Argentine Grand Prix
Round 3 · 7 April 1996 ·Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Villeneuve
Williams
2
Hill
Williams
1
Alesi
Benetton
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill |  British | Williams | 72 | 1:54:55.322 | 10 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve |  Canadian | Williams | 72 | +12.167 | 6 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi |  French | Benetton | 72 | +14.754 | 4 |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello |  Brazilian | Jordan | 72 | +55.131 | 3 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | British | Ferrari | 72 | +1:04.991 | 2 |
| 6 | Jos Verstappen |  Dutch | Footwork | 72 | +1:08.913 | 1 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | British | McLaren | 72 | +1:13.400 | 0 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | French | Ligier | 72 | +1:14.295 | 0 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | British | Sauber | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Andrea Montermini |  Italian | Forti | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| R | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Benetton | 56 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Michael Schumacher |  German | Ferrari | 46 | Broken wing | 0 |
| R | Pedro Lamy |  Portuguese | Minardi | 39 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Mika Salo |  Finnish | Tyrrell | 36 | Throttle | 0 |
| R | Martin Brundle | British | Jordan | 34 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Tarso Marques | Brazilian | Minardi | 33 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | German | Sauber | 32 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Pedro Diniz | Brazilian | Ligier | 29 | Heat shield fire | 0 |
| R | Ukyo Katayama |  Japanese | Tyrrell | 28 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Ricardo Rosset | Brazilian | Footwork | 24 | Oil pump | 0 |
| R | Luca Badoer | Italian | Forti | 24 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Mika Häkkinen | Finnish | McLaren | 19 | Throttle | 0 |
- R
- Retired