Japan

Japanese Grand Prix 1996

13 October 1996

Suzuka Circuit, Japan

Location
Suzuka, Japan
Laps
52
Fastest time

1:30.983
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2019)

Previous winners
  • 2019Valtteri BottasMercedes
  • 2018Lewis HamiltonMercedes
  • 2017Lewis HamiltonMercedes
  • 2016Nico RosbergMercedes
  • 2015Lewis HamiltonMercedes

Qualifying

#DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
Damon HillWilliams
Michael SchumacherFerrari
Mika HäkkinenMcLaren
Gerhard BergerBenetton
Martin BrundleJordan
Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber
Olivier PanisLigier
David CoulthardMcLaren
Rubens BarrichelloJordan
Johnny HerbertSauber
Jos VerstappenFootwork
Pedro LamyMinardi
Ricardo RossetFootwork
Eddie IrvineFerrari
Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell
Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Mika SaloTyrrell
Pedro DinizLigier
Jean AlesiBenetton
Giovanni LavaggiMinardi

3rd

pole

Jacques Villeneuve

97th

pole

Williams

Starting Grid

  1. 1

    Jacques Villeneuve

    Williams

    No time set

  2. 2

    Damon Hill

    Williams

    No time set

  3. 3

    Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    No time set

  4. 4

    Gerhard Berger

    Benetton

    No time set

  5. 5

    Mika Häkkinen

    McLaren

    No time set

  6. 6

    Eddie Irvine

    Ferrari

    No time set

  7. 7

    Heinz-Harald Frentzen

    Sauber

    No time set

  8. 8

    David Coulthard

    McLaren

    No time set

  9. 9

    Jean Alesi

    Benetton

    No time set

  10. 10

    Martin Brundle

    Jordan

    No time set

  11. 11

    Rubens Barrichello

    Jordan

    No time set

  12. 12

    Olivier Panis

    Ligier

    No time set

  13. 13

    Johnny Herbert

    Sauber

    No time set

  14. 14

    Ukyo Katayama

    Tyrrell

    No time set

  15. 15

    Mika Salo

    Tyrrell

    No time set

  16. 16

    Pedro Diniz

    Ligier

    No time set

  17. 17

    Jos Verstappen

    Footwork

    No time set

  18. 18

    Pedro Lamy

    Minardi

    No time set

  19. 19

    Ricardo Rosset

    Footwork

    No time set

  20. 20

    Giovanni Lavaggi

    Minardi

    No time set

As it happened

Laps Lead

  • Damon Hill 52 laps

Results

1+1 Damon Hill Williams52 laps1:32:33.79110pts
2+1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari52 laps+1.8836pts
3+2 Mika Häkkinen McLaren52 laps+3.2124pts
40 Gerhard Berger Benetton52 laps+26.5263pts
5+5 Martin Brundle Jordan52 laps+67.1202pts
6+1 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber52 laps+81.1861pts
7+5 Olivier Panis Ligier52 laps+84.510
80 David Coulthard McLaren52 laps+85.233
9+2 Rubens Barrichello Jordan52 laps+101.065
10+3 Johnny Herbert Sauber52 laps+101.799
11+6 Jos Verstappen Footwork51 laps
12+6 Pedro Lamy Minardi50 laps
13+6 Ricardo Rosset Footwork50 laps
R- Eddie Irvine Ferrari39 laps
R- Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell37 laps
R- Jacques Villeneuve Williams36 laps
R- Mika Salo Tyrrell20 laps
R- Pedro Diniz Ligier13 laps
R- Jean Alesi Benetton0 laps
F- Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi0 laps

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