1996 European Grand Prix

Round

4/16

Date

Apr 28, 1996 at 00:00 CEST

Location

Nürburg, Germany

Circuit

Nürburgring

Circuit length

4.556 m (12 turns)

Race distance

305.252 km (67 laps)

Pitwall › Races 1996 › 1996 European Grand Prix

Villeneuve

Winner

1:33:26.473

Winning time

Hill

Pole position

Hill

Fastest lap

1:21.363

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#6 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:33:26.473	2nd	67	10
2	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	+0.762	3rd	67	6
3	#8 David Coulthard	McLaren	+32.834	6th	67	4
4	#5 Damon Hill	Williams	+33.511	1st	67	3
5	#11 Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	+33.713	5th	67	2
6	#12 Martin Brundle	Jordan	+55.567	11th	67	1
7	#14 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+1:18.027	12th	67
8	#7 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	+1:18.438	9th	67
9	#4 Gerhard Berger	Benetton	+1:21.061	8th	67
10	#10 Pedro Diniz	Ligier	+1 lap	17th	66
11	#16 Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	+2 laps	20th	65
12	#20 Pedro Lamy	Minardi	+2 laps	19th	65
13	#21 Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	+2 laps	18th	65
DNF	#15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	Brakes	10th	59
DNF	#17 Jos Verstappen	Footwork	Engine	13th	38
DNF	#9 Olivier Panis	Ligier	Collision	15th	6
DNF	#2 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	Collision	7th	6
DNF	#3 Jean Alesi	Benetton	Collision	4th	1
DSQ	#19 Mika Salo	Tyrrell	Car underweight	14th	66
DSQ	#18 Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	Push start	16th	65
DNQ	#23 Andrea Montermini	Forti
DNQ	#22 Luca Badoer	Forti

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#5 Damon Hill	Williams	1:20.998		12
2	#3 Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:21.025	+0.027	16
3	#4 Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:21.349	+0.351	14
4	#7 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.380	+0.382	12
5	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.785	+0.787	14
6	#17 Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:21.985	+0.987	15
7	#8 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:22.125	+1.127	13
8	#6 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:22.198	+1.200	12
9	#15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:22.235	+1.237	11
10	#12 Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:22.400	+1.402	14
11	#11 Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:22.469	+1.471	14
12	#9 Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:22.549	+1.551	15
13	#19 Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:22.638	+1.640	15
14	#2 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:23.105	+2.107	11
15	#14 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:23.230	+2.232	16
16	#10 Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:23.343	+2.345	16
17	#18 Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:23.354	+2.356	13
18	#16 Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:24.533	+3.535	7
19	#21 Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:27.022	+6.024	7
20	#20 Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:29.377	+8.379	4

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#5 Damon Hill	Williams	1:18.941		9
2	#6 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:19.721	+0.780	12
3	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:20.149	+1.208	11
4	#3 Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:20.711	+1.770	9
5	#11 Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:20.818	+1.877	12
6	#8 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:20.888	+1.947	12
7	#2 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:20.931	+1.990	12
8	#4 Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:21.054	+2.113	12
9	#7 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.078	+2.137	11
10	#15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:21.113	+2.172	12
11	#12 Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:21.177	+2.236	11
12	#14 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:21.210	+2.269	12
13	#17 Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:21.367	+2.426	12
14	#19 Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:21.458	+2.517	12
15	#9 Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:21.509	+2.568	11
16	#18 Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:21.812	+2.871	11
17	#10 Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:22.733	+3.792	12
18	#21 Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:22.921	+3.980	11
19	#20 Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:23.139	+4.198	12
20	#16 Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:23.620	+4.679	11
21	#23 Andrea Montermini	Forti	1:25.053	+6.112	12
22	#22 Luca Badoer	Forti	1:25.840	+6.899	12

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#5 Damon Hill	Williams	1:19.546		24
2	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:19.946	+0.400	24
3	#6 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:20.169	+0.623	27
4	#4 Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:20.385	+0.839	26
5	#11 Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:20.500	+0.954	24
6	#7 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:20.732	+1.186	28
7	#8 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:20.953	+1.407	30
8	#15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:21.234	+1.688	22
9	#9 Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:21.251	+1.705	28
10	#3 Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:21.318	+1.772	22
11	#2 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.388	+1.842	24
12	#12 Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:21.554	+2.008	30
13	#19 Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:21.578	+2.032	20
14	#17 Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:21.592	+2.046	24
15	#18 Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:21.665	+2.119	30
16	#14 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.080	+2.534	27
17	#10 Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:22.326	+2.780	30
18	#20 Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:23.214	+3.668	30
19	#16 Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:23.485	+3.939	18
20	#21 Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:23.586	+4.040	21
21	#22 Luca Badoer	Forti	1:25.572	+6.026	28
22	#23 Andrea Montermini	Forti	1:26.453	+6.907	30

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#5 Damon Hill	Williams	1:20.853		30
2	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.332	+0.479	26
3	#7 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.478	+0.625	25
4	#9 Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:21.858	+1.005	31
5	#8 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:21.962	+1.109	30
6	#3 Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:21.973	+1.120	28
7	#11 Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:22.014	+1.161	30
8	#17 Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:22.093	+1.240	29
9	#12 Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:22.112	+1.259	30
10	#15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:22.152	+1.299	28
11	#19 Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:22.215	+1.362	30
12	#6 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:22.453	+1.600	30
13	#14 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.525	+1.672	30
14	#4 Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:22.631	+1.778	22
15	#2 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.668	+1.815	29
16	#16 Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:23.745	+2.892	29
17	#20 Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:23.904	+3.051	30
18	#18 Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:24.014	+3.161	30
19	#21 Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:24.196	+3.343	23
20	#10 Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:24.406	+3.553	23
21	#22 Luca Badoer	Forti	1:26.832	+5.979	18
22	#23 Andrea Montermini	Forti	1:27.605	+6.752	14

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#5 Damon Hill	Williams	1:21.363		55
2	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.769	+0.406	49
3	#4 Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:22.004	+0.641	8
4	#7 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:22.078	+0.715	36
5	#6 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:22.090	+0.727	45
6	#11 Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:22.472	+1.109	55
7	#8 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:22.550	+1.187	64
8	#18 Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:22.602	+1.239	27
9	#15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:22.697	+1.334	22
10	#19 Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:22.791	+1.428	31
11	#12 Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:22.815	+1.452	51
12	#14 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:23.225	+1.862	10
13	#17 Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:23.233	+1.870	15
14	#10 Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:23.720	+2.357	9
15	#16 Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:24.050	+2.687	43
16	#9 Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:24.168	+2.805	4
17	#20 Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:24.369	+3.006	14
18	#2 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:24.616	+3.253	2
19	#21 Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:24.660	+3.297	21
20	#3 Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:36.595	+15.232	1

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Damon Hill	Williams	3	3	33
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	3	22	-11
3	Jean Alesi	Benetton	0	2	10	-23
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	0	2	10	-23
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	0	1	6	-27
6	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	0	0	5	-28
7	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	0	0	5	-28
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	0	1	4	-29
9	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	0	0	3	-30
10	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	0	0	3	-30
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	0	0	1	-32
12	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	0	0	1	-32
13	Martin Brundle	Jordan	0	0	1	-32

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Williams	Renault	4	6	55
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	0	3	16	-39
3	Benetton	Renault	0	2	13	-42
4	McLaren	Mercedes	0	1	9	-46
5	Jordan	Peugeot	0	0	6	-49
6	Tyrrell	Yamaha	0	0	3	-52
7	Ligier	Mugen-Honda	0	0	1	-54
8	Footwork	Hart	0	0	1	-54

More European GP

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
2016	#6 Nico Rosberg	Sebastian Vettel	Sergio Pérez	1:46.485 - Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
2012	#5 Fernando Alonso	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher	1:42.163 - Nico Rosberg	Sebastian Vettel
2011	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	1:41.852 - Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
2010	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	1:38.766 - Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel
2009	#23 Rubens Barrichello	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	1:38.683 - Timo Glock	Lewis Hamilton
2008	#2 Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica	1:38.708 - Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa
2007	#1 Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa	Mark Webber	1:32.853 - Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen
2006	#5 Michael Schumacher	Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa	1:32.099 - Michael Schumacher	Fernando Alonso
2005	#5 Fernando Alonso	Nick Heidfeld	Rubens Barrichello	1:30.711 - Fernando Alonso	Nick Heidfeld
2004	#1 Michael Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Jenson Button	1:29.468 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2003	#4 Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Rubens Barrichello	1:32.621 - Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen
2002	#2 Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher	Kimi Räikkönen	1:32.226 - Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya
2001	#1 Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	David Coulthard	1:18.354 - Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Schumacher
2000	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	1:22.269 - Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard
1999	#17 Johnny Herbert	Jarno Trulli	Rubens Barrichello	1:21.282 - Mika Häkkinen	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1997	#9 Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Jacques Villeneuve	1:23.135 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jacques Villeneuve
1995	#1 Michael Schumacher	Jean Alesi	David Coulthard	1:21.180 - Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard
1994	#5 Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill	Mika Häkkinen	1:25.040 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1993	#8 Ayrton Senna	Damon Hill	Alain Prost	1:18.029 - Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost
1985	#5 Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna	Keke Rosberg	1:11.526 - Jacques Laffite	Ayrton Senna
1984	#7 Alain Prost	Michele Alboreto	Nelson Piquet	1:23.146 - Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
1983	#5 Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost	Nigel Mansell	1:14.342 - Nigel Mansell	Elio de Angelis

The 1996 European Grand Prix started Apr 28, 1996 on Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. Damon Hill started from pole position with Jacques Villeneuve next to him. Michael Schumacher started from third place.

In 1 hour, 33 minutes and 26 seconds Jacques Villeneuve finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Michael Schumacher in second and David Coulthard in third place.

After the 1996 European Grand Prix, Damon Hill is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 33 points. Hill is 11 points ahead of Jacques Villeneuve.