The 1996 French Grand Prix was Round 9 of the 1996 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Magny-Cours, France on Sunday, 30 June 1996. Michael Schumacher started on pole position for Ferrari and Damon Hill was the race winner in the Williams Renault.
1996 Grand Prix De France Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Damon Hill | Great Britain | Williams Renault | FW18 | Goodyear | 72 | 1:36:28.795 | - | - | 1:18.938 | 57 | 190.183 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Canada | Williams Renault | FW18 | Goodyear | 72 | 1:36:36.922 | +8.127 | +8.127 | 1:18.610 | 48 | 189.916 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | Jean Alesi | France | Benetton Renault | B196 | Goodyear | 72 | 1:37:15.237 | +46.442 | +38.315 | 1:19.378 | 27 | 188.669 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Benetton Renault | B196 | Goodyear | 72 | 1:37:15.654 | +46.859 | +0.417 | 1:19.206 | 48 | 188.655 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Mika Häkkinen | Finland | McLaren Mercedes | MP4/11 | Goodyear | 72 | 1:37:31.569 | +1:02.774 | +15.915 | 1:19.632 | 59 | 188.142 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | David Coulthard | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | MP4/11 | Goodyear | 71 | 1:36:30.673 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.968 | 27 | 187.479 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Olivier Panis | France | Ligier Mugen Honda | JS43 | Goodyear | 71 | 1:36:48.120 | 1 lap | +17.447 | 1:18.712 | 38 | 186.915 | |
| 8 | 12 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Jordan Peugeot | 196 | Goodyear | 71 | 1:37:07.503 | 1 lap | +19.383 | 1:20.414 | 51 | 186.294 | |
| 9 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Jordan Peugeot | 196 | Goodyear | 71 | 1:37:24.841 | 1 lap | +17.338 | 1:20.134 | 48 | 185.741 | |
| 10 | 19 | Mika Salo | Finland | Tyrrell Yamaha | 024 | Goodyear | 70 | 1:36:52.589 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:20.710 | 48 | 184.140 | |
| 11 | 16 | Riccardo Rosset | Brazil | Footwork Hart | FA17 | Goodyear | 69 | 1:37:00.175 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.095 | 18 | 181.271 | |
| 12 | 20 | Pedro Lamy | Portugal | Minardi Ford | M195B | Goodyear | 69 | 1:37:47.135 | 3 laps | +46.960 | 1:22.842 | 7 | 179.820 | |
| DSQ | 14 | Johnny Herbert | Great Britain | Sauber Ford | C15 | Goodyear | 70 | 1:37:43.573 | 1:21.262 | 38 | 182.538 | |||
| DNF | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Germany | Sauber Ford | C15 | Goodyear | 56 | 1:17:14.237 | 1:21.273 | 29 | 184.740 | |||
| DNF | 18 | Ukyo Katayama | Japan | Tyrrell Yamaha | 024 | Goodyear | 33 | 45:50.275 | 1:20.989 | 27 | 183.338 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Luca Badoer | Italy | Forti Ford | FG03 | Goodyear | 29 | 40:52.596 | 1:22.258 | 9 | 180.637 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Pedro Diniz | Brazil | Ligier Mugen Honda | JS43 | Goodyear | 28 | 38:24.988 | 1:20.997 | 7 | 185.567 | |||
| DNF | 17 | Jos Verstappen | Netherlands | Footwork Hart | FA17 | Goodyear | 10 | 13:45.594 | 1:21.461 | 9 | 184.510 | |||
| DNF | 2 | Eddie Irvine | Great Britain | Ferrari | F310 | Goodyear | 5 | 7:25.944 | 1:21.824 | 4 | 170.044 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | Minardi Ford | M195B | Goodyear | 2 | 2:56.966 | 1:23.448 | 2 | 169.130 | |||
| DNF | 23 | Andrea Montermini | Italy | Forti Ford | FG03 | Goodyear | 2 | 2:58.741 | 1:24.818 | 2 | 167.451 | |||
| DNS | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Ferrari | F310 | Goodyear |