Season 1996 · Round 11

German Grand Prix

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1996-07-28 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 307.035km
5 Damon Hill
Williams 1:21:43.417
Team win 14pt P1 · P3 1-3
3 Jean Alesi
Benetton +11.452
6 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams +33.926
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Eddie Irvine L34 Johnny Herbert L25 Pedro Diniz L19 Ukyo Katayama L19 Mika Häkkinen L13 Jos Verstappen L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 307.035km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · GP #1
P8 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Mika Häkkinen 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P1 Rubens Barrichello 18 starts · GP #1
P2 Michael Schumacher 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 David Coulthard 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 Hill HIL Hill HIL Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Panis PAN Panis PAN Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Salo SAL Salo SAL Brundle BRU Brundle BRU Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Lamy LAM Lamy LAM Berger · stopped L42 · classified P13 Berger BER Berger BER Irvine · retired L34 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Herbert · retired L25 Herbert HER Herbert HER Diniz · retired L19 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Katayama · retired L19 Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Häkkinen · retired L13 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Verstappen · retired L0 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Damon Hill Williams 1 45 1:21:43.417 10
2 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 5 45 +11.452 6
3 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 6 45 +33.926 4
4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 45 +41.517 3
5 8 David Coulthard McLaren 7 45 +42.196 2
6 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 9 45 +1:42.099 1
7 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 12 45 +1:43.912
8 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 13 44 +1 Lap
9 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 15 44 +1 Lap
10 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 10 44 +1 Lap
11 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 19 44 +1 Lap
12 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 18 43 +2 Laps
13 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 2 42 Engine
R 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 8 34 Engine
R 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 14 25 Vibrations
R 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 11 19 Engine
R 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 16 19 Spun off
R 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 4 13 Gearbox
R 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 17 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Damon Hill
2
4 Gerhard Berger
3
1 Michael Schumacher
4
7 Mika Häkkinen
5
3 Jean Alesi
6
6 Jacques Villeneuve
7
8 David Coulthard
8
2 Eddie Irvine
9
11 Rubens Barrichello
10
12 Martin Brundle
11
10 Pedro Diniz
12
9 Olivier Panis
13
15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
14
14 Johnny Herbert
15
19 Mika Salo
16
18 Ukyo Katayama
17
17 Jos Verstappen
18
20 Pedro Lamy
19
16 Ricardo Rosset
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 5 Damon Hill 1:46.504 L26
2 5 Damon Hill 1:46.584 L25
3 5 Damon Hill 1:46.692 L28
4 5 Damon Hill 1:46.725 L29
5 5 Damon Hill 1:46.826 L27
6 5 Damon Hill 1:46.875 L32
7 5 Damon Hill 1:47.044 L31
8 5 Damon Hill 1:47.047 L23
9 5 Damon Hill 1:47.092 L22
10 5 Damon Hill 1:47.152 L33
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
9
Olivier Panis
+13
P12→P7
16
Ricardo Rosset
+10
P19→P11
20
Pedro Lamy
+9
P18→P12
12
Martin Brundle
+8
P10→P10
15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
+7
P13→P8
19
Mika Salo
+7
P15→P9
11
Rubens Barrichello
+6
P9→P6
5
Damon Hill
+5
P1→P1
Most positions lost
Olivier Panis −8 Martin Brundle −8 David Coulthard −5
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15