Hungarian Grand Prix 1996

 Hungarian Grand Prix 1996

Racing data
12th of 16 races in the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij
Date:	August 11, 1996
Place:	Mogyoród
Course:	Hungaroring
Length:	305.536 km in 77 laps of 3.968 km
Weather:	dry
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 17.129 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 20.093 min (lap 67)
Podium
First:	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Second:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Third:	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault

The 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix took place on August 11, 1996 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród and was the twelfth race of the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

backgrounds

After the German Grand Prix , Damon Hill led the drivers' standings with 79 points, 21 points ahead of Jacques Villeneuve and 42 points ahead of Jean Alesi .

Williams-Renault led the constructors' championship with 125 points, 78 points ahead of Benetton-Renault and 87 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Hill (1993, 1995) and Schumacher (1994) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

Williams-Renault collected enough points to secure the constructors' championship for the eighth time.

training

In the first free practice session on Friday, Damon Hill set the fastest lap ahead of Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve . On Saturday, in the second training run, Michael Schumacher was able to secure the fastest time in front of the Williams drivers Jacques Villeneuve and Damon Hill.

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher secured pole position with a time of 1: 17.129 minutes in front of Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.

Warm up

In the warm-up, Michael Schumacher secured the fastest time ahead of Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.

run

Michael Schumacher maintained the top position at the start. Already in the first lap there was a collision between Mika Salo , Pedro Lamy and Jos Verstappen , as a result of which all three drivers were eliminated in the course of the race. After Jacques Villeneuve took the lead on lap 19, he had to hand it over to his teammate Damon Hill just three laps later.

When Hill pitted on the following lap, Villeneuve took the lead again and did not give it up until lap 59. After Hill took the lead one more time, Villeneuve took the lead one last time and never gave it up until the finish line. Damon Hill was second, Benetton driver Jean Alesi third .

Damon Hill set the fastest race lap with 1: 20.093 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	Giovanni Lavaggi

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 17.129	01
02	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 17.182	02
03	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 17.259	03
04th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 18.617	04th
05	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 18.754	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	1: 18.794	06th
07th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.116	07th
08th	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford	1: 19.292	08th
09	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.384	09
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	1: 19.436	10
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen	1: 19.538	11
12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 19.828	12
13	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 19.966	13
14th	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 20.499	14th
15th	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen	1: 20.665	15th
16	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 20.678	16
17th	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1: 20.781	17th
18th	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1: 21.590	18th
19th	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1: 21.713	19th
20th	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi-Ford	1: 22.468	20th
107 percent time : 1: 22.528 min (based on the best time of 1: 17.129 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	77	3	1: 46: 21,134	03	1: 20.507
02	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	77	3	+0.771	02	1: 20.093
03	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	77	2	+1: 24.212	05	1: 21.932
04th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	76	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 22.257
05	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen	76	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 21.562
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	75	2	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 23.181
07th	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	74	2	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 24.040
08th	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	74	2	+ 3 rounds	18th	1: 24.026
09	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	70	3	DNF	01	1: 20.912
10	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi-Ford	69	3	DNF	20th	1: 25.626
-	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	64	2	DNF	06th	1: 21.733
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	50	3	DNF	10	1: 21.882
-	Johnny Herbert	Clean Ford	35	1	DNF	08th	1: 22.343
-	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	31	1	DNF	04th	1: 22.099
-	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	24	0	DNF	19th	1: 25.006
-	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	23	0	DNF	09	1: 22.760
-	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	10	0	DNF	17th	1: 24.018
-	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	5	0	DNF	12	1: 23.889
-	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen	1	0	DNF	15th	1: 40.435
-	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	0	0	DNF	16	-

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver Points 01  Damon Hill 79 02  Jacques Villeneuve 62 03  Jean Alesi 35 04th  Michael sSchumacher 29 05  Mika Hakkinen 19th 06th  David Coulthard 18th 07th  Gerhard Berger 16 08th  Olivier Panis 13 09  Rubens Barrichello 12 10  Eddie Irvine 9 11  Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6th 12  Mika Salo 5

Item driver Points 13  Johnny Herbert 4th 14th  Martin Brundle 3 15th  Jos Verstappen 1 16  Pedro Diniz 1 -  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 141 02  Benetton Renault 51 03  Ferrari 38 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 37 05  Jordan-Peugeot 15th 06th  Ligier-Mugen 14th

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ford 10 08th  Tyrrell Yamaha 5 09  Footwork-Hart 1 -  Minardi-Ford 0 -  Forti-Ford 0

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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