French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 30th June 1996 12:00am Local
Sun 30th June 1996 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1996

Round
Round 9

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Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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The 1996 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours, France on 30 June 1996. It was the ninth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 72-lap race was won by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from second position. German Michael Schumacher took pole position in his Ferrari but failed to start the race after his engine blew on the warm-up lap, leaving Hill to lead from start to finish except for the pit stops. Hill's teammate, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, who had crashed heavily at Estoril corner in qualifying, finished second, with local driver Jean Alesi third in a Benetton-Renault.

This was the last Grand Prix where a Forti car started the race as they would fail to qualify for the remaining Grand Prix they would enter, however both cars were forced to retire.

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Result List

01	Damon Hill	Williams Racing	1:36:29.2
02	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	+0:08.127
03	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+0:46.442
04	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	+0:46.859
05	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	62.774
06	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
07	Olivier Panis	Ligier	+1 Lap
08	Martin Brundle	Jordan	+1 Lap
09	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	+1 Lap
10	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
11	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork Arrows	+3 Laps
12	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	+3 Laps
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	DNF
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	DNF
15	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
16	Luca Badoer	Forti Corse	DNF
17	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	DNF
18	Jos Verstappen	Footwork Arrows	DNF
19	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	DNF
21	Andrea Montermini	Forti Corse	DNF
22	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF