Circuit Paul Ricard · 4 July 1976
James Hunt won the 1976 French Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 12.7s ahead of Patrick Depailler. Arturo Merzario gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Hunt 9 + Mass 0 | Hunt 9 + Mass 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Tyrrell Depailler 6 + Scheckter 1 | Depailler 6 + Scheckter 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | Penske Watson 4 | Watson 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Pace 3 + Reutemann 0 | Pace 3 + Reutemann 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Team Lotus Andretti 2 + Nilsson 0 | Andretti 2 + Nilsson 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | March Stuck 0 + Merzario 0 + Peterson 0 + Brambilla 0 | Stuck 0 + Merzario 0 + Peterson 0 + Brambilla 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Shadow Pryce 0 + Jarier 0 | Pryce 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Wolf-Williams Ickx 0 + Leclère 0 | Ickx 0 + Leclère 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Surtees Lunger 0 + Jones 0 + Pescarolo 0 | Lunger 0 + Jones 0 + Pescarolo 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Hesketh Edwards 0 + Ertl 0 | Edwards 0 + Ertl 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ensign Nève 0 | Nève 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ferrari Regazzoni 0 + Lauda 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | 1:40:58.600 | 54 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +12.700s | 54 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | John Watson Penske | Penske | +23.550s | 54 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +24.820s | 54 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +43.920s | 54 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +55.070s | 54 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | March | +1:21.550 | 54 | — | — | |
| 8 | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | +1:30.670 | 54 | — | — | |
| 9 | Arturo Merzario March | March | +1:53.570 | 54 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jacky Ickx Wolf-Williams | Wolf-Williams | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 13 | Michel Leclère Wolf-Williams | Wolf-Williams | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 16 | Brett Lunger Surtees | Surtees | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 17 | Guy Edwards Hesketh | Hesketh | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 18 | Patrick Nève Ensign | Ensign | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 19 | Ronnie Peterson March | March | DNF Fuel system | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Surtees | Surtees | DNF Suspension | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Oil pressure | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Oil pressure | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Henri Pescarolo Surtees | Surtees | DNF Suspension | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Gearbox | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Harald Ertl Hesketh | Hesketh | DNF Differential | 4 | — | — |