Germany, Nürburgring
28 April 1996
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Europe | Grand Prix of Europe Germany, Nürburgring 28 April 1996 |
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| Results |
| driver | team | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams Renault | 1:33:26.473 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari Ferrari | + 0.762 | 6 |
| 3 |  | David Coulthard | McLaren Mercedes | + 32.834 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Damon Hill | Williams Renault | + 33.511 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan Peugeot | + 33.713 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Martin Brundle | Jordan Peugeot | + 55.567 | 1 |
| 7 |  | Johnny Herbert | Sauber Ford | + 1:18.027 | |
| 8 |  | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren Mercedes | + 1:18.438 | |
| 9 |  | Gerhard Berger | Benetton Renault | + 1:21.061 | |
| 10 |  | Pedro Diniz | Ligier Mugen-Honda | + 1 lap | |
| 11 |  | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows Hart | + 2 laps | |
| 12 |  | Pedro Lamy | Minardi Ford | + 2 laps | |
| 13 |  | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi Ford | + 2 laps |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 66 | disqualified |
| Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 65 | disqualified |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 59 | spin |
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 38 | gearbox |
| Olivier Panis | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 6 | collision Irvine |
| Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 6 | collision Panis |
| Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1 | collision Salo |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | Renault | 1:18.941 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:19.721 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:20.149 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:20.711 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:20.818 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:20.888 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:20.931 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:21.054 |
| 9 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:21.078 |
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 1:21.113 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:21.177 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Ford | 1:21.210 |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 1:21.367 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:21.458 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:21.509 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:21.812 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:22.733 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | Ford | 1:22.921 |
| 19 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | Ford | 1:23.139 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | Hart | 1:23.620 |
| Did not qualify (107%) | ||||
| ** | Luca Badoer | Forti | Ford | 1:25.053 |
| ** | Andrea Montermini | Forti | Ford | 1:25.840 |
