French Grand Prix
Round 9 · 30 June 1996 ·Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny Cours, France
Villeneuve
Williams
2
Hill
Williams
1
Alesi
Benetton
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill |  British | Williams | 72 | 1:36:29.2 | 10 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve |  Canadian | Williams | 72 | +8.127 | 6 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi |  French | Benetton | 72 | +46.442 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Benetton | 72 | +46.859 | 3 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen |  Finnish | McLaren | 72 | +62.774 | 2 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | British | McLaren | 71 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | French | Ligier | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | British | Jordan | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello |  Brazilian | Jordan | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Finnish | Tyrrell | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Ricardo Rosset | Brazilian | Footwork | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Pedro Lamy |  Portuguese | Minardi | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| D | Johnny Herbert | British | Sauber | 70 | Disqualified | 0 |
| R | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |  German | Sauber | 56 | Throttle | 0 |
| R | Ukyo Katayama |  Japanese | Tyrrell | 33 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Luca Badoer |  Italian | Forti | 29 | Fuel system | 0 |
| R | Pedro Diniz | Brazilian | Ligier | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jos Verstappen |  Dutch | Footwork | 10 | Steering | 0 |
| R | Eddie Irvine | British | Ferrari | 5 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italian | Minardi | 2 | Fuel pump | 0 |
| R | Andrea Montermini | Italian | Forti | 2 | Electrical | 0 |
| W | Michael Schumacher | German | Ferrari | 0 | Engine | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- W
- Withdrew
- D
- Disqualified