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German Grand Prix

Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1996

Round 11 of 16Hockenheimring, HockenheimJul 28 199645 laps

Podium

ALEBenetton

HILWilliams

VILWilliams

Key facts

WinnerHIL1:21:43.417 from P1

PoleHIL1:43.912

Fastest lapHIL1:46.504 on lap 26

Pit stops22recorded stops

Finishers13 / 19classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1	–	45	1:21:43.417	10	1:46.504	2
2	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	5	▲3	45	+11.452s	6	1:47.643	1
3	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	▲3	45	+33.926s	4	1:47.903	1
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▼1	45	+41.517s	3	1:48.612	1
5	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	7	▲2	45	+42.196s	2	1:47.856	2
6	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	9	▲3	45	+102.099s	1	1:49.559	1
7	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	12	▲5	45	+103.912s		1:48.288	2
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	13	▲5	44	+1 lap		1:49.773	2
9	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	15	▲6	44	+1 lap		1:50.553	1
10	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	10	–	44	+1 lap		1:49.176	1
11	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	19	▲8	44	+1 lap		1:51.702	1
12	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	18	▲6	43	+2 laps		1:51.654	2
13	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	2	▼11	42	+3 laps		1:47.682	1
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	8		34	Gearbox		1:48.336	2
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	14		25	Vibrations		1:50.304	1
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	11		19	Engine		1:49.625
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	16		19	Spun off		1:50.569
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4		13	Gearbox		1:48.490	1
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	17		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	COU	32	26.7s
2	FRE	31	27.2s
3	HIL	34	27.2s
4	COU	16	27.3s
5	FRE	16	27.4s
6	IRV	30	27.9s
7	PAN	4	28.3s
8	LAM	29	28.4s
9	HIL	20	28.5s
10	SAL	23	29.3s
11	IRV	14	29.8s
12	ALE	22	30.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 22 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:43.912
2	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:44.299	+0.387s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:44.477	+0.565s
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:44.644	+0.732s
5	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:44.670	+0.758s
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:44.842	+0.930s
7	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:44.951	+1.039s
8	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.389	+1.477s
9	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:45.452	+1.540s
10	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:45.876	+1.964s
11	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:46.575	+2.663s
12	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:46.746	+2.834s
13	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:46.899	+2.987s
14	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:47.711	+3.799s
15	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:48.139	+4.227s
16	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:48.381	+4.469s
17	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:48.512	+4.600s
18	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:49.461	+5.549s
19	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:49.551	+5.639s
20	LAVGiovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	1:51.357	+7.445s

Hockenheimring

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

Previous winners here

1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Nelson Piquet	Williams
1986	Nelson Piquet	Williams

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