1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach

December 2012 March 2026 August 2023 United States Grand Prix of Long Beach Long Beach Street Circuit (1992-98).svg April 14 1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 4 16 IndyCar Long Beach Street Circuit, California, United States Street 1.586https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1996-long-beach-grand-prix/ 1996 Long Beach Grand Prix 9 May 2022 2.552 105 166.530 268.004 Temperatures up to 94 F C; wind speeds up to 12 mph km/h1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach weather information http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Long%20Beach/1996-04-14 The Old Farmers' Almanac October 5, 2013 Gil de Ferran Hall Racing 0:52.208 BRA Paul Tracy Penske Racing 0:53.482 99 CAN Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing USA Parker Johnstone Comptech Racing USA Al Unser Jr. Penske Racing USA 1995 1997 The 1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 4th round of the 1996 IndyCar season. It happened on April 14, 1996, on Long Beach Street Circuit. Race Start At the end of lap 1, de Ferran was leading the race, as he led most laps of the race. Laps 4–39 At lap 4, Brazilian driver André Ribeiro crashed at turn 1. He retired. At lap 14, the top 6 was: Gil de Ferran, Alex Zanardi, Jimmy Vasser, Scott Pruett, Paul Tracy and Parker Johnstone. The 1st caution came out at lap 39, as Zanardi had hit Bobby Rahal at turn 1. Zanardi retired. At the same lap, Robby Gordon had a fire in his pit area. Despite this, Robby did not retire. Laps 41–65 The top 6 at lap 41 was: de Ferran, Vasser, Tracy, Johnstone, Pruett and Greg Moore. At lap 49, the 2nd caution came out, as Moore collided with Christian Fittipaldi at the last turn before the hairpin. Both retired. Emerson Fittipaldi had hit some debris from that collision, thus, damaging the suspension of his car. He also retired. Al Unser Jr. was now in sixth place. Then, at lap 54, Raul Boesel committed a mistake and missed the turn 1. He would do this again laps later. At lap 57, Robby Gordon had hit Bryan Herta at the hairpin. They did not retired. At lap 65, Teo Fabi, who was replacing Mark Blundell, after he suffered a broken foot at the Rio 400, suffered a puncture. The cause of the puncture, probably, was when he collided with Michael Andretti at the opening laps. Andretti had hit Fabi from behind and damaged his front wing. Laps 70–95 The 3rd caution came out, as Robby Gordon had hit the wall. The top 10 was: de Ferran, Tracy, Vasser, Johnstone, Unser Jr., Adrian Fernandez, Andretti, Roberto Moreno, Eddie Lawson and Richie Hearn. At the same lap, Paul Tracy was black flagged after overtaking Vasser during caution. He did a stop-and-go penalty one lap later. At lap 95, Dennis Vitolo retired due to mechanical problems Closing stages With 4 laps to go, de Ferran suffered mechanical problems and lost the lead to Jimmy Vasser. Then, 1 lap later, Bobby Rahal and Bryan Herta collided at the hairpin. Jimmy Vasser won the race. Final results Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 105 1:44:02.363 3 20 2 49 USA Parker Johnstone Comptech Racing 105 + 3.447 6 16 3 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Penske Racing 105 + 4.409 9 14 4 3 Canada Paul Tracy Penske Racing 105 + 5.000 4 12 5 8 Brazil Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing 105 + 32.073 1 12 6 32 Mexico Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports 105 + 36.322 13 8 7 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 104 + 1 Lap 12 6 8 34 Brazil Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing 104 + 1 Lap 18 5 9 10 USA Eddie Lawson Galles Racing International 104 + 1 Lap 24 4 10 44 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 103 + 2 Laps 22 3 11 20 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 103 + 2 Laps 5 2 12 28 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 100 + 5 Laps 17 1 13 5 USA Robby Gordon Walker Racing 98 + 7 Laps 7 14 18 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 98 + 7 Laps 21 15 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 97 + 8 Laps 11 16 1 BRA Raul Boesel Team Green 90 + 15 Laps 16 17 64 USA Dennis Vitolo Project Indy 87 Electrical 28 18 21 ITA 1946 Teo Fabi PacWest Racing 86 Clutch 19 19 16 SWE Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing 50 Engine 20 20 9 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan-Penske Racing 48 Accident 14 21 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 47 Accident 10 22 99 CAN Greg Moore Team Forsythe 47 Accident 8 23 22 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Scandia 46 Radiator 27 24 4 ITA 1946 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 39 Accident 2 25 36 ARG 1861 Juan Fangio II All American Racers 29 Oil leak 26 26 25 USA Jeff Krosnoff Arciero/Wells Racing 23 Engine 23 27 31 BRA André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports 4 Accident 15 28 19 JPN 1947 Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing 1 Electrical 25 Sources:Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=7151 Ultimate Racing History 1 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324102740/http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=7151 24 March 2012 live 1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach http://www.champcarstats.com/races/199604.htm Champ Car Stats 1 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120926141008/http://www.champcarstats.com/races/199604.htm 26 September 2012 live Race statistics Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1-38 Gil de Ferran 39 Alex Zanardi 40-101 Gil de Ferran 102-105 Jimmy Vasser References 1995 Grand Prix of Long Beach 1997 Grand Prix of Long Beach Grand Prix of Long Beach Category:Grand Prix of Long Beach Long Beach Grand Prix Of Long Beach