1996 French Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 30 June 1996
Winner	Damon Hill Williams-Renault
Pole position	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Circuit	Magny-Cours, 72 laps
Round	9 of 16
Race numbers	The 1996 French Grand Prix was the: 590th World Championship race 46th World Championship French Grand Prix 6th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	72	1hr 36m 28.795s	10
2	+4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	72	+8.127s	6
3		Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	72	+46.442s	4
4		Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	72	+46.859s	3
5		Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+1m 02.774s	2
6	+1	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1 lap	1
7	+2	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	71	+1 lap
8		Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	71	+1 lap
9	+1	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	71	+1 lap
10	+3	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	70	+2 laps
DQ		Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	70	+2 laps
11	+8	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	69	+3 laps
12	+6	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	69	+3 laps
R		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	56	DNF
R		Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	33	DNF
R		Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford Cosworth	29	DNF
R		Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	28	DNF
R		Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	10	DNF
R		Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	DNF
R		Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF
R		Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF
Did not start
		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

Notes

Johnny Herbert was disqualified post-race due to bodywork irregularities.
Michael Schumacher failed to start the race due to an engine failure on the formation lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.989
2	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:16.058	0.069
3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:16.310	0.321
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:16.592	0.603
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.634	0.645
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:16.905	0.916
7	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.007	1.018
8	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1:17.187	1.198
9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:17.390	1.401
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	–
11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:17.665	1.676
12	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:17.676	1.687
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	1:17.739	1.750
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:18.021	2.032
15	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:18.242	2.253
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1:18.324	2.335
17	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	1:18.556	2.567
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:18.604	2.615
19	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:19.210	3.221
20	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1:19.242	3.253
21	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford Cosworth	1:20.562	4.573
22	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford Cosworth	1:20.647	4.658

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Last start: Andrea Montermini; Forti
Wins: 19th for Damon Hill; 90th for Williams (3rd constructor to win 90 races)
Race 1-2: 28th for Williams
Podiums: 36th for Damon Hill; 23rd for Jean Alesi; 6th for Jacques Villeneuve; 217th & 218th for Williams; 83rd for Benetton
Poles: 13th for Michael Schumacher; 117th for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 3rd for Jacques Villeneuve; 96th for Williams
Front row starts: 40th for Damon Hill (9th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 5th British driver)