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Argentine Grand Prix

Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina 1996

Round 3 of 16Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos AiresApr 7 199672 laps

Podium

VILWilliams

HILWilliams

ALEBenetton

Key facts

WinnerHIL1:54:55.322 from P1

PoleHIL1:30.346

Fastest lapALE1:29.413 on lap 65

Pit stops36recorded stops

Finishers10 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1	–	72	1:54:55.322	10	1:29.653	2
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	▲1	72	+12.167s	6	1:30.163	2
3	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	4	▲1	72	+14.754s	4	1:29.413	2
4	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	6	▲2	72	+55.131s	3	1:31.443	1
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	10	▲5	72	+64.991s	2	1:31.372	2
6	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	7	▲1	72	+68.913s	1	1:31.099	2
7	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	9	▲2	72	+73.400s		1:31.408	2
8	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	12	▲4	72	+74.295s		1:31.343	2
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	17	▲8	71	+1 lap		1:31.930	2
10	MONAndrea Montermini	Forti	22	▲12	69	+3 laps		1:34.592	3
DNF	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	5		56	Suspension		1:30.104	3
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2		46	Broken wing		1:30.659	2
DNF	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	19		39	Transmission		1:32.958	1
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	16		36	Throttle		1:31.930	3
DNF	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	15		34	Collision		1:32.668	1
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	14		33	Collision		1:32.925	1
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	11		32	Spun off		1:31.005	1
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	18		29	Fire		1:32.882	1
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	13		28	Differential		1:31.396	1
DNF	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	20		24	Oil pump		1:33.606	1
DNF	BADLuca Badoer	Forti	21		24	Collision		1:35.893	1
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	8		19	Throttle		1:32.369

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	COU	50	24.1s
2	ALE	22	24.3s
3	BER	56	24.5s
4	MSC	21	24.6s
5	FRE	20	24.8s
6	HIL	51	25.3s
7	IRV	26	25.4s
8	BER	24	25.6s
9	COU	26	25.7s
10	HER	22	25.7s
11	VIL	49	25.7s
12	BER	47	25.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 36 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:30.346
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:30.598	+0.252s
3	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:30.907	+0.561s
4	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:31.038	+0.692s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:31.262	+0.916s
6	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:31.404	+1.058s
7	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:31.615	+1.269s
8	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:31.801	+1.455s
9	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.001	+1.655s
10	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:32.058	+1.712s
11	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:32.130	+1.784s
12	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:32.177	+1.831s
13	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:32.407	+2.061s
14	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:32.502	+2.156s
15	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:32.696	+2.350s
16	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:32.903	+2.557s
17	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:33.256	+2.910s
18	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:33.424	+3.078s
19	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:33.727	+3.381s
20	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:33.752	+3.406s
21	BADLuca Badoer	Forti	1:34.830	+4.484s
22	MONAndrea Montermini	Forti	1:35.651	+5.305s

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1996. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1995	Damon Hill	Williams
1981	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1980	Alan Jones	Williams
1979	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1977	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
1975	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
1974	Denny Hulme	McLaren
1973	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus
1972	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell

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