French Grand Prix 96: The Result


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Race Resume:

Weather: Sunny


Lap     Event
 0      Schumachers engine blows up on the warm up lap
 0      Grid Positions:  (1)         (2) D.Hill
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) J.Villeneuve
 1      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
 2      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->1.887s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->1.952s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.652s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.398s->(5) G.Berger->1.050s->(6) M.Brundle
 3      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.449s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->2.610s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.618s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.549s->(5) G.Berger->1.702s->(6) M.Brundle
 3      Montermini retires
 3      Fisichella retires
 5      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.089s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->3.227s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.868s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.099s->(5) G.Berger->2.629s->(6) M.Brundle
 6      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.228s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->3.535s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.952s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.422s->(5) G.Berger->3.127s->(6) M.Brundle
 6      Irvine retires (gearbox)
 7      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.715s->(2) J.Alesi
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
 8      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.169s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->4.137s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.105s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.357s->(5) G.Berger->4.479s->(6) M.Brundle
10      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->5.295s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->3.476s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.449s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
11      Fastest lap: Hill 1m 19.059s                      
11      Vestappen off into gravel
11      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
11      (7) Coulthard, (8) Diniz, (9) Barrichello
13      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->6.636s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->3.624s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.653s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->4.241s->(5) G.Berger->8.407s->(6) M.Brundle
17      (7) Coulthard right up behind (6) Brundle
17      (8)Diniz-(9)Barrichello-(10)Panis all very close
18      Pits: Panis 8.1s                                  
18      Pits: Salo                                        
18      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
20      Pits: Barrichello - 8.4s
20      Pits: Alesi - 7.3s                                
21      (7) Alesi
21      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Hakkinen
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Brundle (6) D.Coulthard
23      Pits: Brundle - 8.5s
23      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Hakkinen
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) G.Berger
                 (5) J.Alesi (6) D.Coulthard
24      Pits: Berger - 8.1s
25      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->14.000s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
27      Pits: Hakkinen - 7.7s
27      Pits: Hill                                        
27      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) D.Hill
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) G.Berger (6) P.Diniz
28      Fastest lap: Villeneue 1m 19.044s
28      (7) Coulthard, (8) Brundle, (9) Panis, (10) Barrichello
          (11) Herbert
29      Pits: Herbert - 7.7s
29      Diniz retires                                     
29      Fastest lap: Hill 1m 19.042s                      
29      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->10.000s->(2) D.Hill
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) G.Berger (6) Coulthard
30      Pits: Villeneuve - 8.9s
30      Badoer retires
31      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->10.734s->(2) J.Alesi
                ->3.722s->(3) J.Villeneuve->2.164s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->2.981s->(5) G.Berger->23.147s->(6) D.Coulthard
32      (7) Brundle, (8) Panis
34      Katayama retires in pits   (engine)
34      14 cars left                                      
34      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
35      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
                ->0.530s->(3) J.Villeneuve (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
35      (3) Villeneuve right up behind (2) Alesi
36      Panis right up behind Brundle
36      Villeneuve gets past Alesi
36      Pits: Panis - 8.1s
36      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->12.200s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
38      Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 18.971s
38      Fastest lap: Panis 1m 18.712s                     
38      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->11.290s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
39      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
39      (7) Brundle, (8) Barrichello, (9) Panis
41      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->12.500s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.600s->(5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
42      Pits: Alesi - 10.0s
43      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->12.190s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) G.Berger (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) J.Alesi (6) D.Coulthard
44      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->10.314s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->17.282s->(3) G.Berger (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) J.Alesi (6) D.Coulthard
45      Panis takes Barrichello
45      (8) Panis
47      Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 18.629s
48      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) G.Berger (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) J.Alesi (6) D.Coulthard
48      Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 18.610s
49      Pits: Brundle - 11.4s
49      Pits: Villeneuve - 8.4s
49      Pits: Coulthard - 7.6s
51      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
51      Pits: Hakkinen - 8.4s
52      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->31.000s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) O.Panis
53      Pits: Hill - 7.2s
53      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi->0.922s->(4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) O.Panis
54      (7) Coulthard, (8) Brundle, (9) Barrichello
54      Pits: Panis - 7.4s
55      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
57      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->10.906s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->23.835s->(3) J.Alesi->0.575s->(4) G.Berger
                ->15.428s->(5) M.Hakkinen->19.552s->(6) D.Coulthard
57      Frentzen off into gravel  (throttle stuck)
60      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                ->25.641s->(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
61      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->14.491s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
63      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->13.372s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
66      (7) Panis, (8) Brundle, (9) Barrichello,
          (10) Salo, (11) Herbert, (12) Rosset,
          (13) Lamy
69      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->13.195s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->33.665s->(3) J.Alesi->0.970s->(4) G.Berger
                ->12.057s->(5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
71      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
72      Hill wins, 2nd Villeneuve, 3rd Alesi

Track Times:


Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  D.Hill          Williams             1hr 36m 28.795s (72 Laps)
 2  J.Villeneuve    Williams             Gap  0m  8.127s 
                                            (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 18.610s)
 3  J.Alesi         Benetton             Gap  0m 46.442s 
 4  G.Berger        Benetton             Gap  0m 46.859s 
 5  M.Hakkinen      McLaren              Gap  1m  2.774s 
 6  D.Coulthard     McLaren               Laps behind:  1
 7  O.Panis         Ligier                Laps behind:  1
 8  M.Brundle       Jordan                Laps behind:  1
 9  R.Barrichello   Jordan                Laps behind:  1
10  M.Salo          Tyrrell               Laps behind:  2
11  J.Herbert       Sauber                Laps behind:  2
12  R.Rosset        Footwork              Laps behind:  3
13  P.Lamy          Minardi               Laps behind:  3

Retirements:

H.Frentzen       Sauber                 On Lap: 58 Reason: Spin off
U.Katayama       Tyrrell                On Lap: 34 Reason: Engine
L.Badoer         Forti                  On Lap: 30 Reason: Engine
P.Diniz          Ligier                 On Lap: 29 Reason: Engine
J.Verstappen     Footwork               On Lap: 11 Reason: Spin off
E.Irvine         Ferrari                On Lap:  6 Reason: Gearbox
G.Fisichella     Minardi                On Lap:  4 Reason: Fuel pump
A.Montermini     Forti                  On Lap:  3 Reason: Engine
M.Schumacher     Ferrari                On Lap:  0 Reason: Engine
                                             (Pole Position)

Not Qualified:



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