597
Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
13 Oct 1996
Suzuka
304.718 km (5864 m x 52 Laps - 210 m)
Pole Position
: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW18-Renault, 1:38.909 (213.433 km/h)
Fastest Lap
: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW18-Renault, 1:44.043 (202.901 km/h lap 34)
Race Results:
Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:32:33.791 197.520 km/h 2 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:32:35.674 197.453 km/h 3 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:32:37.003 197.406 km/h 4 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:33:00.317 196.581 km/h 5 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:33:40.911 195.161 km/h 6 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:33:54.977 194.674 km/h 7 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:33:58.301 194.559 km/h 8 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:33:59.024 194.535 km/h 9 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:34:14.856 193.990 km/h 10 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:34:15.590 193.965 km/h 11 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart -1 Lap 12 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford -2 Laps 13 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart -2 Laps Did Not Finish: 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 39 Collision with Berger 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 37 Engine 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 36 Wheel lost/Spun off 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 20 Engine 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 13 Spun off 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 0 Spun off Did Not Qualify: 21 Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi M195B-Ford
Lap Leaders:
Car# Driver Car Laps Total 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1-52 52
Fastest Laps:
Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:44.043 202.901 34 2 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:44.350 202.304 24 3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:44.445 202.120 18 4 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:44.753 201.525 30 5 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:44.852 201.335 35 6 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:45.347 200.389 19 7 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:45.613 199.884 38 8 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:45.798 199.535 20 9 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:45.882 199.377 37 10 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:45.932 199.283 19 11 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:46.339 198.520 16 12 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:46.407 198.393 31 13 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:46.977 197.336 31 14 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:47.518 196.343 29 15 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:48.495 194.575 5 16 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:49.220 193.283 18 17 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:49.263 193.207 35 18 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:49.372 193.015 18
Qualifying Times:
Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:38.909 213.433 Rothmans Williams Renault 2 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:39.370 212.442 Rothmans Williams Renault 3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:40.071 210.954 Scuderia Ferrari SpA 4 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:40.364 210.338 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 5 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:40.458 210.142 Marlboro McLaren Mercedes 6 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:41.005 209.004 Scuderia Ferrari SpA 7 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:41.277 208.442 Red Bull Sauber Ford 8 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:41.384 208.222 Marlboro McLaren Mercedes 9 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:41.562 207.857 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 10 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:41.600 207.780 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 11 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:41.919 207.129 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 12 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:42.206 206.548 Equipe Ligier Gauloises Blondes 13 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:42.658 205.638 Red Bull Sauber Ford 14 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:42.711 205.532 Tyrrell Yamaha 15 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:42.840 205.274 Tyrrell Yamaha 16 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:43.196 204.566 Equipe Ligier Gauloises Blondes 17 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:43.383 204.196 Footwork Hart 18 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:44.874 201.293 Minardi Team SpA 19 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:45.412 200.266 Footwork Hart Did Not Qualify: 1:45.833 107% 20 21 Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi M195B-Ford 1:46.795 197.672 Minardi Team SpA
Friday Practice:
Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:42.350 206.257 2 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:42.954 205.047 3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:43.321 204.319 4 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:43.372 204.218 5 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:43.747 203.480 6 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:43.845 203.288 7 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:43.860 203.258 8 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:44.092 202.805 9 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:44.441 202.128 10 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:44.598 201.824 11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:44.971 201.107 12 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:45.194 200.681 13 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:45.471 200.154 14 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:45.789 199.552 15 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:45.893 199.356 16 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:46.105 198.958 17 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:47.285 196.769 18 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:48.724 194.165 19 21 Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi M195B-Ford 1:50.227 191.518 20 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 2:02.130 172.852
Saturday Practice:
Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:40.534 209.983 2 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:41.136 208.733 3 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:41.842 207.286 4 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 1:41.916 207.135 5 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:41.980 207.005 6 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 1:42.009 206.946 7 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:42.368 206.221 8 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:42.672 205.610 9 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 1:42.714 205.526 10 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:42.759 205.436 11 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:42.839 205.276 12 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:42.905 205.145 13 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:43.106 204.745 14 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:43.445 204.074 15 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:43.445 204.074 16 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:44.340 202.323 17 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 1:45.198 200.673 18 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 1:45.653 199.809 19 21 Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi M195B-Ford 1:47.473 196.425 20 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:48.082 195.318
Warm Up:
Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW18-Renault 1:48.664 194.272 2 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:48.937 193.785 3 3 Jean Alési Benetton B196-Renault 1:49.373 193.013 4 5 Damon Hill Williams FW18-Renault 1:51.390 189.518 5 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:52.013 188.464 6 9 Olivier Panis Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:53.537 185.934 7 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310 1:53.677 185.705 8 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 024-Yamaha 1:53.957 185.249 9 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier JS43-Mugen-Honda 1:54.526 184.328 10 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi M195B-Ford 1:54.781 183.919 11 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber C15-Ford 1:54.896 183.735 12 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 196-Peugeot 1:56.763 180.797 13 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton B196-Renault 1:58.753 177.767 14 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber C15-Ford 2:02.452 172.397 15 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310 2:04.512 169.545 16 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork FA17-Hart 2:05.863 167.725 17 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 2:23.659 146.948 18 8 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/11B-Mercedes 4:49.078 73.027 19 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork FA17-Hart 23:38.561 14.882
Notes:
Rosset and Katayama got 10 second stop/go penalty (blocking).
Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
Race Results
Lap Leaders
Fastest Laps
Qualifying Times
Friday Practice
Saturday Practice
Warm Up
Notes