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Belgian Grand Prix

1996 Belgian Grand Prix

Round 13 of 16Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, SpaAug 25 199644 laps

Podium

VILWilliams

MSCFerrari

HAKMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:28:15.125 from P3

PoleVIL1:50.574

Fastest lapBER1:53.067 on lap 42

Pit stops29recorded stops

Finishers10 / 19classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▲2	44	1:28:15.125	10	1:53.905	2
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	▼1	44	+5.602s	6	1:53.587	2
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	6	▲3	44	+15.710s	4	1:54.198	1
4	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	7	▲3	44	+19.125s	3	1:54.685	2
5	HILDamon Hill	Williams	2	▼3	44	+29.179s	2	1:53.441	2
6	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	5	▼1	44	+29.896s	1	1:53.067	2
7	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	13	▲6	44	+60.754s		1:55.854	2
8	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	17	▲9	44	+100.227s		1:57.149	2
9	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	18	▲9	43	+1 lap		1:57.809	2
10	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	19	▲9	43	+1 lap		1:57.468	3
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	4		37	Spun off		1:54.655	1
DNF	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	8		34	Engine		1:55.616	2
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	9		29	Gearbox		1:55.753	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	10		29	Suspension		1:56.943	2
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	15		22	Electrical		1:58.665	1
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	16		11	Accident		1:56.704	1
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	14		0	Collision		–
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	12		0	Collision		–
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	11		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	LAM	30	31.4s
2	LAM	38	31.5s
3	HIL	34	32.0s
4	BER	31	32.6s
5	BRU	31	33.0s
6	VIL	32	33.2s
7	ALE	30	33.3s
8	SAL	30	33.3s
9	SAL	14	33.7s
10	MSC	30	33.7s
11	IRV	13	33.8s
12	MSC	14	34.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 29 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:50.574
2	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:50.980	+0.406s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:51.778	+1.204s
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:51.884	+1.310s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:51.960	+1.386s
6	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:52.318	+1.744s
7	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:52.354	+1.780s
8	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:52.977	+2.403s
9	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:53.043	+2.469s
10	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:53.152	+2.578s
11	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:53.199	+2.625s
12	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:53.993	+3.419s
13	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:54.095	+3.521s
14	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:54.220	+3.646s
15	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:54.700	+4.126s
16	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:55.150	+4.576s
17	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:55.371	+4.797s
18	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:56.286	+5.712s
19	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:56.830	+6.256s
20	LAVGiovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	1:58.579	+8.005s

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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

Previous winners here

1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Damon Hill	Williams
1992	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1991	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Alain Prost	McLaren
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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