Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours · 30 June 1996
Damon Hill won the 1996 French Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 8.127s ahead of Jacques Villeneuve. Ricardo Rosset gained the most places, from 19th on the grid to 11th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Hill 10 + Villeneuve 6 | Hill 10 + Villeneuve 6 | 16 | |
| 2 | Benetton Alesi 4 + Berger 3 | Alesi 4 + Berger 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | McLaren Häkkinen 2 + Coulthard 1 | Häkkinen 2 + Coulthard 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ligier Panis 0 + Diniz 0 | Panis 0 + Diniz 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jordan Brundle 0 + Barrichello 0 | Brundle 0 + Barrichello 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Salo 0 + Katayama 0 | Salo 0 + Katayama 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Footwork Rosset 0 + Verstappen 0 | Rosset 0 + Verstappen 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Minardi Lamy 0 + Fisichella 0 | Lamy 0 + Fisichella 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sauber Herbert 0 + Frentzen 0 | Herbert 0 + Frentzen 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Forti Badoer 0 + Montermini 0 | Badoer 0 + Montermini 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ferrari Irvine 0 + Schumacher 0 | Irvine 0 + Schumacher 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill Williams | Williams | 1:36:29.200 | 72 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve Williams | Williams | +8.127s | 72 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jean Alesi Benetton | Benetton | +46.442s | 72 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | +46.859s | 72 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen McLaren | McLaren | +1:02.774 | 72 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | David Coulthard McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 71 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Olivier Panis Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 71 | — | — | |
| 8 | Martin Brundle Jordan | Jordan | +1 Lap | 71 | — | — | |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello Jordan | Jordan | +1 Lap | 71 | — | — | |
| 10 | Mika Salo Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 70 | — | — | |
| 11 | Ricardo Rosset Footwork | Footwork | +3 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 12 | Pedro Lamy Minardi | Minardi | +3 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Johnny Herbert Sauber | Sauber | DSQ | 70 | — | — | |
| DNF | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber | Sauber | DNF Throttle | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luca Badoer Forti | Forti | DNF Fuel system | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro Diniz Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jos Verstappen Footwork | Footwork | DNF Steering | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Irvine Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Gearbox | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi | Minardi | DNF Fuel pump | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea Montermini Forti | Forti | DNF Electrical | 2 | — | — | |
| DNS | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | Ferrari | DNS Engine | 0 | — | — |