1996 Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2010 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310	3	44	Finished	10
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW18	1	44	Finished	6
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	—	6	44	Finished	4
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B196	7	44	Finished	3
5	Damon Hill	Williams	FW18	2	44	Finished	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B196	5	44	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	20	13	44	Finished	0
8	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	20	17	44	Finished	0
9	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	FA17	18	43	Finished	0
10	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	M195B	19	43	Finished	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	—	4	37	Spun off	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Jordan	196	8	34	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310	9	29	Gearbox	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	196	10	29	Suspension	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	JS43	15	22	Electrical	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	FA17	16	11	Accident	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Ligier	JS43	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C15	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	C15	11	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	M195B	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

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
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	3	1	44
Jacques Villeneuve	1	2	44
Mika Hakkinen	6	3	44
Jean Alesi	7	4	44
Damon Hill	2	5	44
Gerhard Berger	5	6	44
Mika Salo	13	7	44
Ukyo Katayama	17	8	44
Ricardo Rosset	18	9	43
Pedro Lamy	19	10	43
David Coulthard	4	DNF	37
Martin Brundle	8	DNF	34
Eddie Irvine	9	DNF	29
Rubens Barrichello	10	DNF	29
Pedro Diniz	15	DNF	22
Jos Verstappen	16	DNF	11
Olivier Panis	14	DNF	0
Johnny Herbert	12	DNF	0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:50.574	—	—
2	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:50.980	+0.406	+0.406
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:51.778	+1.204	+0.798
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:51.884	+1.310	+0.106
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:51.960	+1.386	+0.076
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:52.318	+1.744	+0.358
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:52.354	+1.780	+0.036
8	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:52.977	+2.403	+0.623
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:53.043	+2.469	+0.066
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:53.152	+2.578	+0.109
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:53.199	+2.625	+0.047
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:53.993	+3.419	+0.794
13	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:54.095	+3.521	+0.102
14	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:54.220	+3.646	+0.125
15	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:54.700	+4.126	+0.480
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:55.150	+4.576	+0.450
17	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:55.371	+4.797	+0.221
18	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:56.286	+5.712	+0.915
19	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:56.830	+6.256	+0.544
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:58.579	+8.005	+1.749

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Michael Schumacher	1	44	2	14, 30
Jacques Villeneuve	2	44	2	15, 32
Mika Hakkinen	3	44	1	24
Jean Alesi	4	44	2	14, 30
Damon Hill	5	44	2	16, 34
Gerhard Berger	6	44	2	15, 31
Mika Salo	7	44	2	14, 30
Ukyo Katayama	8	44	2	15, 29
Ricardo Rosset	9	43	2	14, 30
Pedro Lamy	10	43	3	14, 30, 38
David Coulthard	DNF	37	1	22
Martin Brundle	DNF	34	2	15, 31
Eddie Irvine	DNF	29	2	13, 25
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	29	2	1, 16
Pedro Diniz	DNF	22	1	15
Jos Verstappen	DNF	11	1	11
Olivier Panis	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Johnny Herbert	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Jacques Villeneuve · Michael Schumacher	1 · 3	2 · 1	15 · 14	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	5 · 1	16 · 14	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Mika Hakkinen	1 · 6	2 · 3	15 · 24	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Damon Hill	1 · 2	2 · 5	15 · 16	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Mika Hakkinen	5 · 6	6 · 3	15 · 24	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Jean Alesi	6 · 7	3 · 4	24 · 14	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Jean Alesi	2 · 7	5 · 4	16 · 14	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Gerhard Berger	2 · 5	5 · 6	16 · 15	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Mika Salo	5 · 13	6 · 7	15 · 14	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Ukyo Katayama	13 · 17	7 · 8	14 · 15	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Ukyo Katayama · Ricardo Rosset	17 · 18	8 · 9	15 · 14	Ricardo Rosset	Kept their order
Ricardo Rosset · Pedro Lamy	18 · 19	9 · 10	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept 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 stop duration and 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
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:53.706	—	—	24
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:54.342	+0.636	+0.636	25
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:54.443	+0.737	+0.101	25
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:54.754	+1.048	+0.311	18
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:54.984	+1.278	+0.230	24
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:55.101	+1.395	+0.117	21
7	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:55.281	+1.575	+0.180	26
8	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:55.333	+1.627	+0.052	10
9	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:55.385	+1.679	+0.052	29
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:55.648	+1.942	+0.263	19
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:56.318	+2.612	+0.670	25
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:56.417	+2.711	+0.099	24
13	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:56.481	+2.775	+0.064	26
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:56.653	+2.947	+0.172	27
15	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:57.011	+3.305	+0.358	21
16	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:57.356	+3.650	+0.345	17
17	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:58.395	+4.689	+1.039	21
18	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:58.415	+4.709	+0.020	23
19	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:59.459	+5.753	+1.044	28
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	2:03.532	+9.826	+4.073	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:50.921	—	—	24
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:52.628	+1.707	+1.707	20
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:52.892	+1.971	+0.264	23
4	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:52.908	+1.987	+0.016	24
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:52.977	+2.056	+0.069	23
6	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:53.242	+2.321	+0.265	28
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:53.854	+2.933	+0.612	20
8	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:53.863	+2.942	+0.009	17
9	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:53.900	+2.979	+0.037	21
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:54.016	+3.095	+0.116	24
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:54.554	+3.633	+0.538	25
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:54.876	+3.955	+0.322	13
13	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:55.458	+4.537	+0.582	27
14	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:55.823	+4.902	+0.365	25
15	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:55.931	+5.010	+0.108	26
16	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:56.080	+5.159	+0.149	15
17	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:57.093	+6.172	+1.013	24
18	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:57.554	+6.633	+0.461	17
19	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:57.867	+6.946	+0.313	6
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:58.554	+7.633	+0.687	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:54.087	—	—	9
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:54.137	+0.050	+0.050	11
3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:54.348	+0.261	+0.211	9
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:54.590	+0.503	+0.242	11
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:54.731	+0.644	+0.141	9
6	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:54.778	+0.691	+0.047	10
7	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:54.898	+0.811	+0.120	13
8	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:55.131	+1.044	+0.233	10
9	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:55.495	+1.408	+0.364	12
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:55.618	+1.531	+0.123	10
11	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:55.760	+1.673	+0.142	9
12	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:55.928	+1.841	+0.168	9
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:56.039	+1.952	+0.111	10
14	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:56.673	+2.586	+0.634	10
15	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:57.197	+3.110	+0.524	9
16	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:57.457	+3.370	+0.260	13
17	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:57.523	+3.436	+0.066	10
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:58.032	+3.945	+0.509	10
19	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:58.845	+4.758	+0.813	10

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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.

Benetton B196
Jean Alesi - Imola 1996 (5) · Restu20 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked

Minardi M195
Pierluigi Martini 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 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

Where this comes from

Round: 13 of 1996
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Aug 1996
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 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.