The Brazilian Grand Prix 1996 was the 2nd round of the 1996 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on March 31st.
Damon Hill won the race from the pole, followed by Jean Alesi, and Michael Schumacher 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... 12 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Martin Brundle, Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve, Andrea Montermini, Ricardo Rosset, and Tarso Marques, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Johnny Herbert, and Jos Verstappen, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, and Gerhard Berger, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 26.
Spun off
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Martin BrundleLap 64
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 59
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David CoulthardLap 29
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Jacques VilleneuveLap 26
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Andrea MonterminiLap 26
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Ricardo RossetLap 24
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Tarso MarquesLap 0
Engine
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Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 36
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Johnny HerbertLap 28
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Jos VerstappenLap 19
Hydraulics
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Gerhard BergerLap 26
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, Damon Hill managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:18.111 seconds, 0.981 seconds faster than Rubens Barrichello, who completed the first line of the grid.