The Australian Grand Prix 1996 was the 1st round of the 1996 F1 season, and took place at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 10th.
Damon Hill won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Jacques Villeneuve, who originally had the pole position, and Eddie Irvine completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 11 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Pedro Lamy, who had a problem wit the safety belt that prevented from racing on lap 42, Michael Schumacher, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 32, Giancarlo Fisichella, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 32, Rubens Barrichello, and Jos Verstappen, both suffered an engine malfunction, David Coulthard, who had a throttle issue on lap 24, Jean Alesi, Martin Brundle, and Johnny Herbert, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, and Luca Badoer, and Andrea Montermini, both did not qualify due to the 107% rule.
Safety belt
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Pedro LamyLap 42
Brakes
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Michael SchumacherLap 32
Clutch
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 32
Engine
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 29
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Jos VerstappenLap 15
Throttle
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David CoulthardLap 24
Collision
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Jean AlesiLap 9
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Martin BrundleLap 1
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Johnny HerbertLap 0
107% Rule
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Luca BadoerLap 0
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Andrea MonterminiLap 0
Qualifying
From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.
This time around, Jacques Villeneuve managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:32.371 seconds, with his teammate Damon Hill rigth behind him at 0.138 seconds, helping Williams score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.