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

1996 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 June 1996
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
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
More 1996 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari651hr 59m 49.307s10
2+2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault65+45.302s6
3-1Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault65+48.388s4
4+7Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth64+1 lap3
5+5Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes64+1 lap2
6+11Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda63+2 laps1
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart47DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot45DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault44DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot17DNF 
DQ Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha16DSQ 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault10DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha8DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1DNF 
R France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart0DNF 
R Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:20.650 
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:21.0840.434
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:21.5870.937
4France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:22.0611.411
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:22.1251.475
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:22.3331.683
7Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Peugeot1:22.3791.729
8France flag lazyload Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen-Honda1:22.6852.035
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Ford Cosworth1:23.0272.377
10Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.0702.420
11Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Ford Cosworth1:23.1952.545
12Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Yamaha1:23.2242.574
13Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenFootwork-Hart1:23.3712.721
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.4162.766
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleJordan-Peugeot1:23.4382.788
16Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:24.4013.751
17Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizLigier-Mugen-Honda1:24.4683.818
18Portugal flag lazyload Pedro LamyMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:25.2744.624
19Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:25.5314.881
20Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetFootwork-Hart1:25.6214.971
Did not qualify
21Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerForti-Ford Cosworth1:26.6155.965
22Italy flag lazyload Andrea MonterminiForti-Ford Cosworth1:27.3586.708

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill43
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher26
=Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve26
4France flag lazyload Jean Alesi17
5France flag lazyload Olivier Panis11
6United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard10
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine9
8Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen8
9Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger7
10Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello7
11Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
12Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo5
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert4
14Netherlands flag lazyload Jos Verstappen1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle1
=Brazil flag lazyload Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault69
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari35
3Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault24
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes18
5France flag lazyload Ligier-Mugen-Honda12
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ford Cosworth10
7Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Yamaha5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Footwork-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)
Qualifying 1-2
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)

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Catalunya circuit
  • 1996 World Championship season

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