1996 Australian Grand Prix

The 1996 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 10, 1996 at Melbourne.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	58	1:32:50.4	2	10
2	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	58	+38.020	1	6
3	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	58	+1:02.571	3	4
4	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	58	+1:17.037	7	3
5	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+1:35.071	5	2
6	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	57	+1 Lap	10	1
7	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	57	+1 Lap	11
8	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	57	+1 Lap	9
9	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	56	+2 Laps	18
10	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	56	+2 Laps	20
11	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	55	+3 Laps	15
Ret	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	42	Safety belt	17
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	32	Brakes	4
Ret	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	32	Clutch	16
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	29	Engine	8
Ret	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	24	Throttle	13
Ret	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	15	Engine	12
Ret	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	9	Collision	6
Ret	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1	Spun off	19
Ret	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	0	Accident on 1st start	14
DNQ	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford		107% rule	21
DNQ	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford		107% rule	22

Notes

• Fastest Lap: Jacques Villeneuve 1:33.421
• Pole position: Jacques Villeneuve 1:32.371
• The race was restarted after an opening lap accident. Coulthard and Brundle had to restart from the pit lane while Herbert did not take the restart.
• First Start: Giancarlo Fisichella, Ricardo Rosset, Jacques Villeneuve.
• First Pole Position: Jacques Villeneuve.

Eerste GP voor villeneuve en gtelijk de 2 d eplek. knap hoor

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