1996 Belgian Grand Prix

December 2015 F1 Belgium Belgian LIV Grand Prix de Belgique Spa 1995-2003.png 25 August 1996 13 16 Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium1996 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1996-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.330 6.968 44 190.507 306.592 Overcast and dry with temperatures reaching up to 17 C FWeather info for the 1996 Belgian Grand Prix at Weather Underground Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:50.574 Canada Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:53.067 42 Austria Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault Canada Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Finland BEL 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix 1996 Italian Grand Prix The 1996 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix de Belgique) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 August 1996 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was the thirteenth race of the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. Schumacher had crashed heavily in Friday practice,http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr594.html Grand Prix Results: Belgian GP, 1996 Grandprix.com 18 October 2017 but recovered to qualify third before taking his second win of the season. Jacques Villeneuve, who had started from pole position, finished second in his Williams-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Villeneuve's teammate and Drivers' Championship leader, Damon Hill, finished fifth. Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Diff. 1 6Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:50.574 2 5United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:50.980 +0.406 3 1Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:51.778 +1.204 4 8United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:51.884 +1.310 5 4Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:51.960 +1.386 6 7Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:52.318 +1.744 7 3France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:52.354 +1.780 8 12United Kingdom Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:52.977 +2.403 9 2United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:53.043 +2.469 10 11Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:53.152 +2.578 11 15Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:53.199 +2.625 12 14United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:53.993 +3.419 13 19Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:54.095 +3.521 14 9France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:54.220 +3.646 15 10Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:54.700 +4.126 16 17Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:55.150 +4.576 17 18Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:55.371 +4.797 18 16Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:56.286 +5.712 19 20Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:56.830 +6.256107% time: 1:58.314DNQ Did not qualify 21Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford 1:58.579 +8.005 Sources:Belgium 1996 – Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/belgique/qualification.aspx StatsF1 29 December 20231996 Belgian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1996/belgian-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race The start of the race saw the two Saubers of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Johnny Herbert eliminated immediately when they collided at the La Source hairpin after attempting to evade an incident where Olivier Panis spun his Ligier after making contact with Rubens Barrichello's Jordan. Panis also retired on the spot; Barrichello was able to continue, pitting to repair his suspension, although it eventually failed altogether on lap 30. On lap 10, Jos Verstappen pitted with a sticking throttle. The Footwork Arrows pit crew found no damage and sent Verstappen back out, only for the Dutchman to crash almost immediately. Team boss Tom Walkinshaw confirmed after the race that the throttle problem had not recurred, and that the crash was caused by a faulty wheel bearing. The incident brought out the safety car for seven laps, during which time all the drivers besides the McLarens of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard (both running a one-stop strategy) made pit stops. Jacques Villeneuve, leading the race when the safety car came out, missed his pit stop on lap 13. As a result, he lost the lead to Michael Schumacher, who eventually won the race by 5.6 seconds from Villeneuve.1996 Belgian Grand Prix Weekend Results https://www.espn.com/f1/results/_/id/3663 2024-07-09 ESPN en The Canadian driver later explained that he had misunderstood the radio instruction to come in, due to the confusion brought about by the deployment of the safety car (as Villeneuve had already passed the site of the crash, and was not fully aware of what had happened). As a further consequence of Villeneuve's error, his teammate Damon Hill was instructed to pit by the Williams engineers on lap 14, only to then be told to stay out - however, as the team were delayed in relaying this change to Hill due to confusion brought about by Villeneuve's failure to make his stop, by the time the team radioed Hill to advise him he needed to remain out, he was already on his way into the pit lane, and had to use the emergency escape lane to rejoin the track. Hill was driving the spare Williams following a misfire in the Sunday morning warm-up session. By the time he finally got to make his pit stop, he had fallen to 13th, but he recovered to finish fifth. Running in fourth place just after half distance, Gerhard Berger spun off in his Benetton while trying to pass Eddie Irvine's Ferrari, an error which dropped him to 12th. After setting a string of fastest laps he recovered to sixth by the end of the race, coincidentally thanks in part to Irvine's retirement with gearbox problems. Berger's Benetton teammate Jean Alesi finished fourth after Coulthard had spun off into retirement and crashed on lap 38. The Tyrrells of Mika Salo and Ukyo Katayama finished in seventh and eighth places respectively; however, a fast early stop during the safety car period saw Salo briefly running as high as third at one point. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 44 1:28:15.125 3 10 2 6 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 44 + 5.602 1 6 3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 44 + 15.710 6 4 4 3 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 44 + 19.125 7 3 5 5 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 44 + 29.179 2 2 6 4 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 44 + 29.896 5 1 7 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 44 + 1:00.754 13   8 18 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 44 + 1:40.227 17   9 16 Brazil Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 43 + 1 Lap 18   10 20 Portugal Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 43 + 1 Lap 19   Ret Retired 8 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 37 Spun Off 4   Ret Retired 12 UK Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 34 Engine 8   Ret Retired 2 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 29 Gearbox 9   Ret Retired 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 29 Suspension 10   Ret Retired 10 Brazil Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 22 Electrical 15   Ret Retired 17 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 11 Accident 16   Ret Retired 15 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 0 Collision 11   Ret Retired 14 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 0 Collision 12   Ret Retired 9 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 0 Collision 14  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/143/ 1996 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141101204103/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1996/143/ 1 November 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK Damon Hill 81 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 68 3 Germany Michael Schumacher 39 4 France Jean Alesi 38 5 Finland Mika Häkkinen 23Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1996/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1996 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 149 2 Italy Benetton-Renault 55 3 Italy Ferrari 48 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 41 5 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 15Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Belgian Grand Prix 1996 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix 1996 Italian Grand Prix 1995 Belgian Grand Prix 1997 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix