1996 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 Spain Spanish 2 June 1996 Circuit Catalunya 1995-2003.svg Gran Premio Marlboro de España 7 16 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain1996 Spanish Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1996-spanish-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 31 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.937 4.727 65 190.832 307.114 Rain 55,000 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:20.650 UK Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:45.517 on lap 14 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault France Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault Canada ESP 1996 Canadian Grand Prix 1996 Monaco Grand Prix The 1996 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya on 2 June 1996. It was the seventh race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship. This race, Michael Schumacher's first Ferrari victory, is generally regarded as one of his finest.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36277172 Spanish Grand Prix: Why Michael Schumacher's epic 1996 win matters Benson Andrew 14 May 2016 BBC Sport 8 February 2021http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2003/4/287.html Schumacher's first win for Ferrari - Spanish Grand Prix 1996 30 April 2003 Formula1.com 15 December 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080517004025/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2003/4/287.html 17 May 2008 In the torrential rain, he produced a stunning drive, and is a prime example of why he earned the nickname "Regenmeister" ("Rainmaster"), despite his early and unforced crash at a wet Monaco Grand Prix two weeks earlier. The race was also Schumacher's 20th career win. Race report At the start, Schumacher lost several positions due to a clutch problem, which indirectly resulted in several clashes in the main straight involving 5 cars. Giancarlo Fisichella emerged from the carnage with a blown left front and a missing rear wing, while Olivier Panis escaped with suspension damage. Both pulled into the pits and retired a lap later. Mika Salo was disqualified for the second time this season, for changing cars after the field was under starter's orders. Damon Hill had started the race from pole position, but dropped to 8th after spinning twice in the opening laps, before another spin into the pit wall on lap 12 ended his race. Schumacher recovered from a poor start to take the lead from Villeneuve on lap 13, and from then on he dominated the race, lapping over three seconds a lap faster than the remainder of the field.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8034559.stm Classic F1 - Spanish Grand Prix 1996 BBC Sport 5 May 2009 30 April 2010 Rubens Barrichello was running a competitive race, getting as high as 2nd place after Jacques Villeneuve and Alesi made their pit stops. After his own scheduled (lengthy) pitstop he was sent back to the race but forced to retire from third place with 20 laps to go after a clutch problem caused his engine to fade out. On the previous lap, Gerhard Berger had spun his Benetton out of fourth place while trying to lap the Ligier of Pedro Diniz. Alesi and Villeneuve switched places on their own pitstops, Alesi taking his only one some 6 laps before Villeneuve. After an uneventful race on his part, Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished in fourth, while Mika Häkkinen took fifth after surviving a spin off the track in the closing stages of the race. Jos Verstappen, running fifth after the retirements of Barrichello and Berger, crashed into the tyre barrier with 12 laps left, guaranteeing Diniz his first Formula One point as by this time only six drivers were left in the race. With no further retirements, Diniz brought his car home in sixth, after driving at a more cautious pace that saw him fall two laps adrift of the front runners by the end. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 5 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:20.650 2 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:21.084 +0.434 3 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.587 +0.937 4 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:22.061 +1.411 5 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:22.125 +1.475 6 2 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:22.333 +1.683 7 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.379 +1.729 8 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:22.685 +2.035 9 14 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:23.027 +2.377 10 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.070 +2.420 11 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:23.195 +2.545 12 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:23.224 +2.574 13 17 the Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:23.371 +2.721 14 8 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.416 +2.766 15 12 UK Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:23.438 +2.788 16 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:24.401 +3.751 17 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:24.468 +3.818 18 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:25.274 +4.624 19 21 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 1:25.531 +4.881 20 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:25.621 +4.971107% time: 1:26.296 DNQ Did not qualify 22 Italy Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 1:26.615 +5.965 DNQ Did not qualify 23 Italy Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 1:27.358 +6.708 Sources:Spain 1996 – Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/espagne/qualification.aspx StatsF1 29 December 20231996 Spanish Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1996/spanish-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 65 1:59:49.307 3 10 2 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 65 + 45.302 4 6 3 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 65 + 48.388 2 4 4 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 64 + 1 Lap 11 3 5 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 64 + 1 Lap 10 2 6 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 63 + 2 Laps 17 1 Ret Retired 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 47 Spun off 13   Ret Retired 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 45 Clutch 7   Ret Retired 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 44 Spun off 5   Ret Retired 14 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 20 Spun off 9   Ret Retired 12 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 17 Differential 15   Ret Retired 5 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 10 Spun off 1   Ret Retired 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 8 Electrical 16   Ret Retired 2 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1 Spun off 6   Ret Retired 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1 Collision damage 8   Ret Retired 21 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 1 Collision damage 19   Ret Retired 8 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 0 Collision 14   Ret Retired 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 0 Collision 18   Ret Retired 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 0 Collision 20   DSQ Disqualified 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 16 Illegal car change 12  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/137/ 1996 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141101203734/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/137/ 1 November 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK Damon Hill 43 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 26 3 Germany Michael Schumacher 26 4 France Jean Alesi 17 5 France Olivier Panis 11Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1996 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 69 2 Italy Ferrari 35 3 Italy Benetton-Renault 24 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 18 5 France Ligier-Mugen-Honda 12Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Spanish Grand Prix 1996 1996 Monaco Grand Prix 1996 Canadian Grand Prix 1995 Spanish Grand Prix 1997 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix