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Japanese Grand Prix

1996 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 16Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 13 199652 laps

Podium

MSCFerrari

HILWilliams

HAKMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerHIL1:32:33.791 from P2

PoleVIL1:38.909

Fastest lapVIL1:44.043 on lap 34

Pit stops33recorded stops

Finishers13 / 19classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	2	▲1	52	1:32:33.791	10	1:44.753	2
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▲1	52	+1.883s	6	1:44.445	2
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	▲2	52	+3.212s	4	1:44.852	2
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	4	–	52	+26.526s	3	1:44.350	3
5	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	10	▲5	52	+67.120s	2	1:45.882	2
6	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	7	▲1	52	+81.186s	1	1:46.407	2
7	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	12	▲5	52	+84.510s		1:45.347	2
8	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	8	–	52	+85.233s		1:45.613	3
9	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	▲2	52	+101.065s		1:46.339	2
10	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	13	▲3	52	+101.799s		1:45.932	2
11	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	17	▲6	51	+1 lap		1:46.977	1
12	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	18	▲6	50	+2 laps		1:49.220	2
13	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	19	▲6	50	+2 laps		1:49.263	2
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	6		39	Collision		1:45.798	2
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	14		37	Engine		1:47.518	2
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1		36	Wheel		1:44.043	2
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	15		20	Engine		1:49.372
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	16		13	Spun off		1:48.495
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	9		0	Spun off		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	BER	22	29.9s
2	BER	36	30.4s
3	MSC	32	31.1s
4	HAK	18	31.1s
5	COU	16	31.4s
6	IRV	33	31.4s
7	HAK	32	31.5s
8	LAM	16	31.5s
9	LAM	35	31.6s
10	MSC	16	31.7s
11	PAN	17	31.7s
12	IRV	18	31.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 33 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.909
2	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:39.370	+0.461s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:40.071	+1.162s
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:40.364	+1.455s
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:40.458	+1.549s
6	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:41.005	+2.096s
7	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:41.277	+2.368s
8	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:41.384	+2.475s
9	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:41.562	+2.653s
10	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:41.600	+2.691s
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:41.919	+3.010s
12	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:42.206	+3.297s
13	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:42.658	+3.749s
14	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:42.711	+3.802s
15	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:42.840	+3.931s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:43.196	+4.287s
17	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:43.383	+4.474s
18	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:44.874	+5.965s
19	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:45.412	+6.503s
20	LAVGiovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	1:46.795	+7.886s

Suzuka Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1991	Gerhard Berger	McLaren
1990	Nelson Piquet	Benetton
1989	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari

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