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Spanish Grand Prix

Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1996

Round 7 of 16Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, MontmelóJun 2 199665 laps

Podium

ALEBenetton

MSCFerrari

VILWilliams

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:59:49.307 from P3

PoleHIL1:20.650

Fastest lapMSC1:45.517 on lap 14

Pit stops11recorded stops

Finishers6 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▲2	65	1:59:49.307	10	1:45.517	2
2	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	4	▲2	65	+45.302s	6	1:48.509	1
3	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	2	▼1	65	+48.388s	4	1:48.707	1
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	11	▲7	64	+1 lap	3	1:48.955	1
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	10	▲5	64	+1 lap	2	1:49.771	1
6	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	17	▲11	63	+2 laps	1	1:50.636	1
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	13		47	Spun off		1:48.302	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	7		45	Clutch		1:47.735	2
DNF	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	5		44	Spun off		1:49.097	1
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	9		20	Spun off		1:48.846
DNF	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	15		17	Differential		1:49.026
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1		10	Spun off		1:50.987
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	16		8	Electrical		1:55.116
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	6		1	Spun off		1:59.611
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	8		1	Collision damage		–
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	19		1	Collision damage		–
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	14		0	Collision		–
DNF	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	20		0	Collision		–
DNF	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	18		0	Collision		–
DSQ	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	12		16	Illegal car change		1:51.734

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	24	28.4s
2	MSC	42	30.4s
3	BAR	42	30.5s
4	FRE	34	31.1s
5	VIL	36	31.3s
6	DIN	38	31.5s
7	HAK	42	32.1s
8	ALE	32	32.7s
9	BER	34	33.3s
10	VER	34	37.2s
11	BAR	45	610.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 11 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:20.650
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.084	+0.434s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.587	+0.937s
4	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:22.061	+1.411s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:22.125	+1.475s
6	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.333	+1.683s
7	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:22.379	+1.729s
8	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:22.685	+2.035s
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:23.027	+2.377s
10	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:23.070	+2.420s
11	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:23.195	+2.545s
12	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:23.224	+2.574s
13	VERJos Verstappen	Footwork	1:23.371	+2.721s
14	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:23.416	+2.766s
15	BRUMartin Brundle	Jordan	1:23.438	+2.788s
16	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:24.401	+3.751s
17	DINPedro Diniz	Ligier	1:24.468	+3.818s
18	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:25.274	+4.624s
19	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:25.531	+4.881s
20	ROSRicardo Rosset	Footwork	1:25.621	+4.971s
21	BADLuca Badoer	Forti	1:26.615	+5.965s
22	MONAndrea Montermini	Forti	1:27.358	+6.708s

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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

Previous winners here

1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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