Race Result
| GP n. 272 - 04/07/1976 - Grand Prix of France ASA Circuit Paul Ricard, Circuit du Castellet |
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| Winner: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:40'58.60 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:47.89 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Niki Lauda / Ferrari - 1:51.0 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | McLaren-Ford | 54 | 1:40'58.60 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 4 | Tyrrell-Ford | 54 | + 12.70 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 28 | Penske-Ford | 54 | + 23.55 | 8 | 4 | |
| 4 | 8 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 54 | + 24.82 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | Lotus-Ford | 54 | + 43.92 | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Tyrrell-Ford | 54 | + 55.07 | 9 | 1 | |
| 7 | 34 | March-Ford | 54 | + 1'21.55 | 17 | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | Shadow-Ford | 54 | + 1'30.67 | 16 | 0 | |
| 9 | 35 | March-Ford | 54 | + 1'53.57 | 20 | 0 | |
| 10 | 20 | Wolf-Williams-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 | |
| 11 | 7 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 53 | + 1 lap | 10 | 0 | |
| 12 | 17 | Shadow-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 15 | 0 | |
| 13 | 21 | Wolf-Williams-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 22 | 0 | |
| 14 | 26 | Ligier-Matra | 53 | + 1 lap | 13 | 0 | |
| 15 | 12 | McLaren-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 | |
| 16 | 18 | Surtees-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 23 | 0 | |
| 17 | 25 | Hesketh-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 25 | 0 | |
| 18 | 22 | Ensign-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 26 | 0 | |
| 19 | 10 | March-Ford | 51 | fuel system | 6 | 0 | |
| Ret | 19 | Surtees-Ford | 44 | suspension | 18 | 0 | |
| Ret | 9 | March-Ford | 28 | oil pressure | 11 | 0 | |
| Ret | 30 | Fittipaldi-Ford | 21 | oil pressure | 21 | 0 | |
| Ret | 38 | Surtees-Ford | 19 | suspension | 24 | 0 | |
| Ret | 2 | Ferrari | 17 | engine | 4 | 0 | |
| Ret | 1 | Ferrari | 8 | engine | 2 | 0 | |
| Ret | 6 | Lotus-Ford | 8 | gear box | 12 | 0 | |
| Ret | 24 | Hesketh-Ford | 4 | differential | 27 | 0 | |
| Dnq | 32 | Brabham-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 33 | Brabham-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 31 | Fittipaldi-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||