1996 British Grand Prix

1996 British Grand Prix
Race details
	Race 10 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One season
	; Silverstone Circuit (as modified in 1996)
Date	July 14, 1996
Official name	XLIX British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.072 km (3.152 mi)
Distance	61 laps, 309.392 km (192.247 mi)
Weather	Warm, sunny
Pole position
Time	1:26.875
Fastest lap
Time	1:29.288 on lap 29
Podium

The 1996 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 14, 1996 at Silverstone. It was the tenth race of the 1996 Formula One season.

Williams' Jacques Villeneuve took his second win of the season from Benetton's Gerhard Berger, with McLaren's Mika Häkkinen coming home third for his first podium since his near-fatal crash at Adelaide the year before. Jordan's Rubens Barrichello took fourth, equalling his best finish of the season, and it came after he had been involved in late collisions while racing for fourth place at the circuit in the previous two years. The final points went to David Coulthard in the second McLaren and Martin Brundle in the second Jordan.

Damon Hill took pole position for his home race, but made a slow start and retired shortly before half distance, after a wheel nut problem caused him to spin off at Copse Corner while he was trying to pass Häkkinen.^[1] For the third consecutive race, Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine were both forced to retire with technical issues in the first six laps – Schumacher with hydraulic problems and Irvine with a differential failure.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Diff.
1	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:26.875
2	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:27.070	+0.195
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:27.707	+0.832
4	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.856	+0.981
5	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:28.307	+1.432
6	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:28.409	+1.534
7	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:28.653	+1.778
8	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1:28.946	+2.071
9	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.966	+2.091
10	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:29.186	+2.311
11	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	1:29.591	+2.716
12	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:29.913	+3.038
13	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	1:29.947	+3.072
14	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:29.949	+3.074
15	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1:30.102	+3.227
16	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:30.167	+3.292
17	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:31.076	+4.201
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	1:31.365	+4.490
19	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1:31.454	+4.579
107% time: 1:32.956
20	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	No time
DNQ	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford	1:35.206	+8.331
DNQ	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	1:35.304	+8.429

Race[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	61	1:33:00.874	2	10
2	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	61	+ 19.026	7	6
3	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+ 50.830	4	4
4	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	61	+ 1:06.716	6	3
5	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+ 1:22.507	9	2
6	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	60	+ 1 Lap	8	1
7	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	60	+ 1 Lap	14
8	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	60	+ 1 Lap	11
9	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	60	+ 1 Lap	13
10	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	60	+ 1 Lap	15
11	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	59	+ 2 Laps	18
Ret	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	44	Brakes	5
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	40	Handling	16
Ret	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	38	Engine	17
Ret	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	26	Wheel	1
Ret	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	21	Gearbox	19
Ret	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	13	Electrical	20
Ret	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	12	Engine	12
Ret	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	Differential	10
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	Hydraulics	3
DNQ	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford		DNQ	21
DNQ	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford		DNQ	22

Notes[]

Last race: Forti
Last race: Andrea Montermini
Ricardo Rosset's qualifying times (best 1:30.529) were scratched after he missed the FIA weight check, dropping him from 17th to 20th on the grid.^[1]

Standings after Grand Prix[]

Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Damon Hill	63
2	Jacques Villeneuve	48
3	Michael Schumacher	26
4	Jean Alesi	25
5	Gerhard Berger	16

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	111
2	Benetton-Renault	41
3	Ferrari	35
4	McLaren-Mercedes	32
5	Jordan-Peugeot	13

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "F1 News – Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > British GP, 1996". Grandprix.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr591.html. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

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[grandprix-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "F1 News – Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > British GP, 1996". Grandprix.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr591.html. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

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