Australia 1996: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Villeneuve	Williams	1:32.371
2	Hill	Williams	1:32.509	+0.138
3	Irvine	Ferrari	1:32.889	+0.518
4	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.125	+0.754
5	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:34.054	+1.683
6	Alesi	Benetton	1:34.257	+1.886
7	Berger	Benetton	1:34.344	+1.973
8	Barrichello	Jordan	1:34.474	+2.103
9	Frentzen	Sauber	1:34.494	+2.123
10	Salo	Tyrrell	1:34.832	+2.461
11	Panis	Ligier	1:35.330	+2.959
12	Verstappen	Footwork	1:35.338	+2.967
13	Coulthard	McLaren	1:35.351	+2.980
14	Herbert	Sauber	1:35.453	+3.082
15	Katayama	Tyrrell	1:35.715	+3.344
16	Fisichella	Minardi	1:35.898	+3.527
17	Lamy	Minardi	1:36.109	+3.738
18	Rosset	Footwork	1:36.198	+3.827
19	Brundle	Jordan	1:36.286	+3.915
20	Diniz	Ligier	1:36.298	+3.927
21	Badoer	Forti	1:39.202	+6.831
22	Montermini	Forti	1:42.087	+9.716

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Damon Hill	Williams	2	58	1:32:50.491	1	Renault
2	Jacques VilleneuveFastest lap	Williams	1	58	+38.020	1	Renault
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	58	+1:02.571	2	Ferrari
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	7	58	+1:17.037	2	Renault
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	58	+1:35.071	1	Mercedes
6	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	10	57	+1 lap	2	Yamaha
7	Olivier Panis	Ligier	11	57	+1 lap	2	Mugen-Honda
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	9	57	+1 lap	2	Ford
9	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	18	56	+2 laps	1	Hart
10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	20	56	+2 laps	2	Mugen-Honda
11	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	15	55	+3 laps	1	Yamaha
DNF	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	17	42	Safety belt	3	Ford
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	32	Brakes	2	Ferrari
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	16	32	Clutch	1	Ford
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	8	29	Engine	1	Peugeot
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	13	24	Throttle	0	Mercedes
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	12	15	Engine	1	Hart
DNF	Jean Alesi	Benetton	6	9	Collision	0	Renault
DNF	Martin Brundle	Jordan	19	1	Collision	0	Peugeot
DNS	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14		Collision	0	Ford
DNQ	Luca Badoer	Forti	-			0	Ford
DNQ	Andrea Montermini	Forti	-			0	Ford

Race

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Places gained

Diniz20→10+10
Rosset18→9+9
Salo10→6+4
Panis11→7+4
Katayama15→11+4
Berger7→4+3
Hill2→1+1
Frentzen9→8+1
Irvine3→30
Häkkinen5→50
Villeneuve1→2-1

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Berger24.534R24
2Berger25.069R41
3Panis25.109R19
4Salo26.727R35
5Irvine26.934R42
6Frentzen27.796R39
7Irvine27.894R22
8Barrichello27.954R25
9Schumacher29.301R20
10Diniz29.773R32

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hill32261 stop
Villeneuve30281 stop
Irvine2220162 stops
Berger2417172 stops
Häkkinen30281 stop
Salo1619222 stops · +1 lap
Panis1912262 stops · +1 lap
Frentzen2019182 stops · +1 lap
Rosset28281 stop · +2 laps
Diniz2012242 stops · +2 laps

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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