F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | AUS | BRA | ARG | EUR | SMR | MCO | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | PRT | JPN | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (GBR) Damon Hill (Williams) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | R | R | 1 | 1 | R | 1 | 2 | 5 | R | 2 | 1 | 97 |
| 2 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) | 2 | R | 2 | 1 | 11R | R | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | R | 78 |
| 3 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) | R | 3 | R | 2 | 2 | R | 1 | R | DNS | R | 4 | 9R | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
| 4 | (FRA) Jean Alesi (Benetton) | R | 2 | 3 | R | 6 | R | 2 | 3 | 3 | R | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | R | 47 |
| 5 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) | 5 | 4 | R | 8 | 8R | 6R | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | R | 4 | 3 | 3 | R | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (Benetton) | 4 | R | R | 9 | 3 | R | R | R | 4 | 2 | 13R | R | 6 | R | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | (GBR) David Coulthard (McLaren) | R | R | 7 | 3 | R | 2 | R | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | R | R | R | 13 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) | R | R | 4 | 5 | 5 | R | R | R | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | R | 5 | R | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | (FRA) Olivier Panis (Ligier) | 7 | 6 | 8 | R | R | 1 | R | R | 7 | R | 7 | 5 | R | R | 10 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | (GBR) Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) | 3 | 7 | 5 | R | 4 | 7R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 5 | R | 11 |
| 11 | (GBR) Martin Brundle (Jordan) | R | 12R | R | 6 | R | R | R | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | R | R | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) | 8 | R | R | R | R | 4R | 4 | R | R | 8 | 8 | R | R | R | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 13 | (FIN) Mika Salo (Tyrrell) | 6 | 5 | R | DSQ | R | 5R | DSQ | R | 10 | 7 | 9 | R | 7 | R | 11 | R | 5 |
| 14 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert (Sauber) | R | R | 9 | 7 | R | 3 | R | 7 | DSQ | 9 | R | R | R | 9R | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| 15 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz (Ligier) | 10 | 8 | R | 10 | 7 | R | 6 | R | R | R | R | R | R | 6 | R | R | 2 |
| 16 | (NLD) Jos Verstappen (Footwork) | R | R | 6 | R | R | R | R | R | R | 10 | R | R | R | 8 | R | 11 | 1 |
| (JPN) Ukyo Katayama (Tyrrell) | 11 | 9 | R | DSQ | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | R | ||
| (BRA) Ricardo Rosset (Footwork) | 9 | R | R | 11 | R | R | R | R | 11 | R | 11 | 8 | 9 | R | 14 | 13 | ||
| (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella (Minardi) | R | 13 | R | R | R | 8 | R | 11 | ||||||||||
| (PRT) Pedro Lamy (Minardi) | R | 10 | R | 12 | 9 | R | R | R | 12 | R | 12 | R | 10 | R | 16 | 12 | ||
| (ITA) Luca Badoer (Forti) | DNQ | 11 | R | DNQ | 10 | R | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | ||||||||
| (ITA) Giovanni Lavaggi (Minardi) | DNQ | 10R | DNQ | R | 15 | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| (ITA) Andrea Montermini (Forti) | DNQ | R | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | ||||||||
| (BRA) Tarso Marques (Minardi) | R | R | ||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | AUS | BRA | ARG | EUR | SMR | MCO | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | PRT | JPN | Points |
Table key and points system
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (10)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1996.
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