Gridpedia1996 French Grand Prix
- Date
- 30 Jun 1996
- Circuit
- Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny Cours, France
- Round
- 9 of 16
- Winner
- Damon Hill (Williams)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | HILDamon Hill | Williams | 2 | 72 | 1:36:28.795 | 10 | |
| 2 | 6 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | 72 | +8.127 | 1:18.610 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | ALEJean Alesi | Benetton | 3 | 72 | +46.442 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | BERGerhard Berger | Benetton | 4 | 72 | +46.859 | 3 | |
| 5 | 7 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 5 | 72 | +62.774 | 2 | |
| 6 | 8 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 7 | 71 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 9 | PANOlivier Panis | Ligier | 9 | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | BRUMartin Brundle | Jordan | 8 | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | 11 | BARRubens Barrichello | Jordan | 10 | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 10 | 19 | SALMika Salo | Tyrrell | 13 | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 11 | 16 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Footwork | 19 | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 20 | LAMPedro Lamy | Minardi | 18 | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| D | 14 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 16 | 70 | Disqualified | 0 | |
| R | 15 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 12 | 56 | Throttle | 0 | |
| R | 18 | KATUkyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 14 | 33 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 22 | BADLuca Badoer | Forti | 20 | 29 | Fuel system | 0 | |
| R | 10 | DINPedro Diniz | Ligier | 11 | 28 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 17 | VERJos Verstappen | Footwork | 15 | 10 | Steering | 0 | |
| R | 2 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 22 | 5 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 21 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 17 | 2 | Fuel pump | 0 | |
| R | 23 | MONAndrea Montermini | Forti | 21 | 2 | Electrical | 0 | |
| W | 1 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | Engine | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Damon Hill: 2 stops (laps 27, 53), stints of 27, 26, 19 laps
- 2nd
- Jacques Villeneuve: 2 stops (laps 30, 49), stints of 30, 19, 23 laps
- 3rd
- Jean Alesi: 2 stops (laps 21, 42), stints of 21, 21, 30 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 11 · 3 or more: 1
- First stops
- median lap 24 of 72
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILDamon Hill | 2 | 27 (26.6 s), 53 (25.0 s) | 272619 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 2 | 30 (27.3 s), 49 (26.6 s) | 301923 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 21 (25.3 s), 42 (28.1 s) | 212130 |
| BERGerhard Berger | 2 | 24 (26.1 s), 46 (26.0 s) | 242226 |
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 2 | 27 (25.3 s), 51 (32.9 s) | 272421 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 2 | 25 (24.8 s), 49 (24.6 s) | 252422 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 3 | 18 (26.2 s), 36 (25.4 s), 54 (25.0 s) | 18181817 |
| BRUMartin Brundle | 2 | 23 (26.1 s), 48 (28.6 s) | 232523 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 2 | 20 (26.3 s), 46 (26.7 s) | 202625 |
| SALMika Salo | 2 | 18 (26.3 s), 45 (24.8 s) | 182725 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 2 | 24 (29.5 s), 48 (28.2 s) | 242421 |
| LAMPedro Lamy | 2 | 22 (28.0 s), 47 (26.4 s) | 222522 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 2 | 28 (25.8 s), 52 (25.0 s) | 282418 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 2 | 26 (25.4 s), 50 (24.1 s) | 26246 |
| KATUkyo Katayama | 1 | 25 (26.8 s) | 258 |
| BADLuca Badoer | 1 | 14 (29.1 s) | 1415 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 6 | 63 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | 38 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 26 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 0 | 7 |