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Transurban Australian Grand Prix

10 Mar 1996Melbourne307.516 km (5302 m x 58 Laps)

 Pole Position: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW18-Renault, 1:32.371 (206.636 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW18-Renault, 1:33.421 (204.314 km/h lap 27) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:32:50.491 198.736 km/h 2 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:33:28.511 197.389 km/h 3 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:33:53.062 196.529 km/h 4 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:34:07.528 196.025 km/h 5 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:34:25.562 195.401 km/h 6 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha -1 Lap 7 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda -1 Lap 8 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford -1 Lap 9 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart -2 Laps 10 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda -2 Laps 11 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha -3 Laps Did Not Finish: 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 42 Safety belt 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 32 Brake fluid leak 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 32 Clutch 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 29 Engine 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 24 Throttle jammed 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 15 Engine 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 9 Collision with Irvine 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1 Spun off Did Not Start: 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 0 Car damaged after first start Did Not Qualify: 22 Luca Badoer Forti FG01-95B-Ford 23 Andrea Montermini Forti FG01-95B-Ford Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1-29 50 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 30-32 8 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 33-53 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 54-58 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:33.421 204.314 27 2 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:33.621 203.877 27 3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:33.651 203.812 18 4 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:34.533 201.910 37 5 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:34.757 201.433 26 6 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:34.767 201.412 21 7 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:35.064 200.783 27 8 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:35.280 200.327 39 9 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:35.519 199.826 8 10 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:35.596 199.665 43 11 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:35.843 199.151 49 12 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:36.377 198.047 44 13 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:36.557 197.678 45 14 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:36.649 197.490 13 15 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:37.024 196.727 24 16 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:37.746 195.273 13 17 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 1:38.077 194.614 5 18 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:38.784 193.222 4 19 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:56.481 163.865 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:32.371 206.636 Rothmans Williams Renault 2 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:32.509 206.328 Rothmans Williams Renault 3 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:32.889 205.484 Scuderia Ferrari SpA 4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:33.125 204.963 Scuderia Ferrari SpA 5 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:34.054 202.939 Marlboro McLaren Mercedes 6 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:34.257 202.502 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 7 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:34.344 202.315 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 8 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:34.474 202.037 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 9 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.494 201.994 Red Bull Sauber Ford 10 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:34.832 201.274 Tyrrell Yamaha 11 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:35.330 200.222 Equipe Ligier Gauloises Blondes 12 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:35.338 200.206 Footwork Hart 13 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:35.351 200.178 Marlboro McLaren Mercedes 14 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:35.453 199.964 Red Bull Sauber Ford 15 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:35.715 199.417 Tyrrell Yamaha 16 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 1:35.898 199.036 Minardi Team SpA 17 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:36.109 198.600 Minardi Team SpA 18 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:36.198 198.416 Footwork Hart 19 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:36.286 198.234 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 20 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:36.298 198.210 Equipe Ligier Gauloises Blondes Did Not Qualify: 1:38.837 107% 21 22 Luca Badoer Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:39.202 192.407 Forti Corse Srl 22 23 Andrea Montermini Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:42.087 186.970 Forti Corse Srl Thursday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:33.401 204.358 2 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:34.404 202.186 3 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:34.664 201.631 4 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:35.057 200.797 5 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:35.115 200.675 6 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:35.349 200.182 7 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:35.362 200.155 8 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:35.780 199.282 9 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:35.811 199.217 10 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:36.135 198.546 11 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:36.253 198.302 12 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:36.330 198.144 13 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:36.678 197.431 14 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:37.051 196.672 15 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:37.903 194.960 16 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:38.072 194.624 17 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:38.447 193.883 18 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:39.054 192.695 19 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 1:39.142 192.524 20 22 Luca Badoer Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:51.007 171.946 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:32.159 207.112 2 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:32.396 206.580 3 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:32.475 206.404 4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:33.007 205.223 5 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:33.480 204.185 6 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:33.528 204.080 7 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:33.592 203.941 8 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:33.640 203.836 9 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:33.846 203.389 10 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:33.935 203.196 11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:33.992 203.073 12 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.068 202.909 13 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:34.077 202.889 14 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:34.156 202.719 15 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.664 201.631 16 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:34.857 201.221 17 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:35.011 200.895 18 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:35.121 200.662 19 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:35.145 200.612 20 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 1:35.477 199.914 21 22 Luca Badoer Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:39.141 192.526 22 23 Andrea Montermini Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:43.506 184.407 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:31.206 209.276 2 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:31.319 209.017 3 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:32.459 206.440 4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:32.506 206.335 5 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:32.981 205.281 6 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:33.037 205.157 7 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:33.342 204.487 8 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:33.648 203.819 9 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:33.777 203.538 10 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:33.840 203.402 11 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:34.005 203.045 12 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.120 202.796 13 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:34.266 202.482 14 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.383 202.231 15 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:34.926 201.075 16 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:35.157 200.586 17 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:35.666 199.519 18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 1:35.740 199.365 19 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:35.844 199.149 20 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:37.193 196.385 21 22 Luca Badoer Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:38.869 193.055 22 23 Andrea Montermini Forti FG01-95B-Ford 1:41.333 188.361 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:33.363 204.441 2 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:33.410 204.338 3 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:34.167 202.695 4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:34.176 202.676 5 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.177 202.674 6 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:34.251 202.515 7 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:34.338 202.328 8 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:34.381 202.236 9 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:34.431 202.129 10 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:34.653 201.654 11 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:34.664 201.631 12 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:35.116 200.673 13 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:35.322 200.239 14 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:35.774 199.294 15 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11-Mercedes 1:35.853 199.130 16 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:35.914 199.003 17 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi M195B-Ford 1:36.487 197.821 18 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:36.966 196.844 19 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:37.001 196.773 20 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:37.783 195.200 Notes:
  • Race was interrupted after 1st lap Brundle's accident. Restarded for original distance.
  • Coulthard and Brundle started from pit lane.
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.
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