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Home / Seasons / 1996 F1 World Championship Season / 1996 Australian Grand Prix

1996 Australian Grand Prix

582nd World Championship race, 12th World Championship Australian Grand Prix, 1st World Championship race at Melbourne

1995 Australian Grand Prix

1996 Brazilian Grand Prix

1995 Australian Grand Prix

1997 Australian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 10 March 1996
Winner:United Kingdom flag Damon Hill
United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault
Pole position:Canada flag Jacques Villeneuve
United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault
Fastest lap:Canada flag Jacques Villeneuve
United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault
Circuit:Melbourne, 58 laps
Round:1 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag Damon HillWilliams-Renault581hr 32m 50.491s10
2-1Canada flag Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault58+38.020s6
3 United Kingdom flag Eddie IrvineFerrari58+1m 02.571s4
4+3Austria flag Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault58+1m 17.037s3
5 Finland flag Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes58+1m 35.071s2
6+4Finland flag Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha57+1 lap1
7+4France flag Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda57+1 lap 
8+1Germany flag Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap 
9+9Brazil flag Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart56+2 laps 
10+10Brazil flag Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda56+2 laps 
11+4Japan flag Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha55+3 laps 
R Portugal flag Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R Germany flag Michael SchumacherFerrari32DNF 
R Italy flag Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R Brazil flag Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot29DNF 
R United Kingdom flag David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes24DNF 
R Netherlands flag Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart15DNF 
R France flag Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault9DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Canada flag Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:32.371
2United Kingdom flag Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:32.509
3United Kingdom flag Eddie IrvineFerrari1:32.889
4Germany flag Michael SchumacherFerrari1:33.125
5Finland flag Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.054
6France flag Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:34.257
7Austria flag Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:34.344
8Brazil flag Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:34.474
9Germany flag Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:34.494
10Finland flag Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:34.832
11France flag Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:35.330
12Netherlands flag Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:35.338
13   
14United Kingdom flag Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:35.453
15Japan flag Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:35.715
16Italy flag Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:35.898
17Portugal flag Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:36.109
18Brazil flag Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:36.198
19   
20Brazil flag Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:36.298
Started from the pit lane
 United Kingdom flag David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.351
 United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:36.286

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Canada flag Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:32.371 
2United Kingdom flag Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:32.5090.138
3United Kingdom flag Eddie IrvineFerrari1:32.8890.518
4Germany flag Michael SchumacherFerrari1:33.1250.754
5Finland flag Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.0541.683
6France flag Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:34.2571.886
7Austria flag Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:34.3441.973
8Brazil flag Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:34.4742.103
9Germany flag Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:34.4942.123
10Finland flag Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:34.8322.461
11France flag Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:35.3302.959
12Netherlands flag Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:35.3382.967
13United Kingdom flag David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.3512.980
14United Kingdom flag Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:35.4533.082
15Japan flag Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:35.7153.344
16Italy flag Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:35.8983.527
17Portugal flag Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:36.1093.738
18Brazil flag Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:36.1983.827
19United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:36.2863.915
20Brazil flag Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:36.2983.927
Did not qualify
21Italy flag Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth1:39.2026.831
22Italy flag Andrea MonterminiForti-Ford Cosworth1:42.0879.716

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag Damon Hill10
2Canada flag Jacques Villeneuve6
3United Kingdom flag Eddie Irvine4
4Austria flag Gerhard Berger3
5Finland flag Mika Hakkinen2
6Finland flag Mika Salo1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault16
2Italy flag Ferrari4
3Italy flag Benetton-Renault3
4United Kingdom flag McLaren-Mercedes2
5United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Yamaha1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Giancarlo Fisichella, Ricardo Rosset, Jacques Villeneuve
Wins
Driver: 14th for Damon Hill
Constructor: 84th for Williams
Race 1-2
Constructor: 25th for Williams
Podiums
Driver: 31st for Damon Hill, 2nd for Eddie Irvine, 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (175th different podium finisher, 2nd Canadian driver)
Constructor: 379th for Ferrari, 207th & 208th for Williams
Poles
Driver: 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (77th different polesitter, 2nd Canadian driver)
Constructor: 86th for Williams
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 42nd for Williams
Fastest laps
Driver: 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (95th different fastest lap setter, 2nd Canadian driver)
Constructor: 91st for Williams
Front row starts
Driver: 32nd for Damon Hill, 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (122nd different front row starter, 2nd Canadian driver)
Points finishes
Driver: 1st for Jacques Villeneuve (270th different point scorer, 2nd Canadian driver)

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne Circuit
  • 1996 World Championship season

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