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Portuguese Grand Prix

Grande Prémio de Portugal 1996

Round 15 of 16Autódromo do Estoril, EstorilSep 22 199670 laps

Podium

HILWilliams

VILWilliams

MSCFerrari

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:40:22.915 from P2

PoleHIL1:20.330

Fastest lapVIL1:22.873 on lap 37

Pit stops50recorded stops

Finishers16 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	2	▲1	70	1:40:22.915	10	1:22.873	3
2	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1	▼1	70	+19.966s	6	1:23.762	3
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	▲1	70	+53.765s	4	1:24.059	3
4	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	3	▼1	70	+55.109s	3	1:24.331	2
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	▲1	70	+87.389s	2	1:25.206	2
6	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	5	▼1	70	+93.141s	1	1:24.647	2
7	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	11	▲4	69	+1 lap		1:24.869	2
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	12	▲4	69	+1 lap		1:25.786	3
9	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	10	▲1	69	+1 lap		1:25.028	3
10	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	15	▲5	69	+1 lap		1:25.008	3
11	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	13	▲2	69	+1 lap		1:26.199	2
12	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	14	▲2	68	+2 laps		1:26.447	2
13	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	8	▼5	68	+2 laps		1:25.362	5
14	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	17	▲3	67	+3 laps		1:26.863	2
15	LAVGiovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	20	▲5	65	+5 laps		1:28.911	2
16	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	19	▲3	65	+5 laps		1:27.754	2
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	7		52	Collision damage		1:24.747	3
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	16		47	Engine		1:25.913	2
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	18		46	Collision		1:25.791	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	9		41	Spun off		1:24.954	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	44	26.7s
2	HAK	44	26.8s
3	HER	53	26.9s
4	BRU	34	27.1s
5	COU	45	27.1s
6	MSC	35	27.2s
7	PAN	56	27.2s
8	HIL	34	27.3s
9	VIL	18	27.4s
10	HAK	21	27.5s
11	MSC	18	27.6s
12	VIL	35	27.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 50 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:20.330
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:20.339	+0.009s
3	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:21.088	+0.758s
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.236	+0.906s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:21.293	+0.963s
6	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.362	+1.032s
7	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.640	+1.310s
8	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:22.066	+1.736s
9	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:22.205	+1.875s
10	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:22.324	+1.994s
11	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:22.325	+1.995s
12	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.655	+2.325s
13	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:22.765	+2.435s
14	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:23.013	+2.683s
15	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:23.055	+2.725s
16	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:23.531	+3.201s
17	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:24.230	+3.900s
18	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:24.293	+3.963s
19	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:24.510	+4.180s
20	LAVGiovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	1:25.612	+5.282s

Autódromo do Estoril

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

Previous winners here

1995	David Coulthard	Williams
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1990	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
1989	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
1988	Alain Prost	McLaren
1987	Alain Prost	McLaren
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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