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Race · Round 3 of 16 ·

1996 Argentine Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Williams from pole at Autodromo Oscar Galvez. 12 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 19 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit
Autodromo Oscar GalvezBuenos Aires, Argentina
Winner
Damon HillWilliams
Fastest lap
Jean Alesi
Entries
2210 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Damon HillWilliamsFW18172Finished10
2Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsFW18372Finished6
3Jean AlesiBenettonB196472Finished4fastest lap
4Rubens BarrichelloJordan196672Finished3
5Eddie IrvineFerrariF3101072Finished2
6Jos VerstappenFootworkFA17772Finished1
7David CoulthardMcLaren—972Finished0
8Olivier PanisLigierJS431272Finished0
9Johnny HerbertSauberC151771Finished0
10Andrea MonterminiForti—2269Finished0
DNFGerhard BergerBenettonB196556Suspension0
DNFMichael SchumacherFerrariF310246Broken wing0
DNFPedro LamyMinardiM195B1939Transmission0
DNFMika SaloTyrrell201636Throttle0
DNFMartin BrundleJordan1961534Collision0
DNFTarso MarquesMinardiM195B1433Collision0
DNFHeinz-Harald FrentzenSauberC151132Spun off0
DNFPedro DinizLigierJS431829Fire0
DNFUkyo KatayamaTyrrell201328Differential0
DNFRicardo RossetFootworkFA172024Oil pump0
DNFLuca BadoerForti—2124Collision0
DNFMika HakkinenMcLaren—819Throttle0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout buenos-aires-4 · 4.259 km · 19 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

010203040506070Laps completedGridResult11Damon Hill32Jacques Villeneuve43Jean Alesi64Rubens Barrichello105Eddie Irvine76Jos Verstappen97David Coulthard128Olivier Panis179Johnny Herbert2210Andrea Montermini5DNFGerhard Berger2DNFMichael Schumacher19DNFPedro Lamy16DNFMika Salo15DNFMartin Brundle14DNFTarso Marques11DNFHeinz-Harald Frentzen18DNFPedro Diniz13DNFUkyo Katayama20DNFRicardo Rosset21DNFLuca Badoer8DNFMika Hakkinen

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 Hill1172
Jacques Villeneuve3272
Jean Alesi4372
Rubens Barrichello6472
Eddie Irvine10572
Jos Verstappen7672
David Coulthard9772
Olivier Panis12872
Johnny Herbert17971
Andrea Montermini221069
Gerhard Berger5DNF56
Michael Schumacher2DNF46
Pedro Lamy19DNF39
Mika Salo16DNF36
Martin Brundle15DNF34
Tarso Marques14DNF33
Heinz-Harald Frentzen11DNF32
Pedro Diniz18DNF29
Ukyo Katayama13DNF28
Ricardo Rosset20DNF24
Luca Badoer21DNF24
Mika Hakkinen8DNF19

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Damon HillWilliams51:30.346—0 m—
2Michael SchumacherFerrari11:30.598+0.25212 m+0.252
3Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:30.907+0.56126 m+0.309
4Jean AlesiBenetton31:31.038+0.69233 m+0.131
5Gerhard BergerBenetton41:31.262+0.91643 m+0.224
6Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:31.404+1.05850 m+0.142
7Jos VerstappenFootwork171:31.615+1.26960 m+0.211
8Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:31.801+1.45569 m+0.186
9David CoulthardMcLaren81:32.001+1.65578 m+0.200
10Eddie IrvineFerrari21:32.058+1.71281 m+0.057
11Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:32.130+1.78484 m+0.072
12Olivier PanisLigier91:32.177+1.83186 m+0.047
13Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:32.407+2.06197 m+0.230
14Tarso MarquesMinardi211:32.502+2.156102 m+0.095
15Martin BrundleJordan121:32.696+2.350111 m+0.194
16Mika SaloTyrrell191:32.903+2.557121 m+0.207
17Johnny HerbertSauber141:33.256+2.910137 m+0.353
18Pedro DinizLigier101:33.424+3.078145 m+0.168
19Pedro LamyMinardi201:33.727+3.381159 m+0.303
20Ricardo RossetFootwork161:33.752+3.406161 m+0.025
21Luca BadoerForti221:34.830+4.484211 m+1.078
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:35.651+5.305250 m+0.821
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

010203040506070LapStops on each lap (up to 3)1Damon HillLap 24: pit lane 27.1 sLap 51: pit lane 25.3 s2Jacques VilleneuveLap 25: pit lane 29.8 sLap 49: pit lane 25.7 s3Jean AlesiLap 22: pit lane 24.3 sLap 44: pit lane 41.9 s4Rubens BarrichelloLap 28: pit lane 35.0 s5Eddie IrvineLap 26: pit lane 25.4 sLap 47: pit lane 27.3 s6Jos VerstappenLap 21: pit lane 28.9 sLap 45: pit lane 26.7 s7David CoulthardLap 26: pit lane 25.7 sLap 50: pit lane 24.1 s8Olivier PanisLap 28: pit lane 29.1 sLap 31: pit lane 26.9 s9Johnny HerbertLap 22: pit lane 25.7 sLap 49: pit lane 26.1 s10Andrea MonterminiLap 17: pit lane 27.1 sLap 30: pit lane 30.5 sLap 51: pit lane 28.3 sDNFGerhard BergerLap 24: pit lane 25.6 sLap 47: pit lane 25.9 sLap 56: pit lane 24.5 sDNFMichael SchumacherLap 21: pit lane 24.6 sLap 40: pit lane 29.3 sDNFPedro LamyLap 39: pit lane 30.2 sDNFMika SaloLap 15: pit lane 209.1 sLap 25: pit lane 32.5 sLap 26: pit lane 851.2 sDNFMartin BrundleLap 31: pit lane 34.0 sDNFTarso MarquesLap 16: pit lane 28.6 sDNFHeinz-Harald FrentzenLap 20: pit lane 24.8 sDNFPedro DinizLap 29: pit lane 49.9 sDNFUkyo KatayamaLap 21: pit lane 27.1 sDNFRicardo RossetLap 23: pit lane 28.5 sDNFLuca BadoerLap 22: pit lane 29.7 sDNFMika Hakkinen

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 Hill172224, 5127.1, 25.3
Jacques Villeneuve272225, 4929.8, 25.7
Jean Alesi372222, 4424.3, 41.9
Rubens Barrichello47212835.0
Eddie Irvine572226, 4725.4, 27.3
Jos Verstappen672221, 4528.9, 26.7
David Coulthard772226, 5025.7, 24.1
Olivier Panis872228, 3129.1, 26.9
Johnny Herbert971222, 4925.7, 26.1
Andrea Montermini1069317, 30, 5127.1, 30.5, 28.3
Gerhard BergerDNF56324, 47, 5625.6, 25.9, 24.5
Michael SchumacherDNF46221, 4024.6, 29.3
Pedro LamyDNF3913930.2
Mika SaloDNF36315, 25, 26209.1, 32.5, 851.2
Martin BrundleDNF3413134.0
Tarso MarquesDNF3311628.6
Heinz-Harald FrentzenDNF3212024.8
Pedro DinizDNF2912949.9
Ukyo KatayamaDNF2812127.1
Ricardo RossetDNF2412328.5
Luca BadoerDNF2412229.7
Mika HakkinenDNF190None 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
Damon Hill · Jacques Villeneuve1 · 31 · 224 · 25Damon HillKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi3 · 42 · 325 · 22Jean AlesiKept their order
Jean Alesi · Rubens Barrichello4 · 63 · 422 · 28Jean AlesiKept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Eddie Irvine6 · 104 · 528 · 26Eddie IrvineKept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jos Verstappen6 · 74 · 628 · 21Jos VerstappenKept their order
Jos Verstappen · Eddie Irvine7 · 106 · 521 · 26Jos VerstappenSwapped places
David Coulthard · Eddie Irvine9 · 107 · 526 · 26Same lapSwapped places
Jos Verstappen · David Coulthard7 · 96 · 721 · 26Jos VerstappenKept their order
David Coulthard · Olivier Panis9 · 127 · 826 · 28David CoulthardKept their order
Olivier Panis · Johnny Herbert12 · 178 · 928 · 22Johnny HerbertKept their order
Johnny Herbert · Andrea Montermini17 · 229 · 1022 · 17Andrea MonterminiKept their order
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 HillWilliams51:29.694—0 m—30
2Michael SchumacherFerrari11:29.799+0.1055 m+0.10530
3Jean AlesiBenetton31:30.019+0.32515 m+0.22029
4Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:30.033+0.33916 m+0.01424
5Mika SaloTyrrell191:30.140+0.44621 m+0.10728
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:30.497+0.80338 m+0.35730
7Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:30.766+1.07251 m+0.26928
8David CoulthardMcLaren81:30.770+1.07651 m+0.00430
9Gerhard BergerBenetton41:30.890+1.19657 m+0.12030
10Olivier PanisLigier91:31.013+1.31963 m+0.12328
11Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:31.082+1.38866 m+0.06929
12Eddie IrvineFerrari21:31.368+1.67479 m+0.28628
13Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:31.408+1.71481 m+0.04026
14Pedro LamyMinardi201:31.811+2.117101 m+0.40329
15Johnny HerbertSauber141:32.038+2.344111 m+0.22729
16Jos VerstappenFootwork171:32.084+2.390113 m+0.04617
17Martin BrundleJordan121:32.176+2.482118 m+0.09229
18Tarso MarquesMinardi211:32.359+2.665127 m+0.18329
19Pedro DinizLigier101:32.819+3.125148 m+0.46021
20Ricardo RossetFootwork161:32.833+3.139149 m+0.01425
21Andrea MonterminiForti231:34.103+4.409209 m+1.27030
22Luca BadoerForti221:35.044+5.350254 m+0.94130
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
1Michael SchumacherFerrari11:30.018—0 m—19
2Damon HillWilliams51:30.384+0.36617 m+0.36619
3Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:31.135+1.11753 m+0.75120
4Jos VerstappenFootwork171:31.158+1.14054 m+0.02318
5Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:31.196+1.17856 m+0.03823
6Jean AlesiBenetton31:31.196+1.17856 m+0.00017
7Eddie IrvineFerrari21:31.461+1.44368 m+0.26518
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:31.871+1.85388 m+0.41023
9David CoulthardMcLaren81:31.879+1.86188 m+0.00819
10Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:31.983+1.96593 m+0.10413
11Martin BrundleJordan121:32.316+2.298109 m+0.33323
12Mika SaloTyrrell191:32.404+2.386113 m+0.08812
13Pedro LamyMinardi201:32.454+2.436115 m+0.05023
14Gerhard BergerBenetton41:32.542+2.524119 m+0.08822
15Johnny HerbertSauber141:32.770+2.752130 m+0.22819
16Olivier PanisLigier91:33.235+3.217152 m+0.4659
17Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:33.507+3.489165 m+0.27217
18Tarso MarquesMinardi211:33.815+3.797180 m+0.30823
19Ricardo RossetFootwork161:33.975+3.957187 m+0.16025
20Pedro DinizLigier101:34.891+4.873231 m+0.91622
21Luca BadoerForti221:35.187+5.169245 m+0.29624
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:35.515+5.497260 m+0.32823
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
1Jean AlesiBenetton31:29.128—0 m—15
2Gerhard BergerBenetton41:29.133+0.0050 m+0.00513
3Michael SchumacherFerrari11:29.318+0.1909 m+0.18512
4Damon HillWilliams51:29.854+0.72635 m+0.53614
5Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:30.274+1.14655 m+0.42012
6Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:30.285+1.15755 m+0.01115
7David CoulthardMcLaren81:30.538+1.41067 m+0.25313
8Jos VerstappenFootwork171:30.616+1.48871 m+0.0787
9Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:30.648+1.52073 m+0.03213
10Johnny HerbertSauber141:30.837+1.70982 m+0.18918
11Mika SaloTyrrell191:31.532+2.404115 m+0.69510
12Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:31.617+2.489119 m+0.08513
13Pedro DinizLigier101:31.716+2.588124 m+0.09916
14Olivier PanisLigier91:31.874+2.746131 m+0.15812
15Pedro LamyMinardi201:31.920+2.792133 m+0.04614
16Martin BrundleJordan121:31.949+2.821135 m+0.02913
17Tarso MarquesMinardi211:32.942+3.814182 m+0.99313
18Ricardo RossetFootwork161:33.087+3.959189 m+0.14513
19Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:33.510+4.382209 m+0.4236
20Andrea MonterminiForti231:34.095+4.967237 m+0.58511
21Luca BadoerForti221:35.157+6.029288 m+1.06213
22Eddie IrvineFerrari21:36.165+7.037336 m+1.0083
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
Benetton B196
Benetton B196
Jean Alesi - Imola 1996 (5) · Restu20 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Jordan 196
Jordan 196
Jordan Peugeot 196 · LSDSL · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Ferrari F310
Ferrari F310
Ferrari F310 front-left National Motor Museum, Beaulieu · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Footwork FA17
Footwork FA17
Grand Prix Monaco96 131954710 · Steve Gregory from Bradley Stoke, UK · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Ligier JS43
Ligier JS43
Ligier JS43 front-left Honda Collection Hall · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Sauber C15
Sauber C15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1996 Imola · Restu20 (upload), Francois-Pier (edit) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Minardi M195
Minardi M195
Pierluigi Martini 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Tyrrell 024
Tyrrell 024
Tyrrell 024 Mika Salo 1996 German Grand Prix · Matthias v.d. Elbe · CC BY-SA 3.0

Where this comes from

Round
3 of 1996
Grand Prix
Argentine Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Williams
Entrant
Williams-Renault
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.