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1976 French Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1976 Formula One season
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Race details
Date
4 July 1976
Official name
LXII Grand Prix de France[1]
Location
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Var, France
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.809 km (3.610 miles)
Distance
54 laps, 313.686 km (194.915 miles)
Pole position
Driver
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford
Time
1:47.89[2]
Fastest lap
Driver
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
Time
1:51.0 on lap 4[3]
Podium
First
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford
Second
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford
Third
John Watson
Penske-Ford
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1976 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, near Marseille in France, on 4 July 1976. It was the eighth race of the 1976 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1976 International Cup for F1 Constructors. It was the 54th French Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.8-kilometre (3.6 mi) circuit for a race distance of 313 kilometres (194 mi).
The race was won by eventual 1976 world champion James Hunt driving a McLaren M23. Hunt won by twelve seconds over the Tyrrell P34 of Patrick Depailler. It was Hunt's second win for the year and his third career Grand Prix victory, although at this stage his appeal against disqualification from the Spanish Grand Prix win had yet to be upheld. Eleven seconds further back in third was John Watson driving a Penske PC4. It was the first podium finish for both Watson and Penske, although the result only came after Ronnie Peterson's March 761 stopped with three laps to go and after Watson was disqualified for a rear wing irregularity and subsequently reinstated upon appeal.
Fourth place was taken by young Brazilian driver Carlos Pace driving a Brabham BT45 ahead of Mario Andretti (Lotus 77) and the Tyrrell P34 of Jody Scheckter.
Reigning champion Niki Lauda retired his Ferrari 312T2 with an engine failure while leading. While Hunt would eventually prove to be the challenger to Lauda for the 1976 championship Lauda's points lead at this time was over the Tyrrell pair of Patrick Depailler (26 points) and Scheckter (24 points).
^"1976 French GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
^Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 128. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
^Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 130. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
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