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Race · Round 7 of 16 ·

1996 Spanish Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 16 °C, 21 mm of 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
Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmelo, Spain
Winner
Michael SchumacherFerrari
Entries
226 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Michael SchumacherFerrariF310365Finished10fastest lap
2Jean AlesiBenettonB196465Finished6
3Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsFW18265Finished4
4Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauberC151164Finished3
5Mika HakkinenMcLaren—1064Finished2
6Pedro DinizLigierJS431763Finished1
DNFJos VerstappenFootworkFA171347Spun off0
DNFRubens BarrichelloJordan196745Clutch0
DNFGerhard BergerBenettonB196544Spun off0
DNFJohnny HerbertSauberC15920Spun off0
DNFMartin BrundleJordan1961517Differential0
DSQMika SaloTyrrell201216Illegal car change0
DNFDamon HillWilliamsFW18110Spun off0
DNFUkyo KatayamaTyrrell20168Electrical0
DNFEddie IrvineFerrariF31061Spun off0
DNFOlivier PanisLigierJS4381Collision damage0
DNFGiancarlo FisichellaMinardiM195B191Collision damage0
DNFDavid CoulthardMcLaren—140Collision0
DNFRicardo RossetFootworkFA17200Collision0
DNFPedro LamyMinardiM195B180Collision0
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 catalunya-2 · 4.73 km · 13 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

0102030405060Laps completedGridResult31Michael Schumacher42Jean Alesi23Jacques Villeneuve114Heinz-Harald Frentzen105Mika Hakkinen176Pedro Diniz13DNFJos Verstappen7DNFRubens Barrichello5DNFGerhard Berger9DNFJohnny Herbert15DNFMartin Brundle12DSQMika Salo1DNFDamon Hill16DNFUkyo Katayama6DNFEddie Irvine8DNFOlivier Panis19DNFGiancarlo Fisichella14DNFDavid Coulthard20DNFRicardo Rosset18DNFPedro Lamy

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
Michael Schumacher3165
Jean Alesi4265
Jacques Villeneuve2365
Heinz-Harald Frentzen11464
Mika Hakkinen10564
Pedro Diniz17663
Jos Verstappen13DNF47
Rubens Barrichello7DNF45
Gerhard Berger5DNF44
Johnny Herbert9DNF20
Martin Brundle15DNF17
Mika Salo12DSQ16
Damon Hill1DNF10
Ukyo Katayama16DNF8
Eddie Irvine6DNF1
Olivier Panis8DNF1
Giancarlo Fisichella19DNF1
David Coulthard14DNF0
Ricardo Rosset20DNF0
Pedro Lamy18DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Damon HillWilliams51:20.650—0 m—
2Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:21.084+0.43425 m+0.434
3Michael SchumacherFerrari11:21.587+0.93755 m+0.503
4Jean AlesiBenetton31:22.061+1.41183 m+0.474
5Gerhard BergerBenetton41:22.125+1.47587 m+0.064
6Eddie IrvineFerrari21:22.333+1.68399 m+0.208
7Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:22.379+1.729101 m+0.046
8Olivier PanisLigier91:22.685+2.035119 m+0.306
9Johnny HerbertSauber141:23.027+2.377139 m+0.342
10Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:23.070+2.420142 m+0.043
11Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:23.195+2.545149 m+0.125
12Mika SaloTyrrell191:23.224+2.574151 m+0.029
13Jos VerstappenFootwork171:23.371+2.721160 m+0.147
14David CoulthardMcLaren81:23.416+2.766162 m+0.045
15Martin BrundleJordan121:23.438+2.788164 m+0.022
16Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:24.401+3.751220 m+0.963
17Pedro DinizLigier101:24.468+3.818224 m+0.067
18Pedro LamyMinardi201:25.274+4.624271 m+0.806
19Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:25.531+4.881286 m+0.257
20Ricardo RossetFootwork161:25.621+4.971292 m+0.090
21Luca BadoerForti221:26.615+5.965350 m+0.994
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:27.358+6.708393 m+0.743
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

0102030405060LapStops on each lap (up to 3)1Michael SchumacherLap 24: pit lane 28.4 sLap 42: pit lane 30.4 s2Jean AlesiLap 32: pit lane 32.7 s3Jacques VilleneuveLap 36: pit lane 31.3 s4Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 34: pit lane 31.1 s5Mika HakkinenLap 42: pit lane 32.1 s6Pedro DinizLap 38: pit lane 31.5 sDNFJos VerstappenLap 34: pit lane 37.2 sDNFRubens BarrichelloLap 42: pit lane 30.5 sLap 45: pit lane 610.7 sDNFGerhard BergerLap 34: pit lane 33.3 sDNFJohnny HerbertDNFMartin BrundleDSQMika SaloDNFDamon HillDNFUkyo KatayamaDNFEddie IrvineDNFOlivier PanisDNFGiancarlo FisichellaDNFDavid CoulthardDNFRicardo RossetDNFPedro Lamy

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)
Michael Schumacher165224, 4228.4, 30.4
Jean Alesi26513232.7
Jacques Villeneuve36513631.3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen46413431.1
Mika Hakkinen56414232.1
Pedro Diniz66313831.5
Jos VerstappenDNF4713437.2
Rubens BarrichelloDNF45242, 4530.5, 610.7
Gerhard BergerDNF4413433.3
Johnny HerbertDNF200None recorded—
Martin BrundleDNF170None recorded—
Mika SaloDSQ160None recorded—
Damon HillDNF100None recorded—
Ukyo KatayamaDNF80None recorded—
Eddie IrvineDNF10None recorded—
Olivier PanisDNF10None recorded—
Giancarlo FisichellaDNF10None recorded—
David CoulthardDNF00None recorded—
Ricardo RossetDNF00None recorded—
Pedro LamyDNF00None 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 · Michael Schumacher2 · 33 · 136 · 24Michael SchumacherSwapped places
Michael Schumacher · Jean Alesi3 · 41 · 224 · 32Michael SchumacherKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi2 · 43 · 236 · 32Jean AlesiSwapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Heinz-Harald Frentzen2 · 113 · 436 · 34Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Heinz-Harald Frentzen10 · 115 · 442 · 34Heinz-Harald FrentzenSwapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Pedro Diniz10 · 175 · 642 · 38Pedro DinizKept 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
1Eddie IrvineFerrari21:24.331—0 m—28
2Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:24.367+0.0362 m+0.03620
3Olivier PanisLigier91:24.450+0.1197 m+0.08322
4Damon HillWilliams51:24.456+0.1257 m+0.00630
5Michael SchumacherFerrari11:24.457+0.1267 m+0.00121
6Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:24.615+0.28416 m+0.15830
7Gerhard BergerBenetton41:24.704+0.37321 m+0.08921
8Jean AlesiBenetton31:24.839+0.50828 m+0.13524
9Pedro DinizLigier101:25.192+0.86148 m+0.35326
10Jos VerstappenFootwork171:25.225+0.89450 m+0.03317
11Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:25.256+0.92552 m+0.03121
12Johnny HerbertSauber141:25.774+1.44381 m+0.51819
13Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:25.919+1.58889 m+0.14518
14Mika SaloTyrrell191:25.945+1.61491 m+0.02626
15Martin BrundleJordan121:26.343+2.012113 m+0.39822
16Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:27.183+2.852160 m+0.84023
17Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:27.332+3.001168 m+0.14929
18Pedro LamyMinardi201:27.374+3.043171 m+0.04230
19David CoulthardMcLaren81:27.522+3.191179 m+0.1489
20Ricardo RossetFootwork161:27.623+3.292185 m+0.10119
21Luca BadoerForti221:28.868+4.537254 m+1.24527
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:28.952+4.621259 m+0.08423
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 VilleneuveWilliams61:21.041—0 m—13
2Damon HillWilliams51:21.376+0.33520 m+0.33526
3Michael SchumacherFerrari11:21.521+0.48028 m+0.14528
4Eddie IrvineFerrari21:22.501+1.46085 m+0.98021
5Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:22.760+1.719100 m+0.25922
6Olivier PanisLigier91:23.014+1.973115 m+0.25423
7Martin BrundleJordan121:23.126+2.085122 m+0.11226
8Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:23.172+2.131124 m+0.04623
9Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:23.197+2.156126 m+0.02519
10Johnny HerbertSauber141:23.215+2.174127 m+0.01828
11Jean AlesiBenetton31:23.260+2.219130 m+0.04515
12Mika SaloTyrrell191:23.534+2.493146 m+0.27415
13Gerhard BergerBenetton41:23.558+2.517147 m+0.02421
14Jos VerstappenFootwork171:23.664+2.623153 m+0.10626
15David CoulthardMcLaren81:23.682+2.641154 m+0.01829
16Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:24.078+3.037177 m+0.39627
17Pedro DinizLigier101:24.836+3.795221 m+0.75824
18Ricardo RossetFootwork161:24.983+3.942230 m+0.14730
19Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:25.245+4.204245 m+0.26216
20Pedro LamyMinardi201:26.515+5.474319 m+1.27018
21Luca BadoerForti221:26.644+5.603327 m+0.12928
22Andrea MonterminiForti231:27.593+6.552382 m+0.94925
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 HillWilliams51:43.353—0 m—9
2Michael SchumacherFerrari11:44.219+0.86640 m+0.8665
3Olivier PanisLigier91:45.824+2.471113 m+1.6057
4Jean AlesiBenetton31:45.934+2.581118 m+0.1107
5Eddie IrvineFerrari21:45.968+2.615120 m+0.0345
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber151:46.132+2.779127 m+0.1647
7David CoulthardMcLaren81:46.312+2.959135 m+0.1809
8Rubens BarrichelloJordan111:46.682+3.329152 m+0.3707
9Johnny HerbertSauber141:46.687+3.334153 m+0.0059
10Gerhard BergerBenetton41:47.064+3.711170 m+0.3776
11Martin BrundleJordan121:47.114+3.761172 m+0.0508
12Giancarlo FisichellaMinardi211:47.811+4.458204 m+0.6978
13Jacques VilleneuveWilliams61:47.910+4.557209 m+0.0997
14Jos VerstappenFootwork171:48.102+4.749217 m+0.1926
15Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:48.344+4.991228 m+0.2427
16Mika SaloTyrrell191:49.266+5.913271 m+0.9227
17Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell181:50.401+7.048323 m+1.1356
18Pedro LamyMinardi201:50.782+7.429340 m+0.3817
19Pedro DinizLigier101:51.580+8.227377 m+0.7987
20Ricardo RossetFootwork161:55.684+12.331564 m+4.1043
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.

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
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
Sauber C15
Sauber C15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1996 Imola · Restu20 (upload), Francois-Pier (edit) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ligier JS43
Ligier JS43
Ligier JS43 front-left Honda Collection Hall · 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

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
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
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
7 of 1996
Grand Prix
Spanish Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
Grand Prix circuit · 4.73 km · 13 turns
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Ferrari
Entrant
Ferrari
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.