1996 Season

Races

Champion

Damon Hill

Constructor

Williams

The 1996 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. Damon Hill of British claimed the Drivers' Championship with 97 points and 8 race victories. Jacques Villeneuve finished as runner-up, 19 points behind. Williams won the Constructors' Championship with 175 points. 4 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1996 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher.

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What races were in the 1996 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	1996-03-10	Damon Hill(Williams)
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	1996-03-31	Damon Hill(Williams)
3	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	1996-04-07	Damon Hill(Williams)
4	European Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1996-04-28	Jacques Villeneuve(Williams)
5	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1996-05-05	Damon Hill(Williams)
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1996-05-19	Olivier Panis(Ligier)
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1996-06-02	Michael Schumacher(Ferrari)
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1996-06-16	Damon Hill(Williams)
9	French Grand Prix	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1996-06-30	Damon Hill(Williams)
10	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1996-07-14	Jacques Villeneuve(Williams)
11	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	1996-07-28	Damon Hill(Williams)
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	1996-08-11	Jacques Villeneuve(Williams)
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1996-08-25	Michael Schumacher(Ferrari)
14	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1996-09-08	Michael Schumacher(Ferrari)
15	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	1996-09-22	Jacques Villeneuve(Williams)
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	1996-10-13	Damon Hill(Williams)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Hill	Villeneuve	Irvine	Alesi	Schumacher
R1Australian Grand Prix	10	6	4	—	—
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	20	6	4	6	—
R3Argentine Grand Prix	30	12	6	10	—
R4European Grand Prix	33	22	6	10	10
R5San Marino Grand Prix	43	22	9	11	16
R6Monaco Grand Prix	43	22	—	11	16
R7Spanish Grand Prix	43	26	—	17	26
R8Canadian Grand Prix	53	32	—	21	26
R9French Grand Prix	63	38	—	25	26
R10British Grand Prix	63	48	—	25	26
R11German Grand Prix	73	52	—	31	29
R12Hungarian Grand Prix	79	62	—	35	29
R13Belgian Grand Prix	81	68	—	38	39
R14Italian Grand Prix	81	68	—	44	49
R15Portuguese Grand Prix	87	78	—	47	53
R16Japanese Grand Prix	97	78	—	47	59

Who won the 1996 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Damon Hill	British	8	97
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	4	78
3	Michael Schumacher	German	3	59
4	Jean Alesi	French	0	47
5	Mika Häkkinen	Finnish	0	31
6	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	0	21
7	David Coulthard	British	0	18
8	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	0	14
9	Olivier Panis	French	1	13
10	Eddie Irvine	British	0	11
11	Martin Brundle	British	0	8
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	German	0	7
13	Mika Salo	Finnish	0	5
14	Johnny Herbert	British	0	4
15	Pedro Diniz	Brazilian	0	2
16	Jos Verstappen	Dutch	0	1
17	Ukyo Katayama	Japanese	0	0
18	Ricardo Rosset	Brazilian	0	0
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	0	0
20	Pedro Lamy	Portuguese	0	0
21	Luca Badoer	Italian	0	0
22	Giovanni Lavaggi	Italian	0	0
23	Andrea Montermini	Italian	0	0

Who won the 1996 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Williams	British	12	175
2	Ferrari	Italian	3	70
3	Benetton	Italian	0	68
4	McLaren	British	0	49
5	Jordan	Irish	0	22
6	Ligier	French	1	15
7	Sauber	Swiss	0	11
8	Tyrrell	British	0	5
9	Footwork	British	0	1
10	Minardi	Italian	0	0
11	Forti	Italian	0	0