Portuguese Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 22nd September 1996 12:00am Local
Sun 22nd September 1996 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1996

Round
Round 15

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Location

Circuito Estoril

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The 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 September 1996 at Autódromo do Estoril in Estoril, Portugal. It was the 15th and penultimate race of the 1996 Formula One season.

Williams' Jacques Villeneuve won the race from team-mate Damon Hill and Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, having overtaken the latter on the outside of the final corner while the two were lapping the slow-moving back-marking Minardi of Giovanni Lavaggi . This victory, Villeneuve's fourth of the season, ensured that the Drivers' Championship battle between him and Hill went to the final round in Japan three weeks later.

Benetton's Jean Alesi finished fourth, just behind Schumacher, while Eddie Irvine in the second Ferrari and Gerhard Berger in the second Benetton survived a last-lap collision to take fifth and sixth respectively.

The Portuguese Grand Prix would not be held again until 2020 but this race was held at a new venue at the Algarve International Circuit as opposed to Estoril.

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Result List

01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	1:40:22.915
02	Damon Hill	Williams Racing	+0:19.966
03	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:53.765
04	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+0:55.109
05	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	87.389
06	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	93.141
07	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	+1 Lap
08	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+1 Lap
09	Martin Brundle	Jordan	+1 Lap
10	Olivier Panis	Ligier	+1 Lap
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
12	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
13	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+2 Laps
14	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork Arrows	+3 Laps
15	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	+5 Laps
16	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	+5 Laps
17	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
18	Jos Verstappen	Footwork Arrows	DNF
19	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	DNF
20	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	DNF