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Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1996 · qualifying

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Name: Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1996 · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/592-qualifying

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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1996 · Hockenheimring

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1996 Formula 1 World Championship · round 11

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Damon Hill	Williams	1:21:43.417 · 45 laps · renault	10
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:21:54.869 · 45 laps · renault	6
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:22:17.343 · 45 laps · renault	4
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:22:24.934 · 45 laps · ferrari	3
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:22:25.613 · 45 laps · mercedes	2
6	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:23:25.516 · 45 laps · peugeot	1
7	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:23:27.329 · 45 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	Time not recorded · 44 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 44 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	Time not recorded · 44 laps · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
11	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	Time not recorded · 44 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	Engine · Time not recorded · 42 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 34 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	Vibrations · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	Engine · Time not recorded · 19 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 19 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 13 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Damon Hill	Williams	1:43.912 · 12 laps · renault
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:44.299 · 11 laps · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:44.477 · 11 laps · ferrari
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:44.644 · 11 laps · mercedes
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:44.670 · 10 laps · renault
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:44.842 · 12 laps · renault
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:44.951 · 12 laps · mercedes
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.389 · 12 laps · ferrari
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:45.452 · 12 laps · peugeot
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:45.876 · 12 laps · peugeot
11	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:46.575 · 12 laps · mugen-honda
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:46.746 · 11 laps · mugen-honda
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:46.899 · 11 laps · ford
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:47.711 · 11 laps · ford
15	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:48.139 · 12 laps · yamaha
16	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:48.381 · 12 laps · yamaha
17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:48.512 · 12 laps · hart
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:49.461 · 12 laps · ford
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:49.551 · 12 laps · hart
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	1:51.357 · 12 laps · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Damon Hill	Williams	1:43.912 · renault
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:44.299 · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:44.477 · ferrari
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:44.644 · mercedes
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:44.670 · renault
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:44.842 · renault
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:44.951 · mercedes
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.389 · ferrari
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:45.452 · peugeot
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:45.876 · peugeot
11	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:46.575 · mugen-honda
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:46.746 · mugen-honda
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:46.899 · ford
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:47.711 · ford
15	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:48.139 · yamaha
16	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:48.381 · yamaha
17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:48.512 · hart
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:49.461 · ford
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:49.551 · hart

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Damon Hill	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	73
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	52
3	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
4	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
5	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
6	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
7	Mika Häkkinen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
8	Olivier Panis	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
9	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
10	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
12	Mika Salo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
13	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
14	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
15	Jos Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
15	Pedro Diniz	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	1	1:46.145
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	2	1:46.184
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	3	1:46.198
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	4	1:46.294
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	5	1:46.384
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	6	1:46.487
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:46.959
freePractice1Results	Damon Hill	8	1:46.998
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	9	1:47.110
freePractice1Results	Pedro Diniz	10	1:47.534
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	11	1:47.586
freePractice1Results	Olivier Panis	12	1:47.668
freePractice1Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13	1:48.157
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	14	1:49.220
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	15	1:49.243
freePractice1Results	Jos Verstappen	16	1:49.629
freePractice1Results	Ukyo Katayama	17	1:49.843
freePractice1Results	Pedro Lamy	18	1:50.815
freePractice1Results	Ricardo Rosset	19	1:50.872
freePractice1Results	Giovanni Lavaggi	20	1:54.685
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	1	1:44.134
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	2	1:44.201
freePractice2Results	Damon Hill	3	1:44.513
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	4	1:44.538
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	5	1:44.916
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	6	1:44.917
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	7	1:45.283
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	8	1:45.617
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	9	1:45.959
freePractice2Results	Olivier Panis	10	1:46.522
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	11	1:46.533
freePractice2Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	12	1:47.396
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	13	1:47.509
freePractice2Results	Pedro Diniz	14	1:47.770
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	15	1:47.948
freePractice2Results	Ukyo Katayama	16	1:47.959
freePractice2Results	Pedro Lamy	17	1:49.298
freePractice2Results	Ricardo Rosset	18	1:49.933
freePractice2Results	Jos Verstappen	19	1:50.901
freePractice2Results	Giovanni Lavaggi	20	1:52.768
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	1	1:45.904
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	2	1:46.031
warmingUpResults	Damon Hill	3	1:46.720
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	4	1:46.919
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	5	1:47.246
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	6	1:47.412
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	7	1:47.431
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	8	1:47.499
warmingUpResults	Jacques Villeneuve	9	1:47.514
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:47.728
warmingUpResults	Olivier Panis	11	1:47.819
warmingUpResults	Pedro Diniz	12	1:48.463
warmingUpResults	Ukyo Katayama	13	1:49.168
warmingUpResults	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	14	1:49.270
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	15	1:49.445
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	16	1:49.483
warmingUpResults	Jos Verstappen	17	1:50.388
warmingUpResults	Ricardo Rosset	18	1:50.745
warmingUpResults	Pedro Lamy	19	1:51.625

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Olivier Panis	1	4	28.270
Mika Häkkinen	1	13	35.920
Pedro Lamy	1	13	30.507
Eddie Irvine	1	14	29.771
David Coulthard	1	16	27.293
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	16	27.419
Johnny Herbert	1	16	2:37.087
Damon Hill	1	20	28.486
Rubens Barrichello	1	21	30.808
Jean Alesi	1	22	30.259
Jacques Villeneuve	1	22	32.123
Michael Schumacher	1	22	32.523
Ricardo Rosset	1	22	33.246
Gerhard Berger	1	23	31.283
Martin Brundle	1	22	41.784
Olivier Panis	2	23	31.626
Mika Salo	1	23	29.304
Pedro Lamy	2	29	28.387
Eddie Irvine	2	30	27.899
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	31	27.163
David Coulthard	2	32	26.737
Damon Hill	2	34	27.192