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1996 Canadian GP
1995 French GP
1996 French GP
1996 British GP
1997 French GP
LXXXII
Grand Prix de France
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Details
Date
Sunday 30 June 1996
Start time
14:00
Event
French GP
Circuit
Magny-Cours
Event Format
Race of 72 laps
Race
9 of
16
Championship race
590
Circuit
Laps
72
Circuit Perimeter
4250 m
Race Distance
4250 × 72 = 306.000 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Cloudy, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
22
Qualifiers
22
Finishers
12
Championship Debutants
None
Milestones
Mika Häkkinen
- 75th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Pedro Lamy
- 25th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Rothmans Williams Renault
- 20th Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most 4th Place Finishes
–
Gerhard Berger
(
22
),
2.
Highest 2nd Place Finish Ratio
–
Williams
(
13.65%
),
3.
Most Race Entries
–
Ferrari
(
1346
),
4.
Most Poles
–
Ferrari
(
117
),
5.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Gerhard Berger
(
36
)
Championships
1
Damon Hill
63
2
Jacques Villeneuve
38
3
Michael Schumacher
26
4
Jean Alesi
25
5
David Coulthard
14
6
Mika Häkkinen
12
7
Olivier Panis
11
8
Gerhard Berger
10
9
Eddie Irvine
9
10
Rubens Barrichello
7
11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
6
12
Mika Salo
5
13
Johnny Herbert
4
14
Martin Brundle
2
15
Jos Verstappen
1
Pedro Diniz
1
1
Williams
/
Renault
101
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
35
3
Benetton
/
Renault
35
4
McLaren
/
Mercedes
26
5
Ligier
/
Mugen-Honda
12
6
Sauber
/
Ford
10
7
Jordan
/
Peugeot
9
8
Tyrrell
/
Yamaha
5
9
Footwork
/
Hart
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 5
Car 1
Car 6
Entrant
Rothmans Williams Renault
Scuderia Ferrari
Rothmans Williams Renault
Driver
Damon Hill
Michael Schumacher
Jacques Villeneuve
Car
Williams
FW18
Ferrari
F310
Williams
FW18
Engine
Renault
3.0 V10
Ferrari
3.0 V10
Renault
3.0 V10
Time
1:36'28.795
1'15.989
1'18.610
Speed
190.299 km/h
201.345 km/h
194.632 km/h
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