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1976 Mallory Park Group 8 Race
1976 Swedish GP
1975 French GP
1976 French GP
1976 British GP
1977 French GP
LXII
Grand Prix de France
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 4 July 1976
Start time
14:00
Event
French GP
Circuit
Paul Ricard
Event Format
Race of 54 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#8 of
16
in 1976
#272 (of all time)
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
Debutants
None
Milestones
Alfa Romeo
– 100th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Ford
– 2000th Race Entry (
Engine 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
)
World Championship standings
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
Lotus
/
Ford
6
Penske
/
Ford
6
7
March
/
Ford
6
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
6
9
Shadow
/
Ford
4
10
Ensign
/
Ford
2
Surtees
/
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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