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1996 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitCatalunya, 65 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1996 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 588th World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Catalunya
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari651hr 59m 49.307s10
2+2(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault65+45.302s6
3-1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault65+48.388s4
4+7(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth64+1 lap3
5+5(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes64+1 lap2
6+11(BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda63+2 laps1
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart47DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot45DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault44DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot17DNF 
DQ (FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha16DSQ 
R (GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault10DNF 
R (JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha8DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R (BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart0DNF 
R (PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Mika Salo was disqualified for changing into the spare car illegally.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:20.650 
2(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:21.0840.434
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:21.5870.937
4(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:22.0611.411
5(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:22.1251.475
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:22.3331.683
7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:22.3791.729
8(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:22.6852.035
9(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:23.0272.377
10(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.0702.420
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:23.1952.545
12(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:23.2242.574
13(NLD) Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:23.3712.721
14(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.4162.766
15(GBR) Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:23.4382.788
16(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:24.4013.751
17(BRA) Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:24.4683.818
18(PRT) Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:25.2744.624
19(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:25.5314.881
20(BRA) Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:25.6214.971
Did not qualify
21(ITA) Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth1:26.6155.965
22(ITA) Andrea MonterminiForti-Ford Cosworth1:27.3586.708

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Damon Hill43
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher26
=(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve26
4(FRA) Jean Alesi17
5(FRA) Olivier Panis11
6(GBR) David Coulthard10
7(GBR) Eddie Irvine9
8(FIN) Mika Hakkinen8
9(AUT) Gerhard Berger7
10(BRA) Rubens Barrichello7
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
12(FIN) Mika Salo5
13(GBR) Johnny Herbert4
14(NLD) Jos Verstappen1
=(GBR) Martin Brundle1
=(BRA) Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Renault69
2Ferrari35
3Benetton-Renault24
4McLaren-Mercedes18
5Ligier-Mugen-Honda12
6Sauber-Ford Cosworth10
7Jordan-Peugeot8
8Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9Footwork-Hart1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
20th for Michael Schumacher (9th driver to win 20 races, 1st German driver; first for Ferrari)
106th for Ferrari
Podiums
42nd for Michael Schumacher
21st for Jean Alesi
4th for Jacques Villeneuve
383rd for Ferrari
214th for Williams
81st for Benetton
Poles
15th for Damon Hill
90th for Williams (3rd constructor to take 90 pole positions)
1-2 start
44th for Williams EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ferrari)
Fastest laps
24th for Michael Schumacher (first for Ferrari)
123rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
38th for Damon Hill
3rd for Jacques Villeneuve
Points finishes
1st for Pedro Diniz (271st different point scorer, 13th Brazilian driver)
Win & fastest lap
14th for Michael Schumacher (first for Ferrari)