Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Sun 13th October 1996 (UTC)
Sun 13th October 1996 (Local)

Timestamp
1996-10-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1996

Round
16

Status

Location
Suzuka International Racing Course

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Description

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