- Winner
- Jacques Villeneuve
- Team
- Williams
- Top listed
- Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, and David Coulthard
- Race date
- April 28, 1996
- Pole
- Damon Hill
- Fastest lap
- Damon Hill
- Classified drivers
- 22
- Circuit
- Nürburgring
The decisive result
Jacques Villeneuve finished first for Williams. Michael Schumacher is listed 2 for Ferrari, with David Coulthard 3 for McLaren.
Grid to finish
Ricardo Rosset from P20 to P11 (+9), Pedro Diniz from P17 to P10 (+7), and Pedro Lamy from P19 to P12 (+7) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Damon Hill started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 9 Finished, 3 +2 laps, 3 Collision, 2 DNQ, and 1 +1 lap. Damon Hill holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:21.363 on lap 55. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.