1996 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 10 March 1996
Winner	Damon Hill Williams-Renault
Pole position	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Fastest lap	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	1 of 16
Race numbers	The 1996 Australian Grand Prix was the: 582nd World Championship race 12th World Championship Australian Grand Prix 1st World Championship race at Melbourne
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Previous race	1995 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(GBR) Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	58	1hr 32m 50.491s	10
2	-1	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	58	+38.020s	6
3		(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	58	+1m 02.571s	4
4	+3	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	58	+1m 17.037s	3
5		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+1m 35.071s	2
6	+4	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	57	+1 lap	1
7	+4	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	57	+1 lap
8	+1	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	57	+1 lap
9	+9	(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	56	+2 laps
10	+10	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	56	+2 laps
11	+4	(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	55	+3 laps
R		(PRT) Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	42	DNF
R		(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	32	DNF
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	29	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	24	DNF
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	15	DNF
R		(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	9	DNF
R		(GBR) Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1	DNF
R		(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:32.371
2	(GBR) Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:32.509	0.138
3	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:32.889	0.518
4	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.125	0.754
5	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.054	1.683
6	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:34.257	1.886
7	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:34.344	1.973
8	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:34.474	2.103
9	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	1:34.494	2.123
10	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:34.832	2.461
11	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:35.330	2.959
12	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1:35.338	2.967
13	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.351	2.980
14	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	1:35.453	3.082
15	(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:35.715	3.344
16	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:35.898	3.527
17	(PRT) Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:36.109	3.738
18	(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1:36.198	3.827
19	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1:36.286	3.915
20	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:36.298	3.927
Did not qualify
21	(ITA) Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford Cosworth	1:39.202	6.831
22	(ITA) Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford Cosworth	1:42.087	9.716

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Giancarlo Fisichella; Ricardo Rosset; Jacques Villeneuve (first Canadian driver to start a race since 1986)
Wins: 14th for Damon Hill; 84th for Williams
Race 1-2: 25th for Williams
Podiums: 31st for Damon Hill; 2nd for Eddie Irvine (first for Ferrari); 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (175th different podium finisher, 2nd Canadian driver; first Canadian driver to finish on the podium since 1982); 379th for Ferrari; 207th & 208th for Williams
Poles: 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (77th different polesitter, 2nd Canadian driver; first Canadian polesitter since 1981); 86th for Williams
1-2 start: 42nd for Williams
Fastest laps: 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (95th different fastest lap setter, 2nd Canadian driver; first Canadian driver to set a fastest lap since 1981); 91st for Williams
Front row starts: 32nd for Damon Hill; 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (122nd different front row starter, 2nd Canadian driver; first Canadian front row starter since 1982)
Points finishes: 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (270th different point scorer, 2nd Canadian driver)