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1976 Swedish GP
1975 French GP
1976 French GP
1976 British GP
1977 French GP
LXII
Grand Prix de France
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Entry List
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Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 4 July 1976
Start time
14:00
Event
French GP
Circuit
Paul Ricard
Event Format
Race of 54 laps
Race
10 of
18
Championship race
272
Circuit
Laps
54
Circuit Perimeter
5810 m
Race Distance
5810 × 54 = 313.740 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
30
Qualifiers
27
Finishers
19
Championship Debutants
None
Milestones
Car 1
- 25th Fastest Lap (
Car Number
)
Car 11
- 10th Pole Position (
Car Number
)
Car 16
- 250th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Car 32
- 100th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Car 6
- 250th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Copersucar-Fittipaldi
- 25th Race Entry (
Entrant
)
Fittipaldi
- 25th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Ford
- 75th Pole Position (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Goodyear
- 75th Pole Position (
Tyre Manufacturer
)
Harald Ertl
- 10th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Jacques Laffite
- 25th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Penske
- 20th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 12th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
35
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
313
),
2.
Highest 2nd Place Finish Ratio
–
Tyrrell
(
13.50%
),
3.
Most Fastest Laps
–
Ferrari
(
77
),
4.
Most Races Led
–
Ferrari
(
168
),
5.
Most Laps Led
–
Ferrari
(
4518
),
6.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
722
),
7.
Most 2nd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
77
),
8.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
68
)
Championships
1
Niki Lauda
52
2
James Hunt
26
3
Patrick Depailler
26
4
Jody Scheckter
24
5
Clay Regazzoni
16
6
Jacques Laffite
10
7
Jochen Mass
10
8
John Watson
6
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
6
10
Tom Pryce
4
Gunnar Nilsson
4
12
Carlos Pace
4
13
Carlos Reutemann
3
14
Mario Andretti
3
15
Chris Amon
2
Alan Jones
2
17
Emerson Fittipaldi
2
1
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
55
2
Tyrrell
/
Ford
37
3
McLaren
/
Ford
31
4
Ligier
/
Matra
10
5
Penske
/
Ford
6
Lotus
/
Ford
6
7
March
/
Ford
6
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
6
9
Shadow
/
Ford
4
10
Surtees
/
Ford
2
Ensign
/
Ford
2
12
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
2
13
Parnelli
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 11
Car 11
Car 1
Entrant
Marlboro Team McLaren
Marlboro Team McLaren
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
Driver
James Hunt
James Hunt
Niki Lauda
Car
McLaren
M23
McLaren
M23
Ferrari
312T2
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ferrari
3.0 F12
Time
1:40'58.60
1'47.89
1'51.0
Speed
186.423 km/h
193.864 km/h
188.432 km/h
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