Japanese Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 13th October 1996 Local
Sun 13th October 1996 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1996

Round
Round 16

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Location

Suzuka International Racing Course

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The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 1996. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 52-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill took his eighth win of the season, and with it the Drivers' Championship, after teammate and pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve made a poor start and then retired when a wheel fell off. Villeneuve had needed to win the race, without Hill scoring, in order to win the Championship himself. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, enabling the Italian team to steal second place in the Constructors' Championship from Benetton, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes.

Hill was the first son of a World Champion to win the championship himself, his father Graham having been champion in 1962 and 1968. This was also the final race for Martin Brundle, who had been competing in F1 since 1984 and finished on the podium 9 times since 1992, as well as the last race for Pedro Lamy, Giovanni Lavaggi, Footwork and Ligier.

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Result List

01	Damon Hill	Williams Racing	1:32:33.791
02	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:01.883
03	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:03.212
04	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	+0:26.526
05	Martin Brundle	Jordan	67.120
06	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	81.186
07	Olivier Panis	Ligier	84.510
08	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	85.233
09	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	101.065
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	101.799
11	Jos Verstappen	Footwork Arrows	+1 Lap
12	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	+2 Laps
13	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork Arrows	+2 Laps
14	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
15	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
16	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	DNF
17	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
18	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	DNF
19	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	DNF
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	Did not qualify