario
March
+1:53.57
Finished
10
9
Jacky Ickx
Wolf
+1 Lap
11
1
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+1 Lap
12
3
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
+1 Lap
13
9
Michel Leclère
Wolf
+1 Lap
14
1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
+1 Lap
15
1
Jochen Mass
McLaren
+1 Lap
16
7
Brett Lunger
Surtees
+1 Lap
17
8
Guy Edwards
Hesketh
+1 Lap
18
8
Patrick Nève
Ensign
+1 Lap
19
13
Ronnie Peterson
March
Fuel system
20
2
Alan Jones
Surtees
Suspension
21
10
Vittorio Brambilla
March
Oil pressure
22
1
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
Oil pressure
23
1
Henri Pescarolo
Surtees
Suspension
24
20
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
Engine
25
23
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
Engine
26
14
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
Gearbox
27
2
Harald Ertl
Hesketh
Differential
28
28
Damien Magee
Brabham-Ford
Did not qualify
29
29
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
Did not qualify
30
30
Loris Kessel
Brabham-Ford
Did not qualify
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There were some incidents during the race, with 9 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Ronnie Peterson, who had a fuel system failure on lap 51, Alan Jones, and Henri Pescarolo, both suffered a suspension problem, Vittorio Brambilla, and Emerson Fittipaldi, both suffered a loss in oil pressure, Clay Regazzoni, and Niki Lauda, both suffered an engine malfunction, Gunnar Nilsson, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 8, and Harald Ertl, who had a problem with the differential on lap 4.

Fuel system

  • Ronnie Peterson
    Lap 51

Suspension

  • Alan Jones
    Lap 44
  • Henri Pescarolo
    Lap 19

Oil pressure

  • Vittorio Brambilla
    Lap 28
  • Emerson Fittipaldi
    Lap 21

Engine

  • Clay Regazzoni
    Lap 17
  • Niki Lauda
    Lap 8

Gearbox

  • Gunnar Nilsson
    Lap 8

Differential

  • Harald Ertl
    Lap 4

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.