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French Grand Prix Circuit Paul Ricard, Castellet July 4, 1976

Lap distance 5.810 km

Race

	Pos	Driver		Team	Laps	Pits
	1	Hunt FL		McLaren	54
	2	Depailler FL		Tyrrell	54
	3	Watson FL		Penske	54
	4	Pace FL		Brabham	54
	5	Andretti FL		Team Lotus	54
	6	Scheckter FL		Tyrrell	54
	7	Stuck FL		March	54
	8	Pryce FL		Shadow	54
	9	Merzario FL		March	54
	10	Ickx FL		Wolf-Williams	53
	11	Reutemann FL		Brabham	53
	12	Jarier FL		Shadow	53
	13	Leclère FL		Wolf-Williams	53
	14	Laffite FL		Ligier	53
	15	Mass FL		McLaren	53
	16	Lunger FL		Surtees	53
	17	Edwards FL		Hesketh	53
	18	Nève FL		Ensign	53
	19	Peterson FL		March	51
Retirement
suspension		Jones		Surtees	44
oil pressure		Brambilla		March	28
oil pressure		Fittipaldi		Fittipaldi	21
suspension		Pescarolo		Surtees	19
engine		Regazzoni		Ferrari	17
engine		Lauda FL		Ferrari	8
gearbox		Nilsson		Team Lotus	8
differential		Ertl		Hesketh	4
Not qualified
		Magee		Brabham	0
		Hoffmann		Fittipaldi	0
		Kessel		Brabham	0

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	Pos	Driver		No.		Team	Laps	Last five	Pits	Best (Laps)		Worst (Laps)
	1	James Hunt FL		11		McLaren	54	1
	2	Patrick Depailler FL		4		Tyrrell	54	2
	3	John Watson FL		28		Penske	54	3
	4	Carlos Pace FL		8		Brabham	54	4
	5	Mario Andretti FL		5		Team Lotus	54	5
	6	Jody Scheckter FL		3		Tyrrell	54	6
	7	Hans-Joachim Stuck FL		34		March	54	7
	8	Tom Pryce FL		16		Shadow	54	8
	9	Arturo Merzario FL		35		March	54	9
	10	Jacky Ickx FL		20		Wolf-Williams	53	10
	11	Carlos Reutemann FL		7		Brabham	53	11
	12	Jean-Pierre Jarier FL		17		Shadow	53	12
	13	Michel Leclère FL		21		Wolf-Williams	53	13
	14	Jacques Laffite FL		26		Ligier	53	14
	15	Jochen Mass FL		12		McLaren	53	15
	16	Brett Lunger FL		18		Surtees	53	16
	17	Guy Edwards FL		25		Hesketh	53	17
	18	Patrick Nève FL		22		Ensign	53	18
	19	Ronnie Peterson FL		10		March	51	19
Retirement
suspension		Alan Jones		19		Surtees	44
oil pressure		Vittorio Brambilla		9		March	28
oil pressure		Emerson Fittipaldi		30		Fittipaldi	21
suspension		Henri Pescarolo		38		Surtees	19
engine		Clay Regazzoni		2		Ferrari	17
engine		Niki Lauda FL		1		Ferrari	8
gearbox		Gunnar Nilsson		6		Team Lotus	8
differential		Harald Ertl		24		Hesketh	4
Not qualified
		Damien Magee		33		Brabham	0
		Ingo Hoffmann		31		Fittipaldi	0
		Loris Kessel		32		Brabham	0

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Pos	Driver		Today	Points
1.	Niki Lauda			52
2.	James Hunt		9	26
3.	Patrick Depailler		6	26
4.	Jody Scheckter		1	24
5.	Clay Regazzoni			16
6.	Jacques Laffite			10
7.	Jochen Mass			10
8.	John Watson		4	6
9.	Hans-Joachim Stuck			6
10.	Tom Pryce			4
11.	Gunnar Nilsson			4
12.	Carlos Pace		3	4
13.	Carlos Reutemann			3
14.	Mario Andretti		2	3
15.	Chris Amon			2
16.	Alan Jones			2
17.	Emerson Fittipaldi			2
	Jean-Pierre Jarier			[7]
	Jacky Ickx			[7]
	Ronnie Peterson			[7]
	Vittorio Brambilla			[8]
	Larry Perkins			[8]
	Arturo Merzario			[9]
	Renzo Zorzi			[9]
	Michel Leclère			[10]
	Bob Evans			[10]
	Brett Lunger			[11]
	Ingo Hoffmann			[11]
	Loris Kessel			[12]
	Lella Lombardi			[14]
	Harald Ertl			[15]
	Guy Edwards			[17]
	Patrick Nève			[18]
	Ian Ashley			--
	Damien Magee			--
	Jac Nellemann			--
	Henri Pescarolo			--
	Ian Scheckter			--
	Emilio de Villota			--
	Emilio Zapico			--

Pos	Constructor	Today	Points
1.	Ferrari		55
2.	Tyrrell / Ford	6	37
3.	McLaren / Ford	9	31
4.	Ligier / Matra		10
5.	Penske / Ford	4	6
6.	Team Lotus / Ford	2	6
7.	Brabham / Alfa Romeo	3	6
8.	March / Ford		6
9.	Shadow / Ford		4
10.	Ensign / Ford		2
11.	Surtees / Ford		2
12.	Fittipaldi / Ford		2
13.	Parnelli / Ford		1
	Wolf-Williams / Ford		[7]
	Boro / Ford		[8]
	Williams / Ford		[9]
	Brabham / Ford		[12]
	Hesketh / Ford		[15]
	BRM		--

1 James Hunt 1'47.89
2 Niki Lauda 1'48.17
3 Patrick Depailler 1'48.59
4 Clay Regazzoni 1'48.69
5 Carlos Pace 1'48.75
6 Ronnie Peterson 1'49.07
7 Mario Andretti 1'49.19
8 John Watson 1'49.22
9 Jody Scheckter 1'49.63
10 Carlos Reutemann 1'49.79
11 Vittorio Brambilla 1'49.79
12 Gunnar Nilsson 1'49.83
13 Jacques Laffite 1'50.06
14 Jochen Mass 1'50.10
15 Jean-Pierre Jarier 1'50.12
16 Tom Pryce 1'50.27
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck 1'50.31
18 Alan Jones 1'51.11
19 Jacky Ickx 1'51.41
20 Arturo Merzario 1'51.79
21 Emerson Fittipaldi 1'52.11
22 Michel Leclère 1'52.29
23 Brett Lunger 1'52.41
24 Henri Pescarolo 1'52.60
25 Guy Edwards 1'52.63
26 Patrick Nève 1'52.82
27 Harald Ertl 1'53.79

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Circuit type
Race
Circuit Length
5.800 km
Established
1969