Monaco Grand Prix 1996

 Monaco Grand Prix 1996

Racing data
6th of 16 races in the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Date:	May 19, 1996
Place:	Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	249.6 km in 75 laps of 3.328 km
Planned:	259.584 km in 78 laps of 3.328 km
Weather:	occasional rain
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 20.356 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault
Time:	1: 25.205 min (lap 59)
Podium
First:	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen
Second:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford

The Monaco Grand Prix 1996 was held on 19 May at the Circuit de Monaco in Monaco instead and was the sixth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1996 .

Reports

background

After the San Marino Grand Prix , Damon Hill led the drivers' standings with 21 points ahead of Jacques Villeneuve and 27 points ahead of Michael Schumacher . Williams-Renault led the constructors' championship with 40 points ahead of Ferrari and 47 points ahead of Benetton-Renault .

With Schumacher (twice) a former winner competed in this Grand Prix.

David Coulthard had to borrow a helmet from Schumacher for this race, as his own had soaked up with water during the warm-up. Schumacher rode in the same helmet at the Brazilian Grand Prix and finished third.

training

In Thursday's free practice session, Mika Häkkinen set the fastest lap ahead of Hill and his team-mate David Coulthard . In Saturday's free practice, Hill took the lead in front of Coulthard and Schumacher.

Qualifying

As in the previous race, Ferrari driver Schumacher secured pole position . Hill and Jean Alesi started the race from places two and three . It was a controversial situation between Gerhard Berger , who was on his fast lap, and Schumacher, ran aground as Berger after the tunnel on the slow-moving Schumacher. Berger turned and backed into the chicane.

Warm up

In the warm-up on Sunday morning, Olivier Panis achieved the best lap time ahead of Häkkinen and Schumacher. Andrea Montermini had an accident in which he damaged his Forti-Ford so badly that he could not compete.

After it had rained on Sunday lunchtime, additional training was held in wet conditions before the race, with Häkkinen taking the lead ahead of Alesi and Rubens Barrichello .

run

After Montermini was unable to take part in the race due to an accident in the warm-up and a lack of a replacement car, 21 pilots started the Monaco Grand Prix. Hill started better than Schumacher and was able to take the lead in the Sainte Devote . The race was already over for three other drivers in the first corner: Jos Verstappen , who had started on slicks, slipped straight into the wall and both Minardi- Ford drivers clashed at the first corner and were eliminated. While Hill drove ahead, Schumacher lost control of his Ferrari after the hairpin and retired. Barrichello spun in the Rascasse , for whom the race was over. After Ukyō Katayama and Ricardo Rosset had also retired due to an accident and Pedro Diniz with a transmission problem, only 13 pilots drove after five laps. At the top, a significant gap opened between the leaders and fourth-placed Eddie Irvine , behind whom a line of eight cars formed. Berger had to retire on the tenth lap due to transmission problems and Heinz-Harald Frentzen fell back to second from last place in front of Luca Badoer after damaging his front wing in an attack on Irvine .

After Martin Brundle was eliminated with a spin on lap 31 , half of all drivers were out of the race. Three laps later, after an attack by Panis, Irvine lost control of his vehicle and got stuck. With the help of the marshals, the Briton, who had already loosened his seat belt, was able to resume the race. In the meantime, Hill had lost the lead to Alesi briefly after a pit stop where he switched to dry tires. One lap later he was able to overtake the Frenchman and take the lead again. After Alesi, who was still on rain tires, had also made a pit stop, Hill managed to extend his lead to around 30 seconds. However, his race was over on lap 40 as he had to retire for the first time this season due to a transmission fault at the exit of the tunnel. Alesi, who had previously finished in second place, took the lead and held it for 20 laps until he had to retire with a damaged suspension. His compatriot Panis took over the lead. Badoer, who had already lapped a few laps, collided in the Mirabeau with Jacques Villeneuve , who wanted to lap the Italian. For the Canadian, the race was over immediately. Badoer was initially able to continue driving, but then had to park his car with electronic problems. After the race, Badoer was banned for two races.

Panis led the race with a slight margin over Coulthard. At that point there were only seven pilots left in the race. Irvine saw an eventful race that came to an end after turning at the point where his team-mate Schumacher had driven into the wall. To go back on the track while trying he met Mika Salo , who had previously been hit by Hakkinen. All three drivers retired, but were classified as they had completed enough laps. Frentzen, who was in third place, collided with his team mate Johnny Herbert on the penultimate lap and had to give up the race in fourth place in the pits. The race did not go the full distance of 78 laps, but was flagged on the 75th lap after the 2-hour time limit had been reached. With Panis, Coulthard and Herbert only three pilots reached the finish. A total of seven pilots were rated.

The race went down in history as the race with the fewest pilots to reach the finish. Panis won the first and - as it turned out - only Grand Prix of his career in a Ligier JS43 . It was also the last victory for the team, which was run as the Prost Grand Prix from the following year .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F310	Ferrari 3.0 V10	G
	02	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	03	Jean Alesi	Benetton B196	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	04th	Gerhard Berger
Rothmans Williams Renault	05	Damon Hill	Williams FW18	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	06th	Jacques Villeneuve
Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	07th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren MP4 / 11	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	G
	08th	David Coulthard
Ligier Gauloises Blondes	09	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	Ukyō 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 V10	G
	23	Andrea Montermini

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 20.356	01
02	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 20.866	02
03	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 20.918	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	1: 21.067	04th
05	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.460	05
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 21.504	06th
07th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 21.542	07th
08th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.688	08th
09	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	1: 21.929	09
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 21.963	10
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 22.235	11
12	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1: 22.327	12
13	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford	1: 22.346	13
14th	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen	1: 22.358	14th
15th	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 22.460	15th
16	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 22.519	16
17th	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen	1: 22.682	17th
18th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	1: 22.684	18th
19th	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1: 23.350	19th
20th	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1: 24.976	20th
21st	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	1: 25.059	21st
22nd	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford	1: 25.393	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen	75	1	2: 00: 45.629	14th	1: 25,581 (65.)
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	75	1	+ 4.828	05	1: 26.238 (68.)
03	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford	75	1	+ 37.503	13	1: 26.852 (68.)
04th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	74	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 25.608 (66.)
05	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	70	1	DNF	11	1: 26,461 (68.)
06th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	1	DNF	08th	1: 26,482 (69.)
07th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	68	3	DNF	07th	1: 26,120 (48th)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	66	1	DNF	10	1: 26.682 (65th)
-	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	60	3	DNF	03	1: 25.205 (59.)
-	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	60	1	DNF	21st	1: 33,305 (45th)
-	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	40	1	DNF	02	1: 28,523 (40.)
-	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	30th	1	DNF	16	1: 35.477 (30.)
-	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	09	0	DNF	04th	1: 49.966 ( 08.)
-	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen	05	0	DNF	17th	1: 53.469 ( 05.)
-	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	03	0	DNF	20th	1: 58.465 ( 03rd)
-	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	02	0	DNF	15th	1: 55.722 ( 02.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	01	-
-	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	00	0	DNF	06th	-
-	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	00	0	DNF	12	-
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	00	0	DNF	18th	-
-	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	00	0	DNF	19th	-
	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford	-	-	DNS	22nd	-

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  Olivier Panis 11 05  Jean Alesi 11 06th  David Coulthard 10 07th  Eddie Irvine 9 08th  Gerhard Berger 7th 09  Rubens Barrichello 7th 10  Mika Hakkinen 6th 11  Mika Salo 5 12  Johnny Herbert 4th

Item driver Points 13  Heinz-Harald Frentzen 3 14th  Martin Brundle 1 15th  Jos Verstappen 1 -  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 16 05  Ligier-Mugen 11 06th  Jordan-Peugeot 8th

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ford 7th 08th  Tyrrell Yamaha 5 09  Footwork-Hart 1 -  Minardi-Ford 0 -  Forti-Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "WM-Stand" ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 8, 2010)  
2. ↑ “David Coulthard column” (bbc.co.uk on May 23, 2009)
3. ↑ "Free Training - Thursday, May 16, 1996" ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 8, 2010)  
4. ↑ "Free Training - Saturday, May 18, 1996" ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 8, 2010)  
5. ↑ "Qualification Training - Saturday, May 18, 1996" ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 8, 2010)  
6. ↑ "Warm up - Sunday, May 19, 1996" ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 8, 2010)  
7. ↑ "Free Training - Sunday, May 19, 1996" ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 8, 2010)