Italian grand prix

Date
Sun 8th September 1996 (UTC)
Sun 8th September 1996 (Local)

Timestamp
1996-09-08T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1996

Round
14

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The 1996 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 September 1996 at Monza. It was the fourteenth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, after he started from third position. It was Schumacher's third victory of the season and the Ferrari team's first victory at Monza since 1988. With Schumacher also having won the previous race in Belgium, these were also the first consecutive Ferrari victories since the 1990 season.

Jean Alesi finished second in a Benetton-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Drivers' Championship leader Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until he made an error and spun off on lap 6, while his teammate and rival, Jacques Villeneuve, could only manage seventh.