1996 Portuguese Grand Prix

Circuit: Autodromo do EstorilEstoril, Portugal
Winner: Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Pole: Damon Hill
Fastest lap: Jacques Villeneuve
Entries: 2016 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW18	2	70	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Damon Hill	Williams	FW18	1	70	Finished	6
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310	4	70	Finished	4
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B196	3	70	Finished	3
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310	6	70	Finished	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B196	5	70	Finished	1
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	C15	11	69	Finished	0
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C15	12	69	Finished	0
9	Martin Brundle	Jordan	196	10	69	Finished	0
10	Olivier Panis	Ligier	JS43	15	69	Finished	0
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	20	13	69	Finished	0
12	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	20	14	68	Finished	0
13	David Coulthard	McLaren	—	8	68	Finished	0
14	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	FA17	17	67	Finished	0
15	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	M195B	20	65	Finished	0
16	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	M195B	19	65	Finished	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	—	7	52	Collision damage	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	FA17	16	47	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	JS43	18	46	Collision	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	196	9	41	Spun off	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
Jacques Villeneuve	2	1	70
Damon Hill	1	2	70
Michael Schumacher	4	3	70
Jean Alesi	3	4	70
Eddie Irvine	6	5	70
Gerhard Berger	5	6	70
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	7	69
Johnny Herbert	12	8	69
Martin Brundle	10	9	69
Olivier Panis	15	10	69
Mika Salo	13	11	69
Ukyo Katayama	14	12	68
David Coulthard	8	13	68
Ricardo Rosset	17	14	67
Giovanni Lavaggi	20	15	65
Pedro Lamy	19	16	65
Mika Hakkinen	7	DNF	52
Jos Verstappen	16	DNF	47
Pedro Diniz	18	DNF	46
Rubens Barrichello	9	DNF	41

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:20.330	—	—
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:20.339	+0.009	+0.009
3	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:21.088	+0.758	+0.749
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:21.236	+0.906	+0.148
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:21.293	+0.963	+0.057
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:21.362	+1.032	+0.069
7	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:21.640	+1.310	+0.278
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:22.066	+1.736	+0.426
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:22.205	+1.875	+0.139
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:22.324	+1.994	+0.119
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:22.325	+1.995	+0.001
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:22.655	+2.325	+0.330
13	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:22.765	+2.435	+0.110
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:23.013	+2.683	+0.248
15	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:23.055	+2.725	+0.042
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:23.531	+3.201	+0.476
17	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:24.230	+3.900	+0.699
18	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:24.293	+3.963	+0.063
19	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:24.510	+4.180	+0.217
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:25.612	+5.282	+1.102

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. 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
Jacques Villeneuve	1	70	3	18, 35, 50
Damon Hill	2	70	3	17, 34, 49
Michael Schumacher	3	70	3	18, 35, 44
Jean Alesi	4	70	2	22, 44
Eddie Irvine	5	70	2	20, 43
Gerhard Berger	6	70	2	19, 45
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	69	2	22, 44
Johnny Herbert	8	69	3	16, 38, 53
Martin Brundle	9	69	3	17, 34, 52
Olivier Panis	10	69	3	13, 39, 56
Mika Salo	11	69	2	21, 43
Ukyo Katayama	12	68	2	14, 41
David Coulthard	13	68	5	20, 45, 46, 47, 53
Ricardo Rosset	14	67	2	20, 43
Giovanni Lavaggi	15	65	2	24, 50
Pedro Lamy	16	65	2	20, 46
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	52	3	21, 44, 46
Jos Verstappen	DNF	47	2	16, 33
Pedro Diniz	DNF	46	2	16, 41
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	41	2	16, 32

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
Damon Hill · Jacques Villeneuve	1 · 2	2 · 1	17 · 18	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi	2 · 3	1 · 4	18 · 22	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Michael Schumacher	1 · 4	2 · 3	17 · 18	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Michael Schumacher	3 · 4	4 · 3	22 · 18	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Gerhard Berger	4 · 5	3 · 6	18 · 19	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Eddie Irvine	3 · 6	4 · 5	22 · 20	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Eddie Irvine	5 · 6	6 · 5	19 · 20	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Gerhard Berger · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5 · 11	6 · 7	19 · 22	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Martin Brundle · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	10 · 11	9 · 7	17 · 22	Martin Brundle	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Johnny Herbert	11 · 12	7 · 8	22 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Martin Brundle · Johnny Herbert	10 · 12	9 · 8	17 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Swapped places
Johnny Herbert · Mika Salo	12 · 13	8 · 11	16 · 21	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Martin Brundle · Olivier Panis	10 · 15	9 · 10	17 · 13	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Olivier Panis	13 · 15	11 · 10	21 · 13	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Ukyo Katayama · Olivier Panis	14 · 15	12 · 10	14 · 13	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Mika Salo · Ukyo Katayama	13 · 14	11 · 12	21 · 14	Ukyo Katayama	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Ukyo Katayama	8 · 14	13 · 12	20 · 14	Ukyo Katayama	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Ricardo Rosset	8 · 17	13 · 14	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Ricardo Rosset · Giovanni Lavaggi	17 · 20	14 · 15	20 · 24	Ricardo Rosset	Kept their order
Pedro Lamy · Giovanni Lavaggi	19 · 20	16 · 15	20 · 24	Pedro Lamy	Swapped 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 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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:23.554	—	—	16
2	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:24.281	+0.727	+0.727	27
3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:24.359	+0.805	+0.078	28
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:24.477	+0.923	+0.118	18
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:24.764	+1.210	+0.287	26
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:24.803	+1.249	+0.039	20
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:24.832	+1.278	+0.029	25
8	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:25.234	+1.680	+0.402	29
9	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:25.403	+1.849	+0.169	23
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:25.567	+2.013	+0.164	24
11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:25.592	+2.038	+0.025	16
12	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:25.705	+2.151	+0.113	25
13	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:25.944	+2.390	+0.239	29
14	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:25.980	+2.426	+0.036	24
15	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:26.065	+2.511	+0.085	19
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:26.288	+2.734	+0.223	7
17	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:26.422	+2.868	+0.134	18
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:26.515	+2.961	+0.093	29
19	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:26.700	+3.146	+0.185	24
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:28.356	+4.802	+1.656	27

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:21.858	—	—	19
2	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:21.867	+0.009	+0.009	20
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:22.268	+0.410	+0.401	21
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:22.469	+0.611	+0.201	16
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:22.664	+0.806	+0.195	21
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:22.668	+0.810	+0.004	27
7	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:22.705	+0.847	+0.037	22
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:22.796	+0.938	+0.091	25
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:23.249	+1.391	+0.453	21
10	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:23.422	+1.564	+0.173	26
11	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:23.436	+1.578	+0.014	28
12	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:23.523	+1.665	+0.087	30
13	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:23.653	+1.795	+0.130	25
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:23.675	+1.817	+0.022	22
15	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:24.330	+2.472	+0.655	26
16	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:25.023	+3.165	+0.693	27
17	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:25.270	+3.412	+0.247	23
18	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:25.339	+3.481	+0.069	11
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:25.402	+3.544	+0.063	20
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:27.963	+6.105	+2.561	15

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:22.666	—	—	14
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:22.878	+0.212	+0.212	13
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:22.946	+0.280	+0.068	15
4	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:23.537	+0.871	+0.591	14
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:23.621	+0.955	+0.084	10
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:23.660	+0.994	+0.039	12
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:24.162	+1.496	+0.502	10
8	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:24.223	+1.557	+0.061	12
9	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:24.248	+1.582	+0.025	12
10	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:24.542	+1.876	+0.294	15
11	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:24.798	+2.132	+0.256	13
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:24.849	+2.183	+0.051	15
13	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:25.225	+2.559	+0.376	13
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:25.381	+2.715	+0.156	12
15	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:25.564	+2.898	+0.183	13
16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:25.616	+2.950	+0.052	13
17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:25.649	+2.983	+0.033	11
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:26.404	+3.738	+0.755	15
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:26.802	+4.136	+0.398	12
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:28.138	+5.472	+1.336	15

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

Photographs from this race

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At the 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix — 01-POR-1996 · Andrew-44-19 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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The cars in this race

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

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Minardi M195
Pierluigi Martini 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1996
Grand Prix: Portuguese Grand Prix
Dates: 22 Sep 1996
Layout raced: —
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.