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Race · Round 1 of 16 ·

1996 Australian Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Albert Park. 8 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Jacques Villeneuve.

Dry · High of 25 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner
Damon HillWilliams
Entries
2211 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Damon HillWilliamsFW18258Finished10
2Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsFW18158Finished6fastest lap
3Eddie IrvineFerrariF310358Finished4
4Gerhard BergerBenettonB196758Finished3
5Mika HakkinenMcLaren—558Finished2
6Mika SaloTyrrell201057Finished1
7Olivier PanisLigierJS431157Finished0
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauberC15957Finished0
9Ricardo RossetFootworkFA171856Finished0
10Pedro DinizLigierJS432056Finished0
11Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell201555Finished0
DNFPedro LamyMinardiM195B1742Safety belt0
DNFMichael SchumacherFerrariF310432Brakes0
DNFGiancarlo FisichellaMinardiM195B1632Clutch0
DNFRubens BarrichelloJordan196829Engine0
DNFDavid CoulthardMcLaren—1324Throttle0
DNFJos VerstappenFootworkFA171215Engine0
DNFJean AlesiBenettonB19669Collision0
DNFMartin BrundleJordan196191Collision0
DNSJohnny HerbertSauberC1514—Collision0
DNQLuca BadoerForti———DNQ0
DNQAndrea MonterminiForti———DNQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout melbourne-1 · 5.303 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0510152025303540455055Laps completedGridResult21Damon Hill12Jacques Villeneuve33Eddie Irvine74Gerhard Berger55Mika Hakkinen106Mika Salo117Olivier Panis98Heinz-Harald Frentzen189Ricardo Rosset2010Pedro Diniz1511Ukyo Katayama17DNFPedro Lamy4DNFMichael Schumacher16DNFGiancarlo Fisichella8DNFRubens Barrichello13DNFDavid Coulthard12DNFJos Verstappen6DNFJean Alesi19DNFMartin Brundle

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Damon Hill2158
Jacques Villeneuve1258
Eddie Irvine3358
Gerhard Berger7458
Mika Hakkinen5558
Mika Salo10657
Olivier Panis11757
Heinz-Harald Frentzen9857
Ricardo Rosset18956
Pedro Diniz201056
Ukyo Katayama151155
Pedro Lamy17DNF42
Michael Schumacher4DNF32
Giancarlo Fisichella16DNF32
Rubens Barrichello8DNF29
David Coulthard13DNF24
Jos Verstappen12DNF15
Jean Alesi6DNF9
Martin Brundle19DNF1

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:32.371—0 m—
2Damon HillWilliams51:32.509+0.1388 m+0.138
3Eddie IrvineFerrari21:32.889+0.51830 m+0.380
4Michael SchumacherFerrari11:33.125+0.75443 m+0.236
5Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:34.054+1.68397 m+0.929
6Jean AlesiBenetton31:34.257+1.886108 m+0.203
7Gerhard BergerBenetton41:34.344+1.973113 m+0.087
8Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:34.474+2.103121 m+0.130
9Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:34.494+2.123122 m+0.020
10Mika SaloTyrrell191:34.832+2.461141 m+0.338
11Olivier PanisLigier91:35.330+2.959170 m+0.498
12Jos VerstappenFootwork171:35.338+2.967170 m+0.008
13David CoulthardMcLaren81:35.351+2.980171 m+0.013
14Johnny HerbertSauber141:35.453+3.082177 m+0.102
15Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:35.715+3.344192 m+0.262
16Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:35.898+3.527202 m+0.183
17Pedro LamyMinardi201:36.109+3.738215 m+0.211
18Ricardo RossetFootwork161:36.198+3.827220 m+0.089
19Martin BrundleJordan121:36.286+3.915225 m+0.088
20Pedro DinizLigier101:36.298+3.927225 m+0.012
21Luca BadoerForti221:39.202+6.831392 m+2.904
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:42.087+9.716558 m+2.885
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

0510152025303540455055LapStops on each lap (up to 3)1Damon HillLap 32: pit lane 35.3 s2Jacques VilleneuveLap 30: pit lane 34.5 s3Eddie IrvineLap 22: pit lane 27.9 sLap 42: pit lane 26.9 s4Gerhard BergerLap 24: pit lane 24.5 sLap 41: pit lane 25.1 s5Mika HakkinenLap 30: pit lane 31.2 s6Mika SaloLap 16: pit lane 31.2 sLap 35: pit lane 26.7 s7Olivier PanisLap 19: pit lane 25.1 sLap 31: pit lane 30.3 s8Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 20: pit lane 38.4 sLap 39: pit lane 27.8 s9Ricardo RossetLap 28: pit lane 34.9 s10Pedro DinizLap 20: pit lane 34.0 sLap 32: pit lane 29.8 s11Ukyo KatayamaLap 27: pit lane 33.1 sDNFPedro LamyLap 9: pit lane 59.6 sLap 30: pit lane 32.7 sLap 37: pit lane 109.2 sDNFMichael SchumacherLap 20: pit lane 29.3 sLap 32: pit lane 82.7 sDNFGiancarlo FisichellaLap 18: pit lane 45.5 sDNFRubens BarrichelloLap 25: pit lane 28.0 sDNFDavid CoulthardDNFJos VerstappenLap 14: pit lane 31.2 sDNFJean AlesiDNFMartin Brundle

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
DriverResultLapsStops recordedStopped on lapPit-lane time (s)
Damon Hill15813235.3
Jacques Villeneuve25813034.5
Eddie Irvine358222, 4227.9, 26.9
Gerhard Berger458224, 4124.5, 25.1
Mika Hakkinen55813031.2
Mika Salo657216, 3531.2, 26.7
Olivier Panis757219, 3125.1, 30.3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen857220, 3938.4, 27.8
Ricardo Rosset95612834.9
Pedro Diniz1056220, 3234.0, 29.8
Ukyo Katayama115512733.1
Pedro LamyDNF4239, 30, 3759.6, 32.7, 109.2
Michael SchumacherDNF32220, 3229.3, 82.7
Giancarlo FisichellaDNF3211845.5
Rubens BarrichelloDNF2912528.0
David CoulthardDNF240None recorded—
Jos VerstappenDNF1511431.2
Jean AlesiDNF90None recorded—
Martin BrundleDNF10None recorded—
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid orderGridResultFirst recorded stop, lapStopped firstGrid to flag
Jacques Villeneuve · Damon Hill1 · 22 · 130 · 32Jacques VilleneuveSwapped places
Damon Hill · Eddie Irvine2 · 31 · 332 · 22Eddie IrvineKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Eddie Irvine1 · 32 · 330 · 22Eddie IrvineKept their order
Eddie Irvine · Gerhard Berger3 · 73 · 422 · 24Eddie IrvineKept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Gerhard Berger5 · 75 · 430 · 24Gerhard BergerSwapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Mika Salo5 · 105 · 630 · 16Mika SaloKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Mika Salo9 · 108 · 620 · 16Mika SaloSwapped places
Mika Salo · Olivier Panis10 · 116 · 716 · 19Mika SaloKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Olivier Panis9 · 118 · 720 · 19Olivier PanisSwapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Ricardo Rosset9 · 188 · 920 · 28Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Ricardo Rosset · Pedro Diniz18 · 209 · 1028 · 20Pedro DinizKept their order
Ukyo Katayama · Pedro Diniz15 · 2011 · 1027 · 20Pedro DinizSwapped places
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Damon HillWilliams51:32.159—0 m—30
2Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:32.396+0.23714 m+0.23728
3Jean AlesiBenetton31:32.475+0.31618 m+0.07927
4Michael SchumacherFerrari11:33.007+0.84849 m+0.53230
5Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:33.480+1.32176 m+0.47330
6Gerhard BergerBenetton41:33.528+1.36979 m+0.04826
7Eddie IrvineFerrari21:33.592+1.43382 m+0.06428
8Jos VerstappenFootwork171:33.640+1.48185 m+0.04827
9David CoulthardMcLaren81:33.846+1.68797 m+0.20630
10Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:33.935+1.776102 m+0.08925
11Mika SaloTyrrell191:33.992+1.833105 m+0.05730
12Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:34.068+1.909110 m+0.07626
13Martin BrundleJordan121:34.077+1.918110 m+0.00930
14Olivier PanisLigier91:34.156+1.997115 m+0.07929
15Johnny HerbertSauber141:34.664+2.505144 m+0.50829
16Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:34.857+2.698155 m+0.19326
17Ricardo RossetFootwork161:35.011+2.852164 m+0.15428
18Pedro DinizLigier101:35.121+2.962170 m+0.11029
19Pedro LamyMinardi201:35.145+2.986172 m+0.02429
20Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:35.477+3.318191 m+0.33222
21Luca BadoerForti221:39.141+6.982402 m+3.66412
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:43.506+11.347653 m+4.3656
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:31.206—0 m—24
2Damon HillWilliams51:31.319+0.1137 m+0.11329
3Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:32.459+1.25373 m+1.14020
4Michael SchumacherFerrari11:32.506+1.30076 m+0.04724
5Eddie IrvineFerrari21:32.981+1.775103 m+0.47518
6Gerhard BergerBenetton41:33.037+1.831106 m+0.05621
7Jos VerstappenFootwork171:33.342+2.136124 m+0.30519
8Olivier PanisLigier91:33.648+2.442142 m+0.30627
9David CoulthardMcLaren81:33.777+2.571149 m+0.12928
10Mika SaloTyrrell191:33.840+2.634153 m+0.06325
11Martin BrundleJordan121:34.005+2.799163 m+0.16513
12Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:34.120+2.914169 m+0.11521
13Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:34.266+3.060178 m+0.14624
14Johnny HerbertSauber141:34.383+3.177185 m+0.11723
15Pedro DinizLigier101:34.926+3.720216 m+0.54329
16Ricardo RossetFootwork161:35.157+3.951230 m+0.23123
17Jean AlesiBenetton31:35.666+4.460259 m+0.50912
18Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:35.740+4.534264 m+0.07422
19Pedro LamyMinardi201:35.844+4.638270 m+0.10415
20Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:37.193+5.987348 m+1.34913
21Luca BadoerForti221:38.869+7.663446 m+1.67618
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:41.333+10.127589 m+2.46417
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Damon HillWilliams51:33.363—0 m—12
2Jean AlesiBenetton31:33.410+0.0473 m+0.04713
3Gerhard BergerBenetton41:34.167+0.80446 m+0.75710
4Michael SchumacherFerrari11:34.176+0.81346 m+0.00912
5Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:34.177+0.81446 m+0.00112
6Eddie IrvineFerrari21:34.251+0.88850 m+0.07411
7Mika SaloTyrrell191:34.338+0.97555 m+0.08714
8Jos VerstappenFootwork171:34.381+1.01858 m+0.04315
9Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:34.431+1.06861 m+0.0508
10Johnny HerbertSauber141:34.653+1.29073 m+0.22215
11Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:34.664+1.30174 m+0.0118
12Martin BrundleJordan121:35.116+1.753100 m+0.45216
13Olivier PanisLigier91:35.322+1.959111 m+0.20612
14David CoulthardMcLaren81:35.774+2.411137 m+0.45211
15Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:35.853+2.490141 m+0.07914
16Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:35.914+2.551145 m+0.06114
17Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:36.487+3.124177 m+0.57314
18Pedro DinizLigier101:36.966+3.603205 m+0.47912
19Ricardo RossetFootwork161:37.001+3.638207 m+0.03511
20Pedro LamyMinardi201:37.783+4.420251 m+0.78212
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Williams FW18
Williams FW18
1996 Williams-Renault FW cropped · This photo was taken by Przemysław Jahr Autorem zdjęcia jest Przemysław Jahr Wykorzystując zdjęcie proszę podać jako autora: Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons cropped by Morio · Public domain · unchecked
Ferrari F310
Ferrari F310
Ferrari F310 front-left National Motor Museum, Beaulieu · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Benetton B196
Benetton B196
Jean Alesi - Imola 1996 (5) · Restu20 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Tyrrell 024
Tyrrell 024
Tyrrell 024 Mika Salo 1996 German Grand Prix · Matthias v.d. Elbe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ligier JS43
Ligier JS43
Ligier JS43 front-left Honda Collection Hall · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sauber C15
Sauber C15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1996 Imola · Restu20 (upload), Francois-Pier (edit) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs
Footwork FA17
Footwork FA17
Grand Prix Monaco96 131954710 · Steve Gregory from Bradley Stoke, UK · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Jordan 196
Jordan 196
Jordan Peugeot 196 · LSDSL · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Minardi M195
Minardi M195
Pierluigi Martini 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
1 of 1996
Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Williams
Entrant
Williams-Renault
Confidence
reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.