1996 Japanese Grand Prix

F1 Japan 1947 Japanese XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg 13 October 1996 16 16 Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan Permanent racing facility 3.641https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1996-japanese-grand-prix/ 1996 Japanese Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 5.859 52 189.343 304.7182013 Japanese Grand Prix: Official Media Kit http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/external_archive/node4131/jpn_media_kit_en_2013.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140307111513/http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/external_archive/node4131/jpn_media_kit_en_2013.pdf 7 March 2014 2022-09-19 FIA.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 31 PDF 53 192.984 310.577Derived from race distance (304718) and lap length (5859) Sunny, mild and dry 303,000https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_japanesegp_mediakit_english.pdf Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 5 October 2022 5 October 2022 Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:38.909 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:44.043 34 Canada Damon Hill Williams-Renault United Kingdom Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Finland JPN 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix 1997 Australian Grand Prix The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 1996. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship. The 52-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill took his eighth win of the season, and with it the Drivers' Championship, after teammate and pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve made a poor start and then retired when a wheel fell off. Villeneuve had needed to win the race, without Hill scoring, in order to win the Championship himself. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, enabling the Italian team to steal second place in the Constructors' Championship from Benetton, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Hill was the first son of a World Champion to win the championship himself, his father Graham having been champion in 1962 and 1968. This was also the final race for Martin Brundle, who had been competing in F1 since 1984 and finished on the podium 9 times since 1992, as well as the last race for Pedro Lamy, Giovanni Lavaggi, Footwork and Ligier. Report Background and qualifying This was the first time since 1977 that Japan hosted the final round of the World Championship. This was the final race broadcast on television in the United Kingdom by the British Broadcasting Corporation until the 2009 F1 season. Starting from 1997 until 2008, ITV would broadcast on British television. As a result, this would be Jonathan Palmer's final race as commentator. This was also Steve Rider's final race as anchor until 2006. In qualifying, Villeneuve beat Hill to pole position by nearly half a second, with a further 0.7 seconds back to Schumacher in third. Race On race day, the first start was aborted when David Coulthard stalled his McLaren.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr597.html F1 News – Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > Japanese GP, 1996 Grandprix.com 5 April 2011 At the second start, Villeneuve made a poor getaway and fell to sixth behind Hill, Gerhard Berger, Häkkinen, Schumacher and Eddie Irvine. Meanwhile, Jean Alesi, attempting to make up several places after qualifying ninth, spun off at the second corner and destroyed his Benetton; Alesi was unhurt from the impact. On the third lap, Berger attempted to overtake Hill at the final chicane, only to damage his front wing; after having to pit for a new nosecone, Berger dropped to eighteenth, and last, place, effectively ending his challenge for the lead. Thereafter, Hill gradually pulled away, with Schumacher overtaking Häkkinen for second during the first round of pit stops. Pedro Diniz had lost control of his Ligier at the final chicane and spun off into the gravel trap by lap 14. Hill pitted for his second stop with a 25-second gap to Schumacher, emerging narrowly ahead of the Ferrari, before pulling away gradually once again to lead by 13 seconds with ten laps remaining. Villeneuve, meanwhile, passed Irvine, set the fastest lap of the race and ran fourth before his right rear wheel came off on lap 37 due to a wheel bearing failure (this was the same incident that happened to team-mate Damon Hill during the British Grand Prix, according to BBC pit reporter Tony Jardine), putting him out of the race and handing the Drivers' Championship to Hill, already dropped by Williams for the following season. Whilst fighting for fourth place, Gerhard Berger (having fought back to fifth place following his earlier collision with Hill) had another collision with the Ferrari of Eddie Irvine at the final chicane causing the Northern Irishman to spin out and retire, but Berger was able to carry on unscathed. A late fightback saw Schumacher close the gap to Hill, but Hill held on to win the race by 1.8 seconds, with Häkkinen a further 1.4 seconds back, while Berger recovered to finish fourth, Martin Brundle came fifth in his final Grand Prix, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen picked up the final point for sixth. In the UK, this was the last F1 race until 2009 to be broadcast live by the BBC.March 2022 As Hill crossed the line to win the race and the championship, commentator Murray Walker said, "And I've got to stop, because I've got a lump in my throat."Murray Walker's Greatest F1 Commentaries (11:51) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyxHt7ijo6Q 1 January 2022 YouTube Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:38.909 2 5 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:39.370 +0.461 3 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:40.071 +1.162 4 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:40.364 +1.455 5 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.458 +1.549 6 2 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:41.005 +2.096 7 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:41.277 +2.368 8 8 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.384 +2.475 9 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:41.562 +2.653 10 12 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:41.600 +2.691 11 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:41.919 +3.010 12 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:42.206 +3.297 13 14 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:42.658 +3.749 14 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:42.711 +3.802 15 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:42.840 +3.931 16 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:43.196 +4.287 17 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:43.383 +4.474 18 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:44.874 +5.965 19 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:45.412 +6.503107% time: 1:45.833 DNQ Did not qualify 21 Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford 1:46.795 +7.886 Sources:Japan 1996 – Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/japon/qualification.aspx StatsF1 29 December 20231996 Japanese Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1996/japanese-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 52 1:32:33.791 2 10 2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 52 +1.883 3 6 3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 52 +3.212 5 4 4 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 52 +26.526 4 3 5 12 UK Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 52 +1:07.120 10 2 6 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 52 +1:21.186 7 1 7 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 52 +1:24.510 12   8 8 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 52 +1:25.233 8   9 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 52 +1:41.065 11   10 14 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 52 +1:41.799 13   11 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 51 +1 lap 17   12 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 50 +2 laps 18   13 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 50 +2 laps 19   Ret Retired 2 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 39 Collision/spun off 6   Ret Retired 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 37 Engine 14   Ret Retired 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 36 Wheel 1   Ret Retired 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 20 Engine 15   Ret Retired 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 13 Spun off 16   Ret Retired 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 0 Spun off 9   DNQ Did not qualify 21 Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford   107% rule  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/146/ 1996 Japanese Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141101203645/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/146/ 1 November 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK Damon Hill 97 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 78 3 Germany Michael Schumacher 59 4 France Jean Alesi 47 5 Finland Mika Häkkinen 31Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/japon/championnat.aspx Japan 1996 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 175 2 Italy Ferrari 70 3 Italy Benetton-Renault 68 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 49 5 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 22Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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