1976 French Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 France French Paul Ricard 1970.png 1976 Swedish Grand Prix 1976 British Grand Prix LXII Grand Prix de France1976 French GP http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1976&gp=French%20GP&r=1 2020-08-02 www.chicanef1.com 4 July 1976 8 16 Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, Var, France Permanent racing facility 3.610 5.809 54 194.915 313.686 James Hunt United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1:47.89Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 128 Niki Lauda Austria Ferrari 1:51.0 4Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 130 James Hunt United Kingdom McLaren-Ford Patrick Depailler France Tyrrell-Ford John Watson United Kingdom Penske-Ford FRA 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 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 313 km 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). Classification Qualifying a qualifying report April 2019 Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 11 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:47.89 — 2 1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:48.17 +0.28 3 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:48.59 +0.70 4 2 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:48.69 +0.80 5 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:48.75 +0.86 6 10 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:49.07 +1.18 7 5 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:49.19 +1.30 8 28 United Kingdom John Watson Penske-Ford 1:49.22 +1.33 9 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:49.63 +1.74 10 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:49.79 +1.90 11 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:49.79 +1.90 12 6 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Lotus-Ford 1:49.83 +1.94 13 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:50.06 +2.17 14 12 West Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:50.10 +2.21 15 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:50.12 +2.23 16 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:50.27 +2.38 17 34 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:50.31 +2.42 18 19 Australia Alan Jones Surtees-Ford 1:51.11 +3.22 19 20 Belgium Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:51.41 +3.52 20 35 Italy Arturo Merzario March-Ford 1:51.79 +3.90 21 30 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:52.11 +4.22 22 21 France Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams-Ford 1:52.29 +4.40 23 18 United States Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford 1:52.41 +4.52 24 38 France Henri Pescarolo Surtees-Ford 1:52.60 +4.71 25 25 United Kingdom Guy Edwards Hesketh-Ford 1:52.63 +4.74 26 22 Belgium Patrick Nève Ensign-Ford 1:52.82 +4.93 27 33 United Kingdom Damien Magee Brabham-Ford 1:53.49 +5.60 28 31 Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi-Ford 1:53.78 +5.89 29 24 Austria Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:53.79 +5.90 30 32 Switzerland Loris Kessel Brabham-Ford 1:55.30 +7.41Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/france/qualification.aspx France 1976 - Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 11 April 2019https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/france/grille.aspx France 1976 - Starting grid • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 11 April 2019 *Drivers with a red background failed to qualify. Ertl had failed to qualify, but he had started on the back of the grid. Race a race report April 2019 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11United Kingdom James HuntMcLaren-Ford 54 1:40:58.60 19 2 4France Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford 54 + 12.70 36 3 28United Kingdom John WatsonPenske-Ford 54 + 23.55 84 4 8Brazil Carlos PaceBrabham-Alfa Romeo 54 + 24.82 53 5 5United States Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford 54 + 43.92 72 6 3South Africa 1928 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford 54 + 55.07 91 7 34West Germany Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford 54 + 1:21.55 17  8 16United Kingdom Tom PryceShadow-Ford 54 + 1:30.67 16  9 35Italy Arturo MerzarioMarch-Ford 54 + 1:53.57 20  10 20Belgium Jacky IckxWolf-Williams-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 19  11 7Argentina Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Alfa Romeo 53 + 1 Lap 10  12 17France Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 15  13 21France Michel LeclèreWolf-Williams-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 22  14 26France Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra 53 + 1 Lap 13  15 12West Germany Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 14  16 18United States Brett LungerSurtees-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 23  17 25United Kingdom Guy EdwardsHesketh-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 25  18 22Belgium Patrick NèveEnsign-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 26  19 10Sweden Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford 51 Fuel System 6  Ret Retired 19Australia Alan JonesSurtees-Ford 44 Suspension 18  Ret Retired 9Italy Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford 28 Oil Pressure 11  Ret Retired 30Brazil Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford 21 Oil Pressure 21  Ret Retired 38France Henri PescaroloSurtees-Ford 19 Suspension 24  Ret Retired 2Switzerland Clay RegazzoniFerrari 17 Engine 4  Ret Retired 1Austria Niki LaudaFerrari 8 Engine 2  Ret Retired 6Sweden Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford 8 Gearbox 12  Ret Retired 24Austria Harald ErtlHesketh-Ford 4 Differential 27 Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/449/ 1976 French Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210042338/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1976/449/ 10 December 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Belgian driver Patrick Nève. This was the 25th Grand Prix start for British constructor Ensign. This was the 1st podium finish for Penske. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda 55 10px 1 2 FRA Patrick Depailler 26 10px 1 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 24 10px 4 4 UK James Hunt 17 10px 1 5 SUI Clay Regazzoni 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1976/france/championnat.aspx France 1976 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 58 10px 2 UK Tyrrell-Ford 37 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford 23 10px 4 FRA Ligier-Matra 10 10px 5 GBR Lotus-Ford 8Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 7 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Championship. Points accurate at final declaration of results: before the next race in Britain, Hunt was reinstated as the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix. References 30em French Grand Prix 1976 1976 Swedish Grand Prix 1976 British Grand Prix 1975 French Grand Prix 1977 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1976 in French motorsport