The 1996 Formula One season was the 47th season of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It began on March 10th at the Australian GP in Melbourne, and finished on October 13th at the Japanese GP at Suzuka after sixteen races. The World Champion was Damon Hill, of Williams-Renault, who won the constructors' title.
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Teams and Drivers[edit | edit source]
Entry list[edit | edit source]
Changes from last season[edit | edit source]
Team changes[edit | edit source]
- Pacific Grand Prix withdrew from Formula One.
Driver changes[edit | edit source]
- Michael Schumacher: Benetton → Ferrari
- Eddie Irvine: Jordan → Ferrari
- Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger: Ferrari → Benetton
- David Coulthard: Williams → McLaren
- Pedro Diniz: Forti → Ligier
- Martin Brundle: Ligier → Jordan
- Johnny Herbert: Benetton → Sauber
- Jos Verstappen: Simtek → Footwork
- Luca Badoer: Minardi → Forti
Mid-season Changes[edit | edit source]
Team changes[edit | edit source]
- Forti were declared bankrupt after the British Grand Prix, taking no further part in the championship.
Driver changes[edit | edit source]
- Only a single mid-season driver change happened in the season. Tarso Marques filled in Fisichella's seat for the Brazilian Grand Prix. However, after the British Grand Prix, Fisichella would be replaced by Giovanni Lavaggi for the remainder of the season.
Driver Standings[edit | edit source]
Driver Placings | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Driver | ![]() |
Pts | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | Hill | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | Ret | Ret | 1st | 1st | Ret | 1st | 2nd | 5th | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 97 | |||
2nd | Villeneuve | 2nd | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 11th | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 1st | Ret | 78 | |||
3rd | Schumacher | Ret | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | 2nd | Ret | 1st | Ret | DNS | Ret | 4th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 59 | |||
4th | Alesi | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | Ret | 6th | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | Ret | 47 | |||
5th | Häkkinen | 5th | 4th | Ret | 8th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | Ret | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 3rd | 31 | |||
6th | Berger | 4th | Ret | Ret | 9th | 3rd | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 2nd | 13th | Ret | 6th | Ret | 6th | 4th | 21 | |||
7th | Coulthard | Ret | Ret | 7th | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13th | 8th | 18 | |||
8th | Barrichello | Ret | Ret | 4th | 5th | 5th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9th | 4th | 6th | 6th | Ret | 5th | Ret | 9th | 14 | |||
9th | Panis | 7th | 6th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 1st | Ret | Ret | 7th | Ret | 7th | 5th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 7th | 13 | |||
10th | Irvine | 3rd | 7th | 5th | Ret | 4th | 7th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | 11 | |||
11th | Brundle | Ret | 12th | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10th | Ret | Ret | 4th | 9th | 5th | 8 | |||
12th | Frentzen | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 4th | Ret | Ret | 8th | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7th | 6th | 7 | |||
13th | Salo | 6th | 5th | Ret | DSQ | Ret | 5th | DSQ | Ret | 10th | 7th | 9th | Ret | 7th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 5 | |||
14th | Herbert | Ret | Ret | 9th | 7th | Ret | 3rd | Ret | 7th | DSQ | 9th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9th | 8th | 10th | 4 | |||
15th | Diniz | 10th | 8th | Ret | 10th | 7th | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | 2 | |||
16th | Verstappen | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | 11th | 1 | |||
NC | Katayama | 11th | 9th | Ret | DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7th | 8th | 10th | 12th | Ret | 0 | |||
NC | Rosset | 9th | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | 11th | 8th | 9th | Ret | 14th | 13th | 0 | |||
NC | Fisichella | Ret | 13th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | 11th | 0 | |||||||||||
NC | Lamy | Ret | 10th | Ret | 12th | 9th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12th | Ret | 12th | Ret | 10th | Ret | 16th | 12th | 0 | |||
NC | Badoer | DNQ | 11th | Ret | DNQ | 10th | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNP | 0 | ||||||||
NC | Lavaggi | DNQ | 10th | DNQ | Ret | 15th | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
NC | Montermini | DNQ | Ret | 10th | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNP | 0 | ||||||||
NC | Marques | Ret | Ret | 0 |
Constructor Standings[edit | edit source]
Team Placings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | ![]() |
Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
1st | Williams | Hill | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | Ret | Ret | 1st | 1st | Ret | 1st | 2nd | 5th | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 175 | ||||
Villeneuve | 2nd | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 11th | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 1st | Ret | |||||||
2nd | Ferrari | Schumacher | Ret | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | 2nd | Ret | 1st | Ret | DNS | Ret | 4th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 70 | ||||
Irvine | 3rd | 7th | 5th | Ret | 4th | 7th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | |||||||
3rd | Benetton | Alesi | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | Ret | 6th | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | Ret | 68 | ||||
Berger | 4th | Ret | Ret | 9th | 3rd | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 2nd | 13th | Ret | 6th | Ret | 6th | 4th | |||||||
4th | McLaren | Häkkinen | 5th | 4th | Ret | 8th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | Ret | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 3rd | 49 | ||||
Coulthard | Ret | Ret | 7th | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13th | 8th | |||||||
5th | Jordan | Barrichello | Ret | Ret | 4th | 5th | 5th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9th | 4th | 6th | 6th | Ret | 5th | Ret | 9th | 22 | ||||
Brundle | Ret | 12th | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10th | Ret | Ret | 4th | 9th | 5th | |||||||
6th | Ligier | Panis | 7th | 6th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 1st | Ret | Ret | 7th | Ret | 7th | 5th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 7th | 15 | ||||
Diniz | 10th | 8th | Ret | 10th | 7th | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | |||||||
7th | Sauber | Herbert | Ret | Ret | 9th | 7th | Ret | 3rd | Ret | 7th | DSQ | 9th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9th | 8th | 10th | 11 | ||||
Frentzen | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 4th | Ret | Ret | 8th | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7th | 6th | |||||||
8th | Tyrrell | Katayama | 11th | 9th | Ret | DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7th | 8th | 10th | 12th | Ret | 5 | ||||
Salo | 6th | 5th | Ret | DSQ | Ret | 5th | DSQ | Ret | 10th | 7th | 9th | Ret | 7th | Ret | 11th | Ret | |||||||
9th | Footwork | Rosset | 9th | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | 11th | 8th | 9th | Ret | 14th | 13th | 1 | ||||
Verstappen | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | 11th | |||||||
10th | Minardi | Fisichella | Ret | 13th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | 11th | 0 | ||||||||||||
Lamy | Ret | 10th | Ret | 12th | 9th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12th | Ret | 12th | Ret | 10th | Ret | 16th | 12th | |||||||
Lavaggi | DNQ | 10th | DNQ | Ret | 15th | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Marques | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||
11th | Forti | Badoer | DNQ | 11th | Ret | DNQ | 10th | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNP | 0 | |||||||||
Montermini | DNQ | Ret | 10th | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNP |
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