French GP Friday combined practice

MAGNY-C0URS, France, June 28, 1996 - Top times after today's two one-hour practice sessions for the French Grand Prix:

Pos  Driver                  Nat  Constructor            Time     Gap  To 1st
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 1.  Mika Hakkinen           FIN  McLaren-Mercedes   1:17.673
 2.  Olivier Panis           F    Ligier-Mugen       1:18.205   0.532   0.532
 3.  Gerhard Berger          A    Benetton-Renault   1:18.284   0.079   0.611
 4.  Jean Alesi              F    Benetton-Renault   1:18.526   0.242   0.853
 5.  Michael Schumacher      D    Ferrari            1:18.545   0.019   0.872
 6.  Damon Hill              GB   Williams-Renault   1:18.598   0.053   0.925
 7.  Jacques Villeneuve      CDN  Williams-Renault   1:18.992   0.394   1.319
 8.  David Coulthard         GB   McLaren-Mercedes   1:18.994   0.002   1.321
 9.  Eddie Irvine            GB   Ferrari            1:19.098   0.104   1.425
10.  Pedro Diniz             BR   Ligier-Mugen       1:19.104   0.006   1.431
11.  Martin Brundle          GB   Jordan-Peugeot     1:19.479   0.375   1.806
12.  Rubens Barrichello      BR   Jordan-Peugeot     1:19.676   0.197   2.003
13.  Jos Verstappen          NL   Arrows-Hart        1:19.693   0.017   2.020
14.  Ricardo Rosset          BR   Arrows-Hart        1:20.195   0.502   2.522
15.  Ukyo Katayama           J    Tyrrell-Yamaha     1:20.215   0.020   2.542
16.  Heinz-Harald Frentzen   D    Sauber-Ford        1:20.231   0.016   2.558
17.  Mika Salo               FIN  Tyrrell-Yamaha     1:20.455   0.224   2.782
18.  Pedro Lamy              P    Minardi-Ford ED    1:20.678   0.223   3.005
19.  Johnny Herbert          GB   Sauber-Ford        1:21.189   0.511   3.516
20.  Giancarlo Fisichella    I    Minardi-Ford ED    1:21.291   0.102   3.618
21.  Luca Badoer             I    Forti Corse-Ford   1:21.360   0.069   3.687
22.  Andrea Montermini       I    Forti Corse-Ford   1:23.002   1.642   5.329

107% of fastest time: 1:23.110

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros

* 1st 2.00 #8604 * Pi = 3.1415965358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 ...