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British Grand Prix

1996 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 10 of 16Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 14 199661 laps

Podium

BERBenetton

VILWilliams

HAKMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:33:00.874 from P2

PoleHIL1:26.875

Fastest lapVIL1:29.288 on lap 21

Pit stops23recorded stops

Finishers11 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	2	▲1	61	1:33:00.874	10	1:29.288	2
2	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	7	▲5	61	+19.026s	6	1:29.984	1
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	▲1	61	+50.830s	4	1:30.531	2
4	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	6	▲2	61	+66.716s	3	1:30.671	2
5	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	9	▲4	61	+82.507s	2	1:31.282	2
6	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	8	▲2	60	+1 lap	1	1:30.552	3
7	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	14	▲7	60	+1 lap		1:31.765	1
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	11	▲3	60	+1 lap		1:32.662	1
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	13	▲4	60	+1 lap		1:32.213	2
10	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	15	▲5	60	+1 lap		1:32.080	1
11	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	18	▲7	59	+2 laps		1:33.707	1
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	5		44	Wheel bearing		1:30.553	1
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	16		40	Handling		1:32.188	3
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	17		38	Engine		1:32.508	1
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1		26	Wheel nut		1:30.264
DNF	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	19		21	Gearbox		1:34.372
DNF	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	20		13	Electrical		1:33.382
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	12		12	Camshaft		1:32.699
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	10		5	Differential		1:31.490
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3		3	Hydraulics		1:30.944

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HAK	27	35.4s
2	HER	41	35.6s
3	HAK	44	35.8s
4	COU	23	36.0s
5	HER	22	36.3s
6	VIL	42	37.1s
7	BRU	40	37.7s
8	BAR	19	37.8s
9	COU	41	38.2s
10	BAR	38	38.4s
11	BRU	28	38.6s
12	PAN	31	38.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 23 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:26.875
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:27.070	+0.195s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:27.707	+0.832s
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:27.856	+0.981s
5	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:28.307	+1.432s
6	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:28.409	+1.534s
7	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:28.653	+1.778s
8	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:28.946	+2.071s
9	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:28.966	+2.091s
10	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:29.186	+2.311s
11	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:29.591	+2.716s
12	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:29.913	+3.038s
13	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:29.947	+3.072s
14	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:29.949	+3.074s
15	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:30.102	+3.227s
16	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:30.167	+3.292s
17	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:30.529	+3.654s
18	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:31.076	+4.201s
19	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:31.365	+4.490s
20	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:31.454	+4.579s
21	MONAndrea Montermini	Forti	1:35.206	+8.331s
22	BADLuca Badoer	Forti	1:35.304	+8.429s

Silverstone Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1995	Johnny Herbert	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari
1989	Alain Prost	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1985	Alain Prost	McLaren

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