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

1996 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 19 May 1996
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Olivier Panis
  • France flag lazyload Ligier-Mugen-Honda
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Jean Alesi
  • Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault
CircuitMonte Carlo, 75 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix was the

  • 587th World Championship race
  • 43rd World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 43rd World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1996 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+13France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda752hr 00m 45.629s10
2+3United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes75+4.828s6
3+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth75+37.503s4
4+5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth74DNF3
5+6Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha70DNF2
6+2Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes70DNF1
7 United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari68DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault66DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault60DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot30DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault9DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda5DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart3DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha2DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari0DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart0DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot0DNF 
R Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Andrea MonterminiForti-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen entered the final lap in P4 before retiring.
  • Mika Salo ended lap 70 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Mika Hakkinen ended lap 70 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Eddie Irvine ended lap 68 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Damon Hill ended lap 40 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault
3France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
5United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
6Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari
8Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
9Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth
10Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
11Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha
12Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth
14France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda
15Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot
17Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda
18Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
19Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth
20Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart
21Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:20.356 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:20.8660.510
3France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:20.9180.562
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:21.0670.711
5United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.4601.104
6Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:21.5041.148
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:21.5421.186
8Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.6881.332
9Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:21.9291.573
10Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:21.9631.607
11Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:22.2351.879
12Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:22.3271.971
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:22.3461.990
14France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:22.3582.002
15Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:22.4602.104
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:22.5192.163
17Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:22.6822.326
18Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:22.6842.328
19Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:23.3502.994
20Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:24.9764.620
21Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth1:25.0594.703
22Italy flag lazyload Andrea MonterminiForti-Ford Cosworth1:25.3935.037

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill43
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve22
3Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher16
4France flag lazyload Olivier Panis11
5France flag lazyload Jean Alesi11
6United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard10
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine9
8Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger7
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello7
10Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen6
11Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo5
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert4
13Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen3
14Netherlands flag lazyload Jos Verstappen1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault65
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari25
3Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault18
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes16
5France flag lazyload Ligier-Mugen-Honda11
6Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot8
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Ford Cosworth7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Footwork-Hart1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st and only for Olivier Panis (85th different winner, 12th French driver; last French winner until 2020)
9th and last for Ligier (first since 1981)
Podiums
11th for David Coulthard, 5th for Johnny Herbert (first for Sauber), 3rd for Olivier Panis (last for Ligier)
258th for McLaren, 50th and last for Ligier (10th constructor to score 50 podiums), 2nd for Sauber
Poles
12th for Michael Schumacher
116th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
4th and last for Jean Alesi (last French driver to set a fastest lap until 2012)
32nd for Benetton
Front row starts
37th for Damon Hill, 27th for Michael Schumacher

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1996 World Championship season

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