1996 Argentine Grand Prix

F1 Argentina Argentine Autódromo_Oscar_y_Juan_Gálvez_Circuito_N°_6_por_Senna.svg 7 April 1996 3 16 Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Permanent race track 2.657 4.259 72 191.296 306.648 Dry with temperatures reaching up to 21 C FWeather info for the 1996 Argentine Grand Prix at Weather Underground Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:30.346 United Kingdom Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:29.413 66 France Damon Hill Williams-Renault United Kingdom Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault Canada Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault France ARG 1996 European Grand Prix 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix The 1996 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 April 1996 at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires. Despite suffering a bout of food poisoning, Damon Hill made it three wins out of three, with Jacques Villeneuve helping Williams complete their second one-two of the season. Jos Verstappen scored his only point of the season, Andrea Montermini his only finish of the season. This was the first race of 1996 where no drivers failed to meet the 107% time. Pedro Diniz was involved in two major incidents during the race. First he collided with Luca Badoer, whose Forti was flipped and landed upside down in the gravel, forcing the marshals to bring out the safety car. Trackside marshals were heavily criticized for their delay in aiding Badoer's escape from the car; ultimately the Italian was forced to crawl out from underneath the Forti (the explanation for which was later given by the marshals that an uncharacteristic delay in the safety car picking up the race leader had caused confusion on the trackside). Diniz managed to continue and made a pit stop as the safety car was preparing to pull in - only to retire when he came back onto the circuit and his Ligier burst into flames, because a safety-valve in the fuel tank had jammed open, with the safety car staying out for three extra laps as a result. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 5 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:30.346 2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.598 +0.252 3 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:30.907 +0.561 4 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:31.038 +0.692 5 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:31.262 +0.916 6 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:31.404 +1.058 7 17 the Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:31.615 +1.269 8 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.801 +1.455 9 8 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.001 +1.655 10 2 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:32.058 +1.712 11 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:32.130 +1.784 12 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:32.177 +1.831 13 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:32.407 +2.061 14 21 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford 1:32.502 +2.156 15 12 UK Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:32.696 +2.350 16 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:32.903 +2.557 17 14 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:33.256 +2.910 18 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:33.424 +3.078 19 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:33.727 +3.381 20 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:33.752 +3.406 21 22 Italy Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 1:34.830 +4.484 22 23 Italy Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 1:35.651 +5.305107% time: 1:36.670 Sources:Argentine 1996 – Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/argentine/qualification.aspx StatsF1 29 December 20231996 Argentine Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1996/argentine-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 72 1:54:55.322 1 10 2 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 72 +12.167 3 6 3 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 72 +14.754 4 4 4 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 72 +55.131 6 3 5 2 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 72 +1:04.991 10 2 6 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 72 +1:08.913 7 1 7 8 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 72 +1:13.400 9   8 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 72 +1:14.295 12   9 14 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 71 +1 Lap 17   10 23 Italy Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 69 +3 Laps 22   Ret Retired 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 56 Suspension 5   Ret Retired 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 46 Broken wing 2   Ret Retired 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 39 Transmission 19   Ret Retired 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 36 Throttle 16   Ret Retired 12 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 34 Collision 15   Ret Retired 21 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford 33 Collision 14   Ret Retired 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 32 Spun off 11   Ret Retired 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 29 Fire 18   Ret Retired 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 28 Differential 13   Ret Retired 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 24 Oil pump 20   Ret Retired 22 Italy Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 24 Collision 21   Ret Retired 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 19 Throttle 8  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/133/ 1996 Argentine Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141101203705/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/133/ 1 November 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK Damon Hill 30 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 12 3 France Jean Alesi 10 4 UK Eddie Irvine 6 5 Finland Mika Häkkinen 5Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1996 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 42 2 Italy Benetton-Renault 13 3 Italy Ferrari 10 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 5 5 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 3Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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