1996 French Grand Prix
🇫🇷 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny Cours, France Round 9 of 16
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 5 | 2 | 72 | 1:36:29.2 | Finished | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | 6 | 72 | +8.127s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 3 | 3 | 72 | +46.442s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 4 | 4 | 72 | +46.859s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 7 | 5 | 72 | +1:02.774 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 8 | 7 | 71 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 9 | 9 | 71 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 12 | 8 | 71 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 11 | 10 | 71 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 19 | 13 | 70 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 16 | 19 | 69 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 20 | 18 | 69 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 14 | 16 | 70 | +2 Laps | Disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 15 | 12 | 56 | +16 Laps | Throttle | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 18 | 14 | 33 | +39 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Luca Badoer | Forti | 22 | 20 | 29 | +43 Laps | Fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 10 | 11 | 28 | +44 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 17 | 15 | 10 | +62 Laps | Steering | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 2 | 22 | 5 | +67 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 21 | 17 | 2 | +70 Laps | Fuel pump | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | 23 | 21 | 2 | +70 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 1 | 0 | +72 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.