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Home / Seasons / 1996 F1 World Championship Season / 1996 German Grand Prix

1996 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 July 1996
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitHockenheim, 45 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1996 German Grand Prix was the

  • 592nd World Championship race
  • 44th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 20th World Championship race at Hockenheim
More 1996 season
More German Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault451hr 21m 43.417s10
2+3France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault45+11.452s6
3+3Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault45+33.926s4
4-1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari45+41.517s3
5+2United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes45+42.196s2
6+3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot45+1m 42.099s1
7+5France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda45+1m 43.912s 
8+5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
9+6Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha44+1 lap 
10 United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot44+1 lap 
11+8Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart44+1 lap 
12+6Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth43+2 laps 
13-11Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault42DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari34DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda19DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha19DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes13DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart0DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth   
  Italy flag lazyload Andrea MonterminiForti-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 42 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Forti arrived at the Grand Prix but financial issues meant they could not obtain any engines for the weekend.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault
2Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
4Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
5France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
6Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
7United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot
11Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda
12France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda
13Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth
15Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha
16Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
17Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart
18Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth
19Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:43.912 
2Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:44.2990.387
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:44.4770.565
4Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.6440.732
5France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:44.6700.758
6Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:44.8420.930
7United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.9511.039
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:45.3891.477
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:45.4521.540
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:45.8761.964
11Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:46.5752.663
12France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:46.7462.834
13Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:46.8992.987
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:47.7113.799
15Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:48.1394.227
16Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:48.3814.469
17Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:48.5124.600
18Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:49.4615.549
19Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:49.5515.639
Did not qualify
20Italy flag lazyload Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:51.3577.445

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1996 German Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill73
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve52
3France flag lazyload Jean Alesi31
4Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher29
5United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard18
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger16
7Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen16
8France flag lazyload Olivier Panis11
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello11
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine9
11Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
12Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo5
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert4
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle3
15Netherlands flag lazyload Jos Verstappen1
=Brazil flag lazyload Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault125
2Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault47
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari38
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes34
5Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot14
6France flag lazyload Ligier-Mugen-Honda12
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Ford Cosworth10
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Footwork-Hart1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
20th for Damon Hill (10th driver to win 20 races, 4th British driver)
92nd for Williams
Podiums
37th for Damon Hill, 24th for Jean Alesi, 8th for Jacques Villeneuve
220th & 221st for Williams, 85th for Benetton
Poles
18th for Damon Hill
93rd for Williams
Fastest laps
18th for Damon Hill
98th for Williams
Front row starts
42nd for Damon Hill, 31st for Gerhard Berger
Points finishes
50th for Michael Schumacher
Pole & win
7th and last for Damon Hill
Win & fastest lap
10th and last for Damon Hill (9th driver to win to win and set the fastest lap in ten races, 4th British driver; last British driver to win and set the fastest lap until 2000)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
5th and last for Damon Hill (last British driver to complete a hat-trick until 2007)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1996 World Championship season

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