Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · 7 April 1996
Damon Hill won the 1996 Argentine Grand Prix for Williams from 1st on the grid, 12.167s ahead of Jacques Villeneuve. Andrea Montermini gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Hill 10 + Villeneuve 6 | Hill 10 + Villeneuve 6 | 16 | |
| 2 | Benetton Alesi 4 + Berger 0 | Alesi 4 + Berger 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Jordan Barrichello 3 + Brundle 0 | Barrichello 3 + Brundle 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Irvine 2 + Schumacher 0 | Irvine 2 + Schumacher 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Footwork Verstappen 1 + Rosset 0 | Verstappen 1 + Rosset 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | McLaren Coulthard 0 + Häkkinen 0 | Coulthard 0 + Häkkinen 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ligier Panis 0 + Diniz 0 | Panis 0 + Diniz 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Sauber Herbert 0 + Frentzen 0 | Herbert 0 + Frentzen 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Forti Montermini 0 + Badoer 0 | Montermini 0 + Badoer 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Minardi Lamy 0 + Marques 0 | Lamy 0 + Marques 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Tyrrell Salo 0 + Katayama 0 | Salo 0 + Katayama 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill Williams | Williams | 1:54:55.322 | 72 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve Williams | Williams | +12.167s | 72 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jean Alesi Benetton | Benetton | +14.754s | 72 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello Jordan | Jordan | +55.131s | 72 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:04.991 | 72 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jos Verstappen Footwork | Footwork | +1:08.913 | 72 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | David Coulthard McLaren | McLaren | +1:13.400 | 72 | — | — | |
| 8 | Olivier Panis Ligier | Ligier | +1:14.295 | 72 | — | — | |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert Sauber | Sauber | +1 Lap | 71 | — | — | |
| 10 | Andrea Montermini Forti | Forti | +3 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | DNF Suspension | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Broken wing | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro Lamy Minardi | Minardi | DNF Transmission | 39 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mika Salo Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Throttle | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Jordan | Jordan | DNF Collision | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Tarso Marques Minardi | Minardi | DNF Collision | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber | Sauber | DNF Spun off | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro Diniz Ligier | Ligier | DNF Heat shield fire | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Transmission | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ricardo Rosset Footwork | Footwork | DNF Oil pump | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luca Badoer Forti | Forti | DNF Collision | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mika Häkkinen McLaren | McLaren | DNF Throttle | 19 | — | — |