Formula 1 World Championship 1996
World Champion | |
Driver: | Damon Hill |
Constructor: | Williams-Renault |
Season dates | |
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Number of races: | 16 |
<1995 season |
The 1996 Formula 1 World Championship was the 47th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races between March 10, 1996 and October 13, 1996. Damon Hill won the Drivers' Championship for the first and only time. Williams-Renault became constructors' world champions for the 8th time.
Changes in 1996
Regulations
The technical regulations stipulated further measures to protect drivers. This time the cockpit walls were raised further. In addition, the end plates of the front wing were restricted to a maximum thickness of 10 mm in order to limit possible tire damage in the event of a collision.
There were also innovations in the sporting regulations. Mainly the race qualification was changed: After qualifying rounds had taken place on Friday (or Thursday at the Monaco Grand Prix ) and Saturday of the race weekend in previous years , this was now limited to an exclusive Saturday qualification. For this, an additional free training took place every Friday. In addition, the 107 percent rule has now been introduced, which resulted in non-qualification for vehicles that had required more than 107% of the pole time as the best result of the qualification. This rule was u. a. introduced after the vehicles of the Forti team had been in some cases significantly slower than the rest of the field in the previous year and there were therefore numerous risky lapping maneuvers.
Uniform safety cars and medical cars have now also been introduced for all races .
stretch
The Pacific Grand Prix did not take place again after two editions, so the number of season races was reduced to 16. Otherwise, the racing calendar was partly changed: The Australian Grand Prix took place at the end of the season, now at the beginning. In addition, this race moved to the also temporary Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne for the first time after ten years on the Adelaide Street Circuit . In addition, the European Grand Prix , which took place again at the Nürburgring , moved to spring and thus represented the first race of the “European” season. The Monaco Grand Prix and the Spanish Grand Prix also swapped positions.
Teams
Pacific Grand Prix did not start again in 1996 after two seasons, after Simtek had already ceased operations after six races in the 1995 season. The field of participants in Formula 1 thus shrank to just 22 vehicles in 1996.
Engines
There were no changes at the engine suppliers. However, Ford launched its first V10 engine with its partner team, the Sauber, with the Cosworth JD . Even Ferrari walked this path and adopted in 1996 by the final characteristic previously for this team Twelve cylinders.
driver
The driver policy of Ferrari caused a sensation, which signed the reigning double world champion Michael Schumacher from Benetton and also occupied the second cockpit with the former Jordan driver Eddie Irvine . In return, the previous Ferrari driver pairing of Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi switched to Benetton together. Jordan, in turn, had the second car next to Rubens Barrichello driven by the previous Ligier driver Martin Brundle . He was replaced by the Brazilian paydriver Pedro Diniz , who made his debut at Forti the previous year. That team finally reorganized itself this season with Luca Badoer , who was active for Minardi last year, and the former Pacific driver Andrea Montermini .
Johnny Herbert , the other Benetton driver in 1995, switched to Sauber for 1996 and became Heinz-Harald Frentzen's team-mate . Jean-Christophe Boullion and Karl Wendlinger , who alternated driving for Sauber in 1995, no longer competed in Formula 1. Minardi continued to compete with the Portuguese Pedro Lamy , the second cockpit was shared successively by the debutants Giancarlo Fisichella , Tarso Marques and Giovanni Lavaggi . The driver pairing at Footwork was completely new , where the former Benetton and Simtek driver Jos Verstappen met newcomer Ricardo Rosset .
Also caused a stir Williams that the CART -Master last year Jacques Villeneuve had to take. David Coulthard , Williams' second driver alongside two-time vice world champion Damon Hill , then moved to McLaren . Mark Blundell and Nigel Mansell , who had competed with Mika Häkkinen at McLaren last year , now left Formula 1. The pairing of Häkkinen and Coulthard turned out to be successful and lasted until 2001.
Only Tyrrell did not change the line-up .
Teams and drivers
Racing calendar
No. | date | Grand Prix | route | Distance (km) |
Pole position | Fastest race lap | winner | Overall leading driver |
Overall leading designer |
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1 | March 10th | Australia | Albert Park Circuit | 307,516 | Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques Villeneuve | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault |
2 | March 31 | Brazil | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 307.075 | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | ||
3 | 7th of April | Argentina | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | 306,482 | Damon Hill | Jean Alesi | Damon Hill | ||
4th | April 28 | Europe | Nürburgring | 305.252 | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | ||
5 | 5th of May | San Marino | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 308.196 | Michael sSchumacher | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | ||
6th | May 19th | Monaco | Circuit de Monaco | 249,600 | Michael sSchumacher | Jean Alesi | Olivier Panis | ||
7th | 2th of June | Spain | Circuit de Catalunya | 307.114 | Damon Hill | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | ||
8th | June 16 | Canada | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve | 305.049 | Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | Damon Hill | ||
9 | June 30th | France | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 305.814 | Michael sSchumacher | Jacques Villeneuve | Damon Hill | ||
10 | July 14th | Great Britain | Silverstone Circuit | 308,477 | Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques Villeneuve | ||
11 | July 28th | Germany | Hockenheimring | 307.035 | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | Damon Hill | ||
12 | August 11th | Hungary | Hungaroring | 305.536 | Michael sSchumacher | Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | ||
13 | August 25 | Belgium | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 306.856 | Jacques Villeneuve | Gerhard Berger | Michael sSchumacher | ||
14th | September 8th | Italy | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 305.810 | Damon Hill | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | ||
15th | September 22 | Portugal | Circuito do Estoril | 305,200 | Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques Villeneuve | ||
16 | October 13th | Japan | Suzuka International Racing Course | 304.928 | Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques Villeneuve | Damon Hill |
Race reports
Australian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1: 32: 50.491 |
2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | + 38.020 |
3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | + 1,02,517 |
4th | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | + 1,17,037 |
5 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | +1: 35.071 |
6th | Mika Salo | Tyrrell - Yamaha | + 1 lap |
Jacques Villeneuve surprised in his first race and achieved pole position straight away. On the other hand, the newly introduced 107 percent rule applied immediately to both Fortis: Neither Luca Badoer nor Andrea Montermini achieved a lap time sufficient to qualify for the race.
The race itself had to be stopped after the first start when Martin Brundle's car overturned violently as a result of a collision with Johnny Herbert , whereby Brundle luckily remained unharmed. After the restart, Villeneuve stayed in the lead for a long time. A loss of oil, however, slowed the Canadian, let him fall behind Damon Hill and thus prevented a victory in Villeneuve's racing debut.
Brazilian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1: 49: 52.976 |
2 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | +17.982 |
3 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | + 1 lap |
4th | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 1 lap |
5 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell - Yamaha | + 1 lap |
6th | Olivier Panis | Ligier - Mugen-Honda | + 1 lap |
Argentina Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1: 54: 55.322 |
2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | +12.167 |
3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 14.154 |
4th | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan Peugeot | + 55.131 |
5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | +1: 04.991 |
6th | Jos Verstappen | Footwork Hart | +1: 08.913 |
Grand Prix of Europe
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | 1: 33: 26.473 |
2 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | + 0.762 |
3 | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | + 32.834 |
4th | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | + 33,511 |
5 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | + 33.713 |
6th | Martin Brundle | Jordan - Peugeot | + 55.567 |
After the race, both Tyrrell drivers were disqualified: Mika Salo because of an underweight vehicle, Ukyō Katayama because of unauthorized pushing of his vehicle.
San Marino Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | 1: 35: 26,156 |
2 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | + 16,460 |
3 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | + 46.891 |
4th | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | +1: 01.583 |
5 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | +1: 18.490 |
6th | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | +1: 08.913 |
Monaco Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Olivier Panis | Ligier - Mugen - Honda | 2: 00: 45.629 |
2 | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | + 4.828 |
3 | Johnny Herbert | Clean - Ford | + 37.503 |
4th | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Clean - Ford | + 1 lap |
5 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell - Ford | + 5 rounds |
6th | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 5 rounds |
Olivier Panis achieved a surprising victory - his only and the team's first since 1981 (and also the last). Otherwise the race was characterized by failures. Only four vehicles even crossed the finish line, a negative record that is still valid today.
Spanish Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | 1: 59: 49,307 |
2 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 45,302 |
3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | + 48.388 |
4th | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Clean - Ford | + 1 lap |
5 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 1 lap |
6th | Pedro Diniz | Ligier - Mugen - Honda | + 2 rounds |
Michael Schumacher scored his first win for Ferrari in a sensational race in rainy conditions.
Mika Salo suffered his second disqualification of the season after having illegally changed cars before the start.
Canadian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | 1: 36: 03.465 |
2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | + 4.183 |
3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 54.656 |
4th | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | +1: 03.673 |
5 | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | + 1 lap |
6th | Martin Brundle | Jordan - Peugeot | + 1 lap |
French Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | 1: 36: 28.795 |
2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | + 8.127 |
3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 46.442 |
4th | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | + 46.859 |
5 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | +1: 02.774 |
6th | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | +1: 08.913 |
Michael Schumacher achieved pole position, but retired on the warm-up lap with engine failure and was therefore unable to contest the race.
Johnny Herbert , who actually finished in 11th place, was disqualified after the race because of an illegal bodywork.
Great Britain Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | 1: 33: 00.874 |
2 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | + 19.026 |
3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 50.830 |
4th | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | +1: 06.716 |
5 | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | +1: 22.507 |
6th | Martin Brundle | Jordan - Peugeot | + 1 lap |
Grand Prix of Germany
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | 1: 21: 43.417 |
2 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | +11,452 |
3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | + 33.926 |
4th | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | + 41.517 |
5 | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | + 42.196 |
6th | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | +1: 42.099 |
The Forti team arrived but could not pay for their engines and so did not take part in the race weekend. This represented the end of this racing team.
Hungarian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | 1: 46: 21,134 |
2 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | + 0.771 |
3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | +1: 24.212 |
4th | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 1 lap |
5 | Olivier Panis | Ligier - Mugen - Honda | + 1 lap |
6th | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | + 2 rounds |
Belgian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | 1: 28: 15,125 |
2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | + 5.602 |
3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 15.710 |
4th | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 19.125 |
5 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | + 29.179 |
6th | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | + 29.896 |
Italian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | 1: 17: 43.632 |
2 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 18.265 |
3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | +1: 06.635 |
4th | Martin Brundle | Jordan - Peugeot | +1: 25.217 |
5 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | +1: 25.475 |
6th | Pedro Diniz | Ligier - Mugen - Honda | + 1 lap |
Grand Prix of Portugal
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | 1: 40: 22.915 |
2 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | + 19.966 |
3 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | + 53.765 |
4th | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | + 55.109 |
5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | +1: 27.389 |
6th | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | +1: 33.141 |
Japanese Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Damon Hill | Williams - Renault | 1: 32: 33.791 |
2 | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari | + 1.883 |
3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | + 3.212 |
4th | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | + 26,526 |
5 | Martin Brundle | Jordan - Peugeot | +1: 07.120 |
6th | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Clean - Ford | +1: 21.186 |
World championship ratings
The world champion is the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements in the overall result of the respective race of all races are taken into account. The first six drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:
Distribution of points | ||||||||||
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space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | ||||
Points | 10 | 6th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver ranking
Item | driver | constructor | Points | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | D. Hill | Williams-Renault | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 1 | DNF | DNF | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 2 | 5 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 97 |
2 | J. Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 2 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 11 * | DNF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7th | 1 | DNF | 78 |
3 | M. Schumacher | Ferrari | DNF | 3 | DNF | 2 | 2 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNS | DNF | 4th | 9 * | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
4th | J. Alesi | Benetton Renault | DNF | 2 | 3 | DNF | 6th | DNF | 2 | 3 | 3 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 4th | 2 | 4th | DNF | 47 |
5 | M. Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 5 | 4th | DNF | 8th | 8th* | 6 * | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | DNF | 4th | 3 | 3 | DNF | 3 | 31 |
6th | G. Berger | Benetton Renault | 4th | DNF | DNF | 9 | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 4th | 2 | 13 * | DNF | 6th | DNF | 6th | 4th | 21st |
7th | D. Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | DNF | DNF | 7th | 3 | DNF | 2 | DNF | 4th | 6th | 5 | 5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 13 | 8th | 18th |
8th | R. Barrichello | Jordan-Peugeot | DNF | DNF | 4th | 5 | 5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | 4th | 6th | 6th | DNF | 5 | DNF | 9 | 14th |
9 | O. Panis | Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 7th | 6th | 8th | DNF | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | 7th | DNF | 7th | 5 | DNF | DNF | 10 | 7th | 13 |
10 | E. Irvine | Ferrari | 3 | 7th | 5 | DNF | 4th | 7 * | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 5 | DNF | 11 |
11 | M. Brundle | Jordan-Peugeot | DNF | 12 * | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 9 | 5 | 8th |
12 | H. Frentzen | Clean Ford | 8th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 4 * | 4th | DNF | DNF | 8th | 8th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 7th | 6th | 7th |
13 | M. Salo | Tyrrell Yamaha | 6th | 5 | DNF | DSQ | DNF | 5 * | DSQ | DNF | 10 | 7th | 9 | DNF | 7th | DNF | 11 | DNF | 5 |
14th | J. Herbert | Clean Ford | DNF | DNF | 9 | 7th | DNF | 3 | DNF | 7th | DSQ | 9 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 * | 8th | 10 | 4th |
15th | P. Diniz | Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 10 | 8th | DNF | 10 | 7th | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | 2 |
16 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork-Hart | DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 10 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | 11 | 1 |
- | Ukyō Katayama | Tyrrell Yamaha | 11 | 9 | DNF | DSQ | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 7th | 8th | 10 | 12 | DNF | 0 |
- | R. Rosset | Footwork-Hart | 9 | DNF | DNF | 11 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 11 | DNF | 11 | 8th | 9 | DNF | 14th | 13 | 0 |
- | G. Fisichella | Minardi-Ford | DNF | 13 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford | DNF | 10 | DNF | 12 | 9 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | 12 | DNF | 10 | DNF | 16 | 12 | 0 |
- | Luca Badoer | Forti-Ford | DNQ | 11 | DNF | DNQ | 10 | DNF | DNQ | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Giovanni Lavaggi | Minardi-Ford | DNQ | 10 * | DNQ | DNF | 15th | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
- | Andrea Montermini | Forti-Ford | DNQ | DNF | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Tarso Marques | Minardi-Ford | DNF | DNF | 0 |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Constructors' championship
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