April 28, 1996 Nürburgring | Lap distance 4.556 km
Championship standings | 1996 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 10 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve (CAN) | Williams FW18 | Renault RS8 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:33'26.473 | 2 | 1'19.721 | 5 | 1'22.090 | (45) | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Ferrari F310 | Ferrari 046 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:33'27.235 | +0.762 | 3 | 1'20.149 | 2 | 1'21.769 | (49) |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | David Coulthard (GBR) | McLaren MP4-11 | Mercedes FO110 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:33'59.307 | +32.834 | 6 | 1'20.888 | 7 | 1'22.550 | (64) |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Damon Hill (GBR) | Williams FW18 | Renault RS8 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:33'59.984 | +33.511 | 1 | 1'18.941 | 1 | 1'21.363 | (55) |
| 5 | 2 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello (BRA) | Jordan 196 | Peugeot A12 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:34'00.186 | +33.713 | 5 | 1'20.818 | 6 | 1'22.472 | (55) |
| 6 | 1 | 12 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Jordan 196 | Peugeot A12 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:34'22.040 | +55.567 | 11 | 1'21.177 | 9 | 1'22.815 | (51) |
| 7 | 14 | Johnny Herbert (GBR) | Alfa Romeo C15 | Ford Zetec-R | Goodyear | 67 | 1:34'44.500 | +1'18.027 | 12 | 1'21.210 | 10 | 1'23.225 | (10) | |
| 8 | 7 | Mika Häkkinen (FIN) | McLaren MP4-11 | Mercedes FO110 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:34'44.911 | +1'18.438 | 9 | 1'21.078 | 4 | 1'22.078 | (36) | |
| 9 | 4 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Benetton B196 | Renault RS8 | Goodyear | 67 | 1:34'47.534 | +1'21.061 | 8 | 1'21.054 | 3 | 1'22.004 | (8) | |
| 10 | 10 | Pedro Diniz (BRA) | Ligier JS43 | Mugen-Honda MF-301H | Goodyear | 66 | 1:34'36.937 | +1 lap | 17 | 1'22.733 | 12 | 1'23.720 | (9) | |
| 11 | 16 | Ricardo Rosset (BRA) | Footwork FA17 | Hart 830 | Goodyear | 65 | 1:33'33.929 | +2 laps | 20 | 1'23.620 | 13 | 1'24.050 | (43) | |
| 12 | 20 | Pedro Lamy (POR) | Minardi M195B | Ford ED | Goodyear | 65 | 1:34'03.416 | +2 laps | 19 | 1'23.139 | 15 | 1'24.369 | (14) | |
| 13 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) | Minardi M195B | Ford ED | Goodyear | 65 | 1:34'25.170 | +2 laps | 18 | 1'22.921 | 17 | 1'24.660 | (21) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| brakes | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen (GER) | Alfa Romeo C15 | Ford Zetec-R | Goodyear | 59 | 1:24'13.057 | 10 | 1'21.113 | 8 | 1'22.697 | (22) | ||
| engine | 17 | Jos Verstappen (NED) | Footwork FA17 | Hart 830 | Goodyear | 38 | 53'45.847 | 13 | 1'21.367 | 11 | 1'23.233 | (15) | ||
| collision | 9 | Olivier Panis (FRA) | Ligier JS43 | Mugen-Honda MF-301H | Goodyear | 6 | 8'56.257 | 15 | 1'21.509 | 14 | 1'24.168 | (4) | ||
| electrical | 2 | Eddie Irvine (GBR) | Ferrari F310 | Ferrari 046 | Goodyear | 6 | 8'59.979 | 7 | 1'20.931 | 16 | 1'24.616 | (2) | ||
| collision | 3 | Jean Alesi (FRA) | Benetton B196 | Renault RS8 | Goodyear | 1 | 1'36.595 | 4 | 1'20.711 | 18 | 1'36.595 | (1) | ||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 19 | Mika Salo (FIN) | Tyrrell 024 | Yamaha OX11A | Goodyear | 66 | 1:33'36.379 | 14 | 1'21.458 | 1'22.791 | (31) | |||
| -- | 18 | Ukyo Katayama (JPN) | Tyrrell 024 | Yamaha OX11A | Goodyear | 65 | 1:33'31.599 | 16 | 1'21.812 | 1'22.602 | (27) | |||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 23 | Andrea Montermini (ITA) | Forti FG01B | Ford EC | Goodyear | 1'25.053 | ||||||||
| -- | 22 | Luca Badoer (ITA) | Forti FG01B | Ford EC | Goodyear | 1'25.840 | ||||||||
