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1996 Hungarian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault771hr 46m 21.134s10
2 (GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault77+0.771s6
3+2(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault77+1m 24.212s4
4+3(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes76+1 lap3
5+6(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda76+1 lap2
6+7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot75+2 laps1
7+7(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha74+3 laps 
8+10(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart74+3 laps 
9-8(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari70DNF 
10+10(ITA) Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault64DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari31DNF 
R (PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes23DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart10DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot5DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1DNF 
R (FIN) 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
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
2(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault
3(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
4(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari
5(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
7(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
8(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
10(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda
12(GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot
13(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot
14(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
15(BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda
16(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha
17(NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart
18(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart
19(PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:17.129 
2(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:17.1820.053
3(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:17.2590.130
4(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:18.6171.488
5(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:18.7541.625
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:18.7941.665
7(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.1161.987
8(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:19.2922.163
9(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.3842.255
10(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:19.4362.307
11(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:19.5382.409
12(GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:19.8282.699
13(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:19.9662.837
14(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:20.4993.370
15(BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:20.6653.536
16(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:20.6783.549
17(NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:20.7813.652
18(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:21.5904.461
19(PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.7134.584
20(ITA) Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:22.4685.339

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Damon Hill79
2(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve62
3(FRA) Jean Alesi35
4(DEU) Michael Schumacher29
5(FIN) Mika Hakkinen19
6(GBR) David Coulthard18
7(AUT) Gerhard Berger16
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-Renault141
2Benetton-Renault51
3Ferrari38
4McLaren-Mercedes37
5Jordan-Peugeot15
6Ligier-Mugen-Honda14
7Sauber-Ford Cosworth10
8Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9Footwork-Hart1

Stats & 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