San Marino Grand Prix 1996

 San Marino Grand Prix 1996

Racing data
5th of 16 races in the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	16 ° Gran Premio di San Marino
Date:	May 5, 1996
Place:	Imola
Course:	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Length:	308.196 km in 63 laps of 4.892 km
Weather:	dry
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.890 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 28.931 min (lap 49)
Podium
First:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Third:	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault

The 1996 San Marino Grand Prix took place on May 5, 1996 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola and was the fifth race of the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

backgrounds

After the European Grand Prix , Damon Hill led the drivers' standings with 33 points, 11 points ahead of Jacques Villeneuve and 23 points ahead of Michael Schumacher .

Williams-Renault led the constructors' championship with 55 points, 39 points ahead of Ferrari and 42 points ahead of Benetton-Renault .

Forti Corse started with the new Forti FG03 for the first time .

With Schumacher (1994) and Hill (1995) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

training

Andrea Montermini and David Coulthard in free practice

In the first free practice on Friday, Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Jacques Villeneuve . On Saturday, in the second training run, Damon Hill was able to secure the fastest time ahead of Michael Schumacher and his team-mate Jacques Villeneuve.

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher secured pole position with a time of 1: 26.890 minutes in front of the two Williams drivers Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. Andrea Montermini was the only one unable to qualify with his Forti-Ford due to the 107 percent rule (1: 33.685 minutes).

Warm up

Damon Hill set the fastest time ahead of his teammate Villeneuve and McLaren driver David Coulthard .

run

David Coulthard, who started from position 4, was able to secure the lead shortly after the start. After Michael Schumacher took the lead in lap 20, he had to hand it over to Damon Hill in the next lap. David Coulthard, who led the race for almost a third of the race, retired on lap 45 due to a hydraulic fault.

Villeneuve, who was in third place in the World Cup at the time, dropped out on lap 58 after a collision with Jean Alesi , but was still classified in eleventh place. Damon Hill did not give up the lead until the finish and won the race in 1: 35: 26.156 hours. On Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, the right front wheel blocked on the last lap. Nevertheless, he was able to bring his car home in second place. Gerhard Berger came third.

Damon Hill also secured the fastest race lap with 1: 28.931 minutes.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F310	Ferrari 3.0 V10	G
	2	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton B196	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	4th	Gerhard Berger
Rothmans Williams Renault	5	Damon Hill	Williams FW18	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	6th	Jacques Villeneuve
Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	7th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren MP4 / 11	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	G
	8th	David Coulthard
Ligier Gauloises Blondes	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier JS43	Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10	G
	10	Pedro Diniz
B&H Total Jordan Peugeot	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan 196	Peugeot 3.0 V10	G
	12	Martin Brundle
Red Bull Sauber Ford	14th	Johnny Herbert	Clean C15	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G
	15th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Footwork Hart	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork FA17	Hard 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jos Verstappen
Tyrrell Yamaha	18th	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell 024	Yamaha 3.0 V10	G
	19th	Mika Salo
Minardi team	20th	Pedro Lamy	Minardi M195B	Ford EDM 3.0 V8	G
	21st	Giancarlo Fisichella
Forti Grand Prix	22nd	Luca Badoer	Forti FG03	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8	G
	23	Andrea Montermini

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 26.890	01
02	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 27.105	02
03	Jacues Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 27.220	03
04th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 27.688	04th
05	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 28.009	05
06th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 28.205	06th
07th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	1: 28.336	07th
08th	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 28.423	08th
09	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 28.632	09
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	1: 28.785	10
11	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 29.079	11
12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 29.099	12
13	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen	1: 29.472	13
14th	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1: 29.539	14th
15th	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford	1: 29.541	15th
16	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 29.892	16
17th	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen	1: 29.989	17th
18th	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1: 30.471	18th
19th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	1: 30.814	19th
20th	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1: 31.316	20th
21st	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	1: 32.972	21st
107 percent time : 1: 32.972 min (based on the best time of 1: 26.890 min)
DNQ	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford	1: 33.685	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	63	2	1: 35: 26,156	02	1: 28.931
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	63	2	+ 16,460	01	1: 28.966
03	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	63	2	+ 46.891	07th	1: 29.667
04th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	63	2	+1: 01.583	06th	1: 29.503
05	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	63	2	+1: 18.490	09	1: 29.888
06th	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	62	3	+ 1 lap	05	1: 29.542
07th	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen	62	3	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 30.852
08th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	61	3	DNF	11	1: 30.192
09	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	61	3	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 31.897
10	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	59	5	+ 4 rounds	21st	1: 32.426
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	57	3	DNF	03	1: 29.226
-	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen	54	2	DNF	13	1: 30.184
-	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	45	2	DNF	16	1: 30.772
-	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	44	2	DNF	04th	1: 29.480
-	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	40	1	DNF	20th	1: 32.169
-	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	38	1	DNF	14th	1: 30.479
-	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	36	2	DNF	12	1: 30,000
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	32	1	DNF	10	1: 31.092
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	30th	1	DNF	19th	1: 31.633
-	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford	25th	3	DNF	15th	1: 30.811
-	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	23	1	DNF	08th	1: 29.997

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver Points 01  Damon Hill 43 02  Jacques Villeneuve 22nd 03  Michael sSchumacher 16 04th  Jean Alesi 11 05  Eddie Irvine 9 06th  Rubens Barrichello 7th 07th  Gerhard Berger 7th 08th  Mika Hakkinen 5 09  David Coulthard 4th 10  Mika Salo 3 11  Olivier Panis 1 12  Jos Verstappen 1

Item driver Points 13  Martin Brundle 1 -  Heinz-Harald Frentzen 0 -  Johnny Herbert 0 -  Pedro Diniz 0 -  Pedro Lamy 0 -  Ricardo Rosset 0 -  Ukyō Katayama 0 -  Luca Badoer 0 -  Andrea Montermini 0 -  Giancarlo Fisichella 0 -  Tarso Marques 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 65 02  Ferrari 25th 03  Benetton Renault 18th 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 9 05  Jordan-Peugeot 8th 06th  Tyrrell Yamaha 3

Item constructor Points 07th  Footwork-Hart 1 08th  Ligier-Mugen 1 -  Clean Ford 0 -  Minardi-Ford 0 -  Forti-Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Grand Prix 1996, motorsportarchiv.de ( memento of March 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), World Championship stands after the European Grand Prix.
2. ↑ Stats F1: Forti FG03-96 • STATS F1. In: statsf1.com. March 9, 2019, accessed March 9, 2019 . 

Web links

• Race result, official F1 homepage
• Details about the race at motorsportarchiv.de