| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 9 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One season | ||
 | ||
| Date | June 30, 1996 | |
| Official name | LXXXII Grand Prix de France | |
| Location | Circuit Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.250 km (2.641 mi) | |
| Distance | 72 laps, 306.000 km (190.140 mi) | |
| Weather | Dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Michael Schumacher
|
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:15.989 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Jacques Villeneuve
|
Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:18.610 on lap 40 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Damon Hill
|
Williams-Renault |
| Second | Jacques Villeneuve
|
Williams-Renault |
| Third |  Jean Alesi
|
Benetton-Renault |
Results from the 1996 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race, held at Magny-Cours on June 30, 1996. The race was won by Damon Hill in a Williams-Renault. Teammate Jacques Villeneuve made it a Williams 1-2 by finishing second, and Jean Alesi finished third in a Benetton-Renault.
Classification[]
Qualifying[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Michael Schumacher
|
Ferrari | 1:15.989 | |
| 2 | 5 | Damon Hill
|
Williams-Renault | 1:16.058 | +0.069 |
| 3 | 3 | Jean Alesi
|
Benetton-Renault | 1:16.310 | +0.321 |
| 4 | 4 |  Gerhard Berger
|
Benetton-Renault | 1:16.592 | +0.603 |
| 5 | 7 |  Mika Häkkinen
|
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.634 | +0.645 |
| 6 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve
|
Williams-Renault | 1:16.905 | +0.916 |
| 7 | 8 | David Coulthard
|
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.007 | +1.018 |
| 8 | 12 | Martin Brundle
|
Jordan-Peugeot | 1:17.187 | +1.332 |
| 9 | 9 | Olivier Panis
|
Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 1:17.390 | +1.401 |
| 10 | 11 |  Rubens Barrichello
|
Jordan-Peugeot | 1:17.665 | +1.676 |
| 11 | 10 | Pedro Diniz
|
Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 1:17.676 | +1.687 |
| 12 | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
|
Sauber-Ford | 1:17.739 | +1.750 |
| 13 | 19 | Mika Salo
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:18.021 | +2.032 |
| 14 | 18 |  Ukyo Katayama
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:18.242 | +2.253 |
| 15 | 17 |  Jos Verstappen
|
Footwork-Hart | 1:18.324 | +2.335 |
| 16 | 14 | Johnny Herbert
|
Sauber-Ford | 1:18.556 | +2.567 |
| 17 | 21 |  Giancarlo Fisichella
|
Minardi-Ford | 1:18.604 | +2.615 |
| 18 | 20 | POR Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford | 1:19.210 | +3.221 |
| 19 | 16 | Ricardo Rosset
|
Footwork-Hart | 1:19.242 | +3.253 |
| 20 | 22 | Luca Badoer
|
Forti-Ford | 1:20.562 | +4.573 |
| 21 | 23 | Andrea Montermini
|
Forti-Ford | 1:20.647 | +4.658 |
| 22 | 2 | Eddie Irvine
|
Ferrari |
Race[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Damon Hill
|
Williams-Renault | 72 | 1:36:28.795 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve
|
Williams-Renault | 72 | +8.127 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | Jean Alesi
|
Benetton-Renault | 72 | +46.442 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Gerhard Berger
|
Benetton-Renault | 72 | +46.859 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Mika Häkkinen
|
McLaren-Mercedes | 72 | +62.774 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | David Coulthard
|
McLaren-Mercedes | 71 | +1 Lap | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Olivier Panis
|
Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 71 | +1 Lap | 9 | |
| 8 | 12 | Martin Brundle
|
Jordan-Peugeot | 71 | +1 Lap | 8 | |
| 9 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello
|
Jordan-Peugeot | 71 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
| 10 | 19 | Mika Salo
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 70 | +2 Laps | 13 | |
| 11 | 16 | Ricardo Rosset
|
Footwork-Hart | 69 | +3 Laps | 19 | |
| 12 | 20 | POR Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford | 69 | +3 Laps | 18 | |
| DSQ | 14 | Johnny Herbert
|
Sauber-Ford | 70 | Disqualified | 16 | |
| Ret | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
|
Sauber-Ford | 56 | Throttle | 12 | |
| Ret | 18 | Ukyo Katayama
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 33 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luca Badoer
|
Forti-Ford | 29 | Fuel System | 20 | |
| Ret | 10 | Pedro Diniz
|
Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 28 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jos Verstappen
|
Footwork-Hart | 10 | Steering | 15 | |
| Ret | 2 | Eddie Irvine
|
Ferrari | 5 | Gearbox | 22 | |
| Ret | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella
|
Minardi-Ford | 2 | Fuel Pump | 17 | |
| Ret | 23 | Andrea Montermini
|
Forti-Ford | 2 | Electrical | 21 | |
| DNS | 1 | Michael Schumacher
|
Ferrari | 0 | Engine | 1 |
Notes[]
- Eddie Irvine had qualified 10th, but was stripped of his qualifying times and put to the back of the grid after one of the air deflectors on his Ferrari was found to be too tall.[1]
- Pole-sitter Michael Schumacher retired on the formation lap when his engine failed.
- Herbert was disqualified from 11th because of bodywork irregularities.
Standings after Grand Prix[]
- Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
|
|
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- ↑ "F1 News – Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > French GP, 1996". Grandprix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr590.html. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
| Previous race: 1996 Canadian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1996 season |
Next race: 1996 British Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1995 French Grand Prix |
French Grand Prix | Next race: 1997 French Grand Prix |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 1996 French Grand Prix. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. |