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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1996

Round 9 of 16Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJun 30 199672 laps

Podium

VILWilliams

HILWilliams

ALEBenetton

Key facts

WinnerHIL1:36:28.795 from P2

PoleMSC1:15.989

Fastest lapVIL1:18.610 on lap 48

Pit stops31recorded stops

Finishers12 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	2	▲1	72	1:36:28.795	10	1:18.938	2
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	▲4	72	+8.127s	6	1:18.610	2
3	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	3	–	72	+46.442s	4	1:19.378	2
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	4	–	72	+46.859s	3	1:19.206	2
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	–	72	+62.774s	2	1:19.632	2
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	7	▲1	71	+1 lap	1	1:19.968	2
7	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	9	▲2	71	+1 lap		1:18.712	3
8	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	8	–	71	+1 lap		1:20.414	2
9	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	10	▲1	71	+1 lap		1:20.134	2
10	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	13	▲3	70	+2 laps		1:20.710	2
11	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	19	▲8	69	+3 laps		1:22.095	2
12	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	18	▲6	69	+3 laps		1:22.842	2
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	12		56	Throttle		1:21.273	2
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	14		33	Engine		1:20.989	1
DNF	BADLuca Badoer	Forti	20		29	Fuel system		1:22.258	1
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	11		28	Engine		1:20.997
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	15		10	Suspension		1:21.461
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	22		5	Gearbox		1:21.824
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	17		2	Fuel pump		1:23.448
DNF	MONAndrea Montermini	Forti	21		2	Electrical		1:24.818
DSQ	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	16		70	Illegal bodywork		1:21.262	2
DNS	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	–		0	Engine		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	FRE	50	24.1s
2	COU	49	24.6s
3	COU	25	24.8s
4	SAL	45	24.8s
5	PAN	54	25.0s
6	HIL	53	25.0s
7	HER	52	25.0s
8	HAK	27	25.3s
9	ALE	21	25.3s
10	PAN	36	25.4s
11	FRE	26	25.4s
12	HER	28	25.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 31 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.989
2	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:16.058	+0.069s
3	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:16.310	+0.321s
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:16.592	+0.603s
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:16.634	+0.645s
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:16.905	+0.916s
7	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:17.007	+1.018s
8	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:17.187	+1.198s
9	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:17.390	+1.401s
10	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:17.443	+1.454s
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:17.665	+1.676s
12	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:17.676	+1.687s
13	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:17.739	+1.750s
14	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:18.021	+2.032s
15	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:18.242	+2.253s
16	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:18.324	+2.335s
17	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:18.556	+2.567s
18	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:18.604	+2.615s
19	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:19.210	+3.221s
20	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:19.242	+3.253s
21	BADLuca Badoer	Forti	1:20.562	+4.573s
22	MONAndrea Montermini	Forti	1:20.647	+4.658s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1996. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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