DAMON HILL - WILLIAMS-RENAULT

THE ENTIRE 1996 F1 FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX SEASON FULL RACES

ALL RACES ARE ON 16 DVDS

Name Date Country Circuit Transurban Australian Grand Prix March 10th 1996 Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 25o Grande Premio do Brasil March 31st 1996 Brazil Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace Grande Premio Marlboro de Argentina April 7th 1996 Argentina Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez Grand Prix of Europe April 28th 1996 Germany Nurburgring 16o Gran Premio di San Marino May 5th 1996 San Marino Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Grand Prix de Monaco May 19th 1996 Monaco Circuit de Monaco Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana June 2nd 1996 Spain Circuit de Catalunya Grand Prix Molson du Canada June 16th 1996 Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Grand Prix de France June 30th 1996 France Circuit de Nevers-Magny Cours British Grand Prix July 14th 1996 Great-Britain Silverstone Circuits Ltd. Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland July 28th 1996 Germany Hockenheimring Marlboro Magyar Nagydij August 11th 1996 Hungary Hungaroring Belgian Grand Prix August 25th 1996 Belgium Circuit National de Francorchamps Pioneer 67o Gran Premio d'Italia September 8th 1996 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Grande Premio de Portugal September 22nd 1996 Portugal Autodromo do Estoril Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix October 13th 1996 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course

1996 Formula One season summary

Damon Hill finally won the Formula One World Championship with Williams.

Hill's team-mate, Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2002), finished as runner-up in only his first year of F1 participation.

Defending double world champion Michael Schumacher finished third with Scuderia Ferrari.

The 1996 Formula One season was the 47th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 10, 1996, and ended on October 13 after sixteen races.

Damon Hill took his World Championship two years after being pipped by a point by Michael Schumacher, making him the only son of a World Champion to win the title himself. Hill who had finished runner-up for the past couple of seasons was not seriously threatened this year, though near the end, teammate and newcomer Jacques Villeneuve mounted a title challenge going into the final race of the season. Williams easily locked up the constructors title as well, as there was no other team strong enough to post a consistent challenge throughout the schedule. This was also the beginning of the end of Williams' 1990s dominance, as it was announced that Hill and designer Adrian Newey would depart at the conclusion of the season, with engine manufacturer Renault also leaving after 1997.

Two-time defending drivers' title holder Schumacher had moved to Ferrari and despite numerous reliability problems, they had gradually developed into a front-running team by the end of the season. Defending champion Benetton began their decline towards the middle of the grid, having lost key personnel due to Schumacher's departure, and failed to win a race. Olivier Panis took the only victory of his career at the Monaco Grand Prix.

This year saw the introduction of the '107% rule', which meant all cars had to be within 107% of the pole position time in order to qualify for the Grands Prix.

The season also saw the car numbering system change. Previously teams had kept the same two numbers from season to season, only exchanging with the previous champion's team. Now the numbers were based on the teams' performance in the previous Constructor's Championship.

Forti went bankrupt after the British Grand Prix.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Ferrari	F310	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	G	1	Michael Schumacher	Nicola Larini
					2	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton	B196	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	G	3	Jean Alesi	Vincenzo Sospiri
					4	Gerhard Berger
Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams	FW18	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	G	5	Damon Hill	Jean-Christophe Boullion
					6	Jacques Villeneuve
Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/11 MP4/11B	Mercedes FO 110 3.0 V10	G	7	Mika Häkkinen	Jan Magnussen
					8	David Coulthard
Equipe Ligier Gauloises Blondes	Ligier	JS43	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HA 3.0 V10	G	9	Olivier Panis	Kelvin Burt
					10	Pedro Diniz
B&H Total Jordan Peugeot	Jordan	196	Peugeot A12 EV5 3.0 V10	G	11	Rubens Barrichello	Gianni Morbidelli
					12	Martin Brundle
Red Bull Sauber Ford	Sauber	C15	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G	14	Johnny Herbert	Norberto Fontana
					15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Footwork Hart	Footwork	FA17	Hart 830 3.0 V8	G	16	Ricardo Rosset	Kenny Bräck
					17	Jos Verstappen
Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell	024	Yamaha OX11A 3.0 V10	G	18	Ukyo Katayama	Emmanuel Collard
					19	Mika Salo
Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	M195B	Ford EDM2 3.0 V8 Ford EDM3 3.0 V8	G	20	Pedro Lamy	n/a
					21	Giancarlo Fisichella
						Tarso Marques
						Giovanni Lavaggi
Forti Grand Prix	Forti	FG01B FG03	Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G	22	Luca Badoer	Franck Lagorce
					23	Andrea Montermini

 Formula One 1996 race schedule

Rnd	Race	Date	Location
1	Australian Grand Prix	March 10	Melbourne
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 31	Interlagos
3	Argentine Grand Prix	April 7	Oscar Gálvez
4	European Grand Prix	April 28	Nürburgring
5	San Marino Grand Prix	May 5	Imola
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 19	Monaco
7	Spanish Grand Prix	June 2	Catalunya
8	Canadian Grand Prix	June 16	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
9	French Grand Prix	June 30	Magny-Cours
10	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone
11	German Grand Prix	July 28	Hockenheimring
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 11	Hungaroring
13	Belgian Grand Prix	August 25	Spa-Francorchamps
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza
15	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 22	Estoril
16	Japanese Grand Prix	October 13	Suzuka

Rule changes

The race weekend schedule was changed for the 1996 season compared to the 1995 season. The amount of free practice sessions was increased from the two in 1995 to three in 1996 with the amount of laps allocated for each day increased from 23 to thirty. Also, to increase the spectacle, the Friday qualifying session was dropped, with the FIA World Motor Sport Council opting to have only one qualifying session, held on Saturday afternoon.^[1]

The old system of having a red and green light to start the race was replaced by the current system of five red lights coming on individually and then all going out to start the race.

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
3	Argentine Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Jean Alesi	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
4	European Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
5	San Marino Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Jean Alesi	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	Report
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
9	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Jacques Villeneuve	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
11	German Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Jacques Villeneuve	Gerhard Berger	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
15	Portuguese Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report

1996 Constructors Championship final standings

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Renault	FW18	Renault	G	175	12	21	12
2	Ferrari	F310	Ferrari	G	70	3	9	4
3	Benetton-Renault	B196	Renault	G	68		10
4	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4/11 MP4/11B	Mercedes	G	49		6
5	Jordan-Peugeot	196	Peugeot	G	22
6	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	JS43	Mugen-Honda	G	15	1	1
7	Sauber-Ford	C15	Ford	G	11		1
8	Tyrrell-Yamaha	024	Yamaha	G	5
9	Footwork-Hart	FA17	Hart	G	1
10	Minardi-Ford	M195B	Ford	G
11	Forti-Ford	FG01B FG03	Ford	G

 1996 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver AUS BRA ARG EUR SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN Points 1 Damon Hill 1 1 1 4 1 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 1 2 5 Ret 2 1 97 2 Jacques Villeneuve 2 Ret 2 1 11 Ret 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 7 1 Ret 78 3 Michael Schumacher Ret 3 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 Ret DNS Ret 4 9 1 1 3 2 59 4 Jean Alesi Ret 2 3 Ret 6 Ret 2 3 3 Ret 2 3 4 2 4 Ret 47 5 Mika Häkkinen 5 4 Ret 8 8 6 5 5 5 3 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 3 31 6 Gerhard Berger 4 Ret Ret 9 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 2 13 Ret 6 Ret 6 4 21 7 David Coulthard Ret Ret 7 3 Ret 2 Ret 4 6 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 13 8 18 8 Rubens Barrichello Ret Ret 4 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 6 6 Ret 5 Ret 9 14 9 Olivier Panis 7 6 8 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 5 Ret Ret 10 7 13 10 Eddie Irvine 3 7 5 Ret 4 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 11 11 Martin Brundle Ret 12 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 6 10 Ret Ret 4 9 5 8 12 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 8 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 6 7 13 Mika Salo 6 5 Ret DSQ Ret 5 DSQ Ret 10 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 Ret 5 14 Johnny Herbert Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 3 Ret 7 DSQ 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 10 4 15 Pedro Diniz 10 8 Ret 10 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 2 16 Jos Verstappen Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 1 NC Ukyo Katayama 11 9 Ret DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 8 10 12 Ret 0 NC Ricardo Rosset 9 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 8 9 Ret 14 13 0 NC Giancarlo Fisichella Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 0 NC Pedro Lamy Ret 10 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 16 12 0 NC Luca Badoer DNQ 11 Ret DNQ 10 Ret DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 0 NC Giovanni Lavaggi DNQ 10 DNQ Ret 15 DNQ 0 NC Andrea Montermini DNQ Ret 10 DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 0 NC Tarso Marques Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS BRA ARG EUR SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry