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

1996 Hungarian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 11 August 1996
Winner
  • Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitHungaroring, 77 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix was the

  • 593rd World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Hungaroring
  • 1996 Constructors’ title decider
More 1996 season
More Hungarian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault771hr 46m 21.134s10
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault77+0.771s6
3+2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault77+1m 24.212s4
4+3Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes76+1 lap3
5+6France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda76+1 lap2
6+7Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot75+2 laps1
7+7Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha74+3 laps 
8+10Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart74+3 laps 
9-8Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari70DNF 
10+10Italy flag lazyload Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault64DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari31DNF 
R Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes23DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart10DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot5DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha0DNF 

Notes

  • Michael Schumacher ended lap 70 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Giovanni Lavaggi ended lap 69 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault
3Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari
5France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
7Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth
9United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
10Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot
13Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot
14Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
15Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda
16Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha
17Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart
18Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart
19Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:17.129 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:17.1820.053
3Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:17.2590.130
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:18.6171.488
5France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:18.7541.625
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:18.7941.665
7Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.1161.987
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:19.2922.163
9United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.3842.255
10Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:19.4362.307
11France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:19.5382.409
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:19.8282.699
13Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:19.9662.837
14Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:20.4993.370
15Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:20.6653.536
16Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:20.6783.549
17Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:20.7813.652
18Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:21.5904.461
19Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.7134.584
20Italy flag lazyload Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:22.4685.339

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1996 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill79
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve62
3France flag lazyload Jean Alesi35
4Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher29
5Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen19
6United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard18
7Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger16
8France flag lazyload Olivier Panis13
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello12
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine9
11Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
12Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo5
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert4
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle3
15Netherlands flag lazyload Jos Verstappen1
=Brazil flag lazyload Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault141
2Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault51
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari38
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes37
5Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot15
6France flag lazyload Ligier-Mugen-Honda14
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Ford Cosworth10
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Footwork-Hart1

Statistics & milestones

World Champion
8th title for Williams (2nd constructor to win eight championships) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ferrari)
Wins
3rd for Jacques Villeneuve
93rd for Williams
Race 1-2
29th for Williams
Podiums
38th for Damon Hill, 25th for Jean Alesi, 9th for Jacques Villeneuve
222nd & 223rd for Williams, 86th for Benetton
Poles
14th for Michael Schumacher
118th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
19th and last for Damon Hill
99th for Williams
Front row starts
43rd for Damon Hill, 28th for Michael Schumacher

See also

  • Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Hungaroring circuit
  • 1996 World Championship season

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