Magny-Cours, Circuit de Nevers
30 June 1996
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France | Grand Prix de France Magny-Cours, Circuit de Nevers 30 June 1996 |
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| Results |
| driver | team | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Damon Hill | Williams Renault | 1:36:28.795 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams Renault | + 8.127 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Jean Alesi | Benetton Renault | + 46.442 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Gerhard Berger | Benetton Renault | + 46.859 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren Mercedes | + 1:02.774 | 2 |
| 6 |  | David Coulthard | McLaren Mercedes | + 1 lap | 1 |
| 7 |  | Olivier Panis | Ligier Mugen-Honda | + 1 lap | |
| 8 |  | Martin Brundle | Jordan Peugeot | + 1 lap | |
| 9 |  | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan Peugeot | + 1 lap | |
| 10 |  | Mika Salo | Tyrrell Yamaha | + 2 laps | |
| 11 |  | Johnny Herbert | Sauber Ford | + 2 laps | |
| 12 |  | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows Hart | + 2 laps | |
| 13 |  | Pedro Lamy | Minardi Ford | + 3 laps |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 56 | spin |
| Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 33 | engine |
| Luca Badoer | Forti | Ford | 29 | engine |
| Pedro Diniz | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 28 | engine |
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 10 | crash |
| Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 5 | gearbox |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | Ford | 2 | fuelpump |
| Andrea Montermini | Forti | Ford | 2 | engine |
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 0 | engine |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:15.989 |
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | Renault | 1:16.058 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:16.310 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:16.592 |
| 5 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:16.634 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:16.905 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:17.007 |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:17.187 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:17.396 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:17.665 |
| 11 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:17.676 |
| 12 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:18.021 |
| 13 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 1:18.109 |
| 14 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:18.277 |
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 1:18.324 |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Ford | 1:18.556 |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | Ford | 1:18.604 |
| 18 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | Ford | 1:19.210 |
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | Hart | 1:19.242 |
| 20 | Luca Badoer | Forti | Ford | 1:20.562 |
| 21 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | Ford | 1:20.647 |
| 22 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | illegal car |
