1996 German Grand Prix

F1 Germany German Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 28 July 1996 Hockenheimring prior to 2002.svg 11 16 HockenheimringHockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Permanent racing facility 4.256 6.823 45 191.537 307.035 Sunny, dry United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:43.912 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:46.504 26 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault GER 1996 British Grand Prix 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix The 1996 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheim on 28 July 1996. It was the eleventh race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship. The 45-lap race was won by British driver Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Austrian driver Gerhard Berger started alongside Hill on the front row in his Benetton-Renault and led for much of the race, until his engine failed with three laps remaining. Hill duly took his seventh victory of the season, with Berger's French teammate Jean Alesi second and Canadian Jacques Villeneuve third in the other Williams-Renault. With the win, Hill extended his lead over Villeneuve in the Drivers' Championship to 21 points with five races remaining. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Diff. 1 5United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:43.912 2 4Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:44.299 +0.387 3 1Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:44.477 +0.565 4 7Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.644 +0.732 5 3France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:44.670 +0.758 6 6Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:44.842 +0.930 7 8United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.951 +1.039 8 2United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:45.389 +1.477 9 11Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:45.452 +1.540 10 12United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:45.876 +1.964 11 10Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:46.575 +2.663 12 9France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:46.746 +2.834 13 15Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:46.899 +2.987 14 14United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:47.711 +3.799 15 19Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:48.139 +4.227 16 18Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:48.381 +4.469 17 17Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:48.512 +4.600 18 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:49.461 +5.549 19 16Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:49.551 +5.639107% time: 1:51.186DNQ Did not qualify 21Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford 1:51.357 +7.445 Sources:Germany 1996 – Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/allemagne/qualification.aspx StatsF1 29 December 20231996 German Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1996/german-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 45 1:21:43.417 1 10 2 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 45 + 11.452 5 6 3 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 45 + 33.926 6 4 4 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 45 + 41.517 3 3 5 8 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 45 + 42.196 7 2 6 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 45 + 1:42.099 9 1 7 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 45 + 1:43.912 12   8 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 44 + 1 lap 13   9 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 44 + 1 lap 15   10 12 UK Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 44 + 1 lap 10   11 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 44 + 1 lap 19   12 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 43 + 2 laps 18   13 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 42 Engine 2   Ret Retired 2 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 34 Gearbox 8   Ret Retired 14 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 25 Vibrations 14   Ret Retired 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 19 Engine 11   Ret Retired 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 19 Spun off 16   Ret Retired 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 13 Gearbox 4   Ret Retired 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 0 Collision 17  Source:1996 German Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/141/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141101203700/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/141/ 1 November 2014 24 December 2015 Notes Giovanni Lavaggi replaced Giancarlo Fisichella at Minardi for the remainder of the season. Though the Forti team arrived, neither of its cars were assembled as the team had run out of money and therefore could not obtain any engines. It closed down shortly afterwards. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK Damon Hill 73 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 52 3 France Jean Alesi 31 4 Germany Michael Schumacher 29 5 UK David Coulthard 18Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1996 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 125 2 Italy Benetton-Renault 47 3 Italy Ferrari 38 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 34 5 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 14Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References German Grand Prix 1996 1996 British Grand Prix 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix 1995 German Grand Prix 1997 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix Grand Prix German Grand Prix