1995 French Grand Prix

The 1995 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 2 July 1995. It was the seventh race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.

The 72-lap race was won by German Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Renault, after he started from second position. Briton Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until he was overtaken by Schumacher during the first round of pit stops. Schumacher's eventual winning margin over Hill was 31 seconds, with Hill's compatriot and teammate David Coulthard third.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	5	Template:Flagicon Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:18.556	1:17.225
2	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	1:18.893	1:17.512	+0.287
3	6	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1:18.585	1:17.925	+0.700
4	27	Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:19.254	1:18.761	+1.536
5	14	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:19.763	1:18.810	+1.585
6	26	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:19.466	1:19.047	+1.822
7	28	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.051	1:19.295	+1.826
8	8	Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.218	1:19.238	+2.013
9	25	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:19.384	1:19.524	+2.159
10	2	Template:Flagicon Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	1:19.555	1:20.000	+2.330
11	15	Template:Flagicon Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	1:20.713	1:19.845	+2.620
12	30	Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	1:21.111	1:20.309	+3.084
13	7	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.804	1:20.527	+3.302
14	4	Template:Flagicon Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:21.921	1:20.796	+3.571
15	29	Template:Flagicon Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	1:22.382	1:20.943	+3.718
16	9	Template:Flagicon Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Hart	1:21.756	1:21.076	+3.851
17	24	Template:Flagicon Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	No time	1:21.323	+4.098
18	10	Template:Flagicon Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	1:23.355	1:21.894	+4.669
19	3	Template:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:22.959	1:21.930	+4.705
20	23	Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	No time	1:22.104	+4.879
21	17	Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	1:24.172	1:23.466	+6.241
22	16	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ford	1:24.509	1:23.647	+6.422
23	21	Template:Flagicon Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	1:25.787	1:24.184	+6.959
24	22	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	1:26.445	1:24.865	+7.640
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	72	1:38:28.429	2	10
2	5	Template:Flagicon Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	72	+ 31.309	1	6
3	6	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	72	+ 1:02.826	3	4
4	25	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	72	+ 1:03.293	9	3
5	27	Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi	Ferrari	72	+ 1:17.869	4	2
6	14	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	71	+ 1 lap	5	1
7	8	Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+ 1 lap	8
8	26	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	71	+ 1 lap	6
9	15	Template:Flagicon Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	71	+ 1 lap	11
10	30	Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	71	+ 1 lap	12
11	7	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+ 2 laps	13
12	28	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	70	+ 2 laps	7
13	24	Template:Flagicon Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	69	+ 3 laps	17
14	9	Template:Flagicon Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Hart	69	+ 3 laps	16
15	4	Template:Flagicon Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	69	+ 3 laps	14
16	22	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	66	+ 6 laps	24
NC	17	Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	62	+ 10 laps	21
Ret	29	Template:Flagicon Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	48	Gearbox	15
Ret	16	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ford	24	Gearbox	22
Ret	23	Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	23	Gearbox	20
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	2	Collision	10
Ret	10	Template:Flagicon Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	0	Collision	18
Ret	3	Template:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	0	Collision	19
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	0	Spun off	23
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	46
2	Template:Flagicon Damon Hill	35
3	Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi	26
4	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	17
5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	13
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Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Benetton-Renault	48
2	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	43
3	Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault	42
4	Template:Flagicon Jordan-Peugeot	13
5	Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes	8
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