1996 Monaco Grand Prix

6th round of the 1996 Formula One season September 2020 F1 Monaco Monaco LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1986.png 19 May 1996 6 16 Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo Street circuit 2.068 3.328 75 155.094 249.600 78 161.298 259.584 Overcast, mild, wet at first, drying later, light rain at finish Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.356 Germany Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:25.205 59 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda France David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford United Kingdom MON 1996 San Marino Grand Prix 1996 Spanish Grand Prix thumb|JS43 of the type driven by Olivier Panis at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, on display. thumb|Formation lap The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 19 May 1996. It was the sixth race of the 1996 Formula One season. The race was run in wet conditions, and set a record for the fewest cars to be running at the end of a Grand Prix race, with the three podium finishers being the only drivers who finished the race. Olivier Panis scored his first and only win of his Formula One career, earning the last Formula One victory for the Ligier team, and the first win for engine manufacturer Mugen-Honda, after switching to slick tyres in a well-timed pitstop. Second place went to David Coulthard in a McLaren-Mercedes. Johnny Herbert was the last finisher in a Sauber, scoring his only points of the season. This was the last win by a French Formula One driver until Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. This was also the only win by a team outside the "Big Four" teams (McLaren, Williams, Benetton, and Ferrari) between the 1988 and the 1997 seasonAugust 2026 and the last Grand Prix win by a car built in France.The French-licensed teams Renault (in the period of 2002-2010) and Alpine built their winning cars in England. Practice and qualifying Michael Schumacher had taken pole position but had caused controversy on his slowing down lap when he impeded Gerhard Berger right at the end of the session. Coming out of the tunnel Schumacher was cruising slowly, acknowledging the crowd, while Berger was on a fast lap. Schumacher tried to get out of Berger's way but the Austrian had to spin at high speed to avoid the Ferrari, entering the chicane backwards. The Ligiers were 14th and 17th in qualifying, both below their expectations after the team had mis-firing issues, Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 08:25 (excluding commercials)August 2026 What was mis-firing? preventing a top six position. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time 1 1Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.356 2 5United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:20.866 3 3France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:20.918 4 4Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:21.067 5 8United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.460 6 11Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:21.504 7 2United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:21.542 8 7Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.688 9 15Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:21.929 10 6Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:21.963 11 19Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:22.235 12 17Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:22.327 13 14United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:22.346 14 9France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:22.358 15 18Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:22.460 16 12United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.519 17 10Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:22.682 18 21Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 1:22.684 19 20Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:23.350 20 16Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:24.976 21 22Italy Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 1:25.059 22 23Italy Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 1:25.393107% time: 1:25.981Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/monaco/qualification.aspx Monaco 1996 – Qualifications statsf1.com 4 November 2018 Warm up Olivier Panis was fastest in the warm-up. Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 08:05 (excluding commercials) Jacques Villeneuve was 18th after running a wet-setup in preparation for the expected rain. Edwards, Ben; Watson, John (commentators) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 01:00–01:20 (excluding commercials) Between the warm-up session and the race, heavy rain fell at the circuit, and an additional 15-minute session was added to allow the drivers to get used to the changed conditions. It was the first time rain had fallen over the race weekend. Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 00:00–00:05 Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 00:57 Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 02:10–02:15 The session took place at 13:15 CEST (GMT +2). Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 15:37 Several drivers went off during the session, including Pedro Lamy, Pedro Diniz and Giancarlo Fisichella, but all continued. 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 05:00 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 07:30 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 12:45 Mika Häkkinen and Andrea Montermini both damaged their cars. 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 13:45 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 15:56 The damage that Montermini's caused his car, crashing coming out of the tunnel, prevented him from taking the start, due to the team lacking spare components. Jean Alesi suffered a puncture at the end of the session, but was able to return to the pitlane. 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 16:56–19:00 Several drivers opted to skip the session. The Footwork team chose not to participate as they did not have any spare parts, and any crash would have marked the end of their weekend. Watson, John (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 18:45 Häkkinen was fastest, setting his time before his crash, with Alesi, Rubens Barrichello and Johnny Herbert behind. The two Williams cars were 7th and 8th, Villeneuve ahead of Damon Hill with Schumacher behind them in 9th. 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 19:47 Race The race started at 14:30 CEST. Edwards, Ben (commentator) 1996-05-19 Monaco Grand Prix: Acclimatisation Session Live Television production Eurosport London, England 00:40 At the start, Hill overtook Schumacher into Sainte-Dévote, while further back Jos Verstappen slid straight into the wall, having opted to start the race on slicks. The two Minardis of Pedro Lamy and Giancarlo Fisichella were then eliminated when they tangled coming out of the first corner. Hill began to pull away while polesitter Schumacher lost control coming out of Lower Mirabeau and hit the wall. Coming into the Rascasse, Barrichello spun and retired. After five laps, there were 13 cars remaining as Ukyo Katayama (accident), Ricardo Rosset (accident) and Diniz (transmission) also retired. A significant gap began to open between the leaders and Eddie Irvine in fourth with a queue of eight cars forming behind him. Berger retired from third place on the 10th lap with gearbox trouble leaving 12 cars, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen damaged his front wing trying to pass Irvine, dropping to second to last position, ahead of Luca Badoer. On lap 31, Martin Brundle spun off, which left 11 cars in the race. Three laps later, Irvine was passed when Panis forced his way through at the Loews hairpin. Irvine lost control, became stuck and had undone his seatbelts before he restarted his car with the assistance of the marshals. Hill had briefly lost the lead to Alesi when he made a pit stop on lap 30 to change to slicks as the track began to dry, but regained it a lap later when he reovertook Panis (who was still on wet tyres) on the track. Alesi made his pit stop shortly afterwards, allowing Hill to extend his lead to nearly 30 seconds and continue untroubled at the front until the 40th lap, when a failed oil pump caused his engine to blow coming out of the tunnel, his first retirement of the season. Alesi then led for 20 laps before his suspension failed, handing the lead to Panis. Luca Badoer was running six laps down in the Forti when he collided with Villeneuve at Mirabeau on lap 66, retiring both drivers. The race did not run its full distance as the two-hour time limit came into effect. Panis was leading David Coulthard by a small margin with only five other cars behind them. Irvine spun at the same point that his teammate Schumacher had crashed, and as he tried to rejoin, he was hit by Mika Salo, who was in turn hit by Häkkinen. All three of them retired, leaving only four cars circulating, with Frentzen running last. The German decided to pull into the pits on the final lap as he was already last anyway, far behind everyone else who had taken the chequered flag. Panis thus won his one and only Grand Prix, taking Ligier's first win in 15 years. Frentzen, Salo and Häkkinen were classified in the final points positions while Irvine was credited with seventh place. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 75 2:00:45.629 14 10 2 8United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 75 +4.828 5 6 3 14 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 75 +37.503 13 4 41 a 15Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 74 Withdrawn 9 3 52 b 19Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 70 Collision 11 2 63 c 7Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 70 Collision 8 1 74 d 2United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 68 Collision 7  Ret Retired 6Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 66 Collision 10  Ret Retired 22Italy Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 60 Collision + Electrical 21  Ret Retired 3France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 60 Suspension 3  Ret Retired 5United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 40 Engine 2  Ret Retired 12United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 30 Accident 16  Ret Retired 4Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 9 Gearbox 4  Ret Retired 10Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 5 Transmission 17  Ret Retired 16Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 3 Accident 20  Ret Retired 18Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 2 Accident 15  Ret Retired 1Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 0 Accident 1  Ret Retired 11Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 0 Spun off 6  Ret Retired 20Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 0 Collision 19   Ret Retired 21Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 0 Collision 18  Ret Retired 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 0 Accident 12  DNS Did not start 23Italy Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford   Warm-up crash 22  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/136/ 1996 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141101204142/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/136/ 1 November 2014 24 December 2015https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/monaco/classement.aspx Monaco 1996 - Result www.statsf1.com 2020-04-14 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d - Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mika Salo, Mika Häkkinen and Eddie Irvine did not complete the race but were classified as they had completed 90% of the race distance. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK Damon Hill 43 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 22 3 Germany Michael Schumacher 16 4 France Olivier Panis 11 5 France Jean Alesi 11Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1996 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 65 2 Italy Ferrari 25 3 Italy Benetton-Renault 18 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 16 5 France Ligier-Mugen-Honda 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em External links F1 Rejects – Last Hurrah for Les Bleus: Monaco 1996 Monaco Grand Prix 1996 1996 San Marino Grand Prix 1996 Spanish Grand Prix 1995 Monaco Grand Prix 1997 Monaco Grand Prix 43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix