Jump to content

1996 British Grand Prix

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1996 British Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
← Previous raceNext race →
Silverstone Circuit (as modified in 1996)
Silverstone Circuit (as modified in 1996)
Race details
Date 14 July 1996
Official name XLIX British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.072 km (3.152 miles)
Distance 61 laps, 309.392 km (192.247 miles)
Weather Warm and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 25 °C (77 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:26.875
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Time 1:29.288 on lap 21
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Benetton-Renault
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

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

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 1995 Australian Grand Prix. 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.[2] 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. Jean Alesi would become another notable retirement on lap 45 from 3rd place, just ahead of teammate Gerhard Berger when his rear brakes overheated.

Classification

[edit]

Qualifying

[edit]
Pos No Driver Constructor Time Diff. Grid
1 5 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:26.875 1
2 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:27.070 +0.195 2
3 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:27.707 +0.832 3
4 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.856 +0.981 4
5 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:28.307 +1.432 5
6 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:28.409 +1.534 6
7 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:28.653 +1.778 7
8 12 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:28.946 +2.071 8
9 8 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.966 +2.091 9
10 2 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:29.186 +2.311 10
11 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:29.591 +2.716 11
12 18 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:29.913 +3.038 12
13 14 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:29.947 +3.072 13
14 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:29.949 +3.074 14
15 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:30.102 +3.227 15
16 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:30.167 +3.292 16
17 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:31.076 +4.201 17
18 21 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 1:31.365 +4.490 18
19 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:31.454 +4.579 19
107% time: 1:32.956
23 Italy Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 1:35.206 +8.331 DNQ
22 Italy Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 1:35.304 +8.429 DNQ
EX 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart No time 201
Sources:[3][4][5]
  • ^1 Rosset was excluded after missing an FIA weight check. He was allowed to start at the back of the grid.

Race

[edit]
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 61 1:33:00.874 2 10
2 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 61 + 19.026 7 6
3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 61 + 50.830 4 4
4 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 61 + 1:06.716 6 3
5 8 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 61 + 1:22.507 9 2
6 12 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 60 + 1 lap 8 1
7 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 60 + 1 lap 14  
8 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 60 + 1 lap 11  
9 14 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 60 + 1 lap 13  
10 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 60 + 1 lap 15  
11 21 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 59 + 2 laps 18  
Ret 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 44 Wheel bearing 5  
Ret 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 40 Handling 16  
Ret 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 38 Engine 17  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 26 Wheel nut 1  
Ret 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 21 Gearbox 19  
Ret 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 13 Electrical 20  
Ret 18 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 12 Timing belt 12  
Ret 2 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 5 Differential 10  
Ret 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 Hydraulics 3  
Source:[6]

Notes

[edit]
  • 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.[2]

Championship standings after the race

[edit]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Weather info for the 1996 British Grand Prix at Weather Underground
  2. ^ a b "F1 News – Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > British GP, 1996". Grandprix.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Britain 1996 – Qualifications". StatsF1. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "1996 British Grand Prix Classification Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Britain 1996 – Starting grid". StatsF1. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ "1996 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Britain 1996 - Championship". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.


Previous race:
1996 French Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1996 season
Next race:
1996 German Grand Prix
Previous race:
1995 British Grand Prix
British Grand Prix Next race:
1997 British Grand Prix