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1996 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1996 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 594th World Championship race
  • 43rd World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 31st World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari441hr 28m 15.125s10
2-1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault44+5.602s6
3+3(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes44+15.710s4
4+3(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault44+19.125s3
5-3(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault44+29.179s2
6-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault44+29.896s1
7+6(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha44+1m 00.754s 
8+9(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha44+1m 40.227s 
9+9(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart43+1 lap 
10+9(PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes37DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot34DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari29DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot29DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda22DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart11DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda0DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
2(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
5(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
6(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
7(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
8(GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot
9(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari
10(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth
13(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha
14(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda
15(BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda
16(NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart
17(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
18(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart
19(PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:50.574 
2(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:50.9800.406
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:51.7781.204
4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:51.8841.310
5(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:51.9601.386
6(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:52.3181.744
7(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:52.3541.780
8(GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:52.9772.403
9(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:53.0432.469
10(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:53.1522.578
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:53.1992.625
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:53.9933.419
13(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:54.0953.521
14(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:54.2203.646
15(BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:54.7004.126
16(NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:55.1504.576
17(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:55.3714.797
18(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:56.2865.712
19(PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:56.8306.256
Did not qualify
20(ITA) Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:58.5798.005

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Damon Hill81
2(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve68
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher39
4(FRA) Jean Alesi38
5(FIN) Mika Hakkinen23
6(GBR) David Coulthard18
7(AUT) Gerhard Berger17
8(FRA) Olivier Panis13
9(BRA) Rubens Barrichello12
10(GBR) Eddie Irvine9
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
12(FIN) Mika Salo5
13(GBR) Johnny Herbert4
14(GBR) Martin Brundle3
15(NLD) Jos Verstappen1
=(BRA) Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Renault149
2Benetton-Renault55
3Ferrari48
4McLaren-Mercedes41
5Jordan-Peugeot15
6Ligier-Mugen-Honda14
7Sauber-Ford Cosworth10
8Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9Footwork-Hart1

Stats & milestones

Wins
21st for Michael Schumacher
107th for Ferrari
Podiums
43rd for Michael Schumacher
11th for Mika Hakkinen
10th for Jacques Villeneuve (54th driver to score ten podiums, 2nd Canadian driver)
384th for Ferrari
260th for McLaren
224th for Williams
Poles
2nd for Jacques Villeneuve
94th for Williams
1-2 start
47th for Williams
Fastest laps
19th for Gerhard Berger
33rd for Benetton
Front row starts
44th for Damon Hill
6th for Jacques Villeneuve