Race · Round 16 of 16 · 13 October 1996

1996 Japanese Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 6 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Damon Hill.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Damon HillWilliams
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Jacques Villeneuve
Entries: 2013 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Damon Hill	Williams	FW18	2	52	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310	3	52	Finished	6
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	—	5	52	Finished	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B196	4	52	Finished	3
5	Martin Brundle	Jordan	196	10	52	Finished	2
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	C15	7	52	Finished	1
7	Olivier Panis	Ligier	JS43	12	52	Finished	0
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	—	8	52	Finished	0
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	196	11	52	Finished	0
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C15	13	52	Finished	0
11	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	FA17	17	51	Finished	0
12	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	M195B	18	50	Finished	0
13	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	FA17	19	50	Finished	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310	6	39	Collision	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	20	14	37	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW18	1	36	Wheel	0	fastest lap
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	20	15	20	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	JS43	16	13	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B196	9	0	Spun off	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.

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 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

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
Damon Hill	2	1	52
Michael Schumacher	3	2	52
Mika Hakkinen	5	3	52
Gerhard Berger	4	4	52
Martin Brundle	10	5	52
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	6	52
Olivier Panis	12	7	52
David Coulthard	8	8	52
Rubens Barrichello	11	9	52
Johnny Herbert	13	10	52
Jos Verstappen	17	11	51
Pedro Lamy	18	12	50
Ricardo Rosset	19	13	50
Eddie Irvine	6	DNF	39
Ukyo Katayama	14	DNF	37
Jacques Villeneuve	1	DNF	36
Mika Salo	15	DNF	20
Pedro Diniz	16	DNF	13
Jean Alesi	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:38.909	—	—
2	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:39.370	+0.461	+0.461
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:40.071	+1.162	+0.701
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:40.364	+1.455	+0.293
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:40.458	+1.549	+0.094
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:41.005	+2.096	+0.547
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:41.277	+2.368	+0.272
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:41.384	+2.475	+0.107
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:41.562	+2.653	+0.178
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:41.600	+2.691	+0.038
11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:41.919	+3.010	+0.319
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:42.206	+3.297	+0.287
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:42.658	+3.749	+0.452
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:42.711	+3.802	+0.053
15	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:42.840	+3.931	+0.129
16	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:43.196	+4.287	+0.356
17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:43.383	+4.474	+0.187
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:44.874	+5.965	+1.491
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:45.412	+6.503	+0.538
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:46.795	+7.886	+1.383

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
Damon Hill	1	52	2	18, 34
Michael Schumacher	2	52	2	16, 32
Mika Hakkinen	3	52	2	18, 32
Gerhard Berger	4	52	3	4, 22, 36
Martin Brundle	5	52	2	16, 35
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	52	2	16, 29
Olivier Panis	7	52	2	17, 31
David Coulthard	8	52	3	1, 16, 34
Rubens Barrichello	9	52	2	14, 32
Johnny Herbert	10	52	2	17, 33
Jos Verstappen	11	51	1	29
Pedro Lamy	12	50	2	16, 35
Ricardo Rosset	13	50	2	26, 27
Eddie Irvine	DNF	39	2	18, 33
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	37	2	15, 26
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	36	2	14, 32
Mika Salo	DNF	20	0	None recorded
Pedro Diniz	DNF	13	0	None recorded
Jean Alesi	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
Damon Hill · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	1 · 2	18 · 16	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	3 · 5	2 · 3	16 · 18	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Gerhard Berger	3 · 4	2 · 4	16 · 4	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Mika Hakkinen	4 · 5	4 · 3	4 · 18	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Gerhard Berger · Martin Brundle	4 · 10	4 · 5	4 · 16	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Martin Brundle	7 · 10	6 · 5	16 · 16	Same lap	Swapped places
Martin Brundle · Rubens Barrichello	10 · 11	5 · 9	16 · 14	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Olivier Panis	7 · 12	6 · 7	16 · 17	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · David Coulthard	7 · 8	6 · 8	16 · 1	David Coulthard	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Olivier Panis	8 · 12	8 · 7	1 · 17	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Olivier Panis	11 · 12	9 · 7	14 · 17	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Johnny Herbert	12 · 13	7 · 10	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Rubens Barrichello	8 · 11	8 · 9	1 · 14	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Johnny Herbert	11 · 13	9 · 10	14 · 17	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Jos Verstappen	13 · 17	10 · 11	17 · 29	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Jos Verstappen · Pedro Lamy	17 · 18	11 · 12	29 · 16	Pedro Lamy	Kept their order
Pedro Lamy · Ricardo Rosset	18 · 19	12 · 13	16 · 26	Pedro Lamy	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	1:42.350	—	—	30
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:42.954	+0.604	+0.604	22
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:43.321	+0.971	+0.367	24
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	1:43.372	+1.022	+0.051	30
5	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:43.747	+1.397	+0.375	30
6	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:43.845	+1.495	+0.098	29
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:43.860	+1.510	+0.015	22
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:44.092	+1.742	+0.232	21
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:44.441	+2.091	+0.349	25
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:44.598	+2.248	+0.157	24
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:44.971	+2.621	+0.373	27
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:45.194	+2.844	+0.223	24
13	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:45.471	+3.121	+0.277	22
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:45.789	+3.439	+0.318	29
15	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:45.893	+3.543	+0.104	30
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:46.105	+3.755	+0.212	17
17	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:47.285	+4.935	+1.180	24
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:48.724	+6.374	+1.439	27
19	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:50.227	+7.877	+1.503	29
20	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	2:02.130	+19.780	+11.903	12

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	1:40.534	—	—	23
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:41.136	+0.602	+0.602	17
3	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:41.842	+1.308	+0.706	18
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	1:41.916	+1.382	+0.074	18
5	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:41.980	+1.446	+0.064	22
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	1:42.009	+1.475	+0.029	20
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:42.368	+1.834	+0.359	17
8	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:42.672	+2.138	+0.304	22
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	1:42.714	+2.180	+0.042	26
10	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:42.759	+2.225	+0.045	24
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:42.839	+2.305	+0.080	21
12	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:42.905	+2.371	+0.066	24
13	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:43.106	+2.572	+0.201	25
14	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:43.445	+2.911	+0.339	20
15	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:43.643	+3.109	+0.198	15
16	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:44.340	+3.806	+0.697	23
17	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	1:45.198	+4.664	+0.858	21
18	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	1:45.653	+5.119	+0.455	21
19	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	21	1:47.473	+6.939	+1.820	26
20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:48.082	+7.548	+0.609	16

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	1:48.664	—	—	11
2	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	11	1:48.937	+0.273	+0.273	12
3	Jean Alesi	Benetton	3	1:49.373	+0.709	+0.436	8
4	Damon Hill	Williams	5	1:51.390	+2.726	+2.017	11
5	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	1:52.013	+3.349	+0.623	12
6	Olivier Panis	Ligier	9	1:53.537	+4.873	+1.524	11
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:53.677	+5.013	+0.140	8
8	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:53.957	+5.293	+0.280	11
9	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	10	1:54.526	+5.862	+0.569	9
10	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	20	1:54.781	+6.117	+0.255	13
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	15	1:54.896	+6.232	+0.115	10
12	Martin Brundle	Jordan	12	1:56.763	+8.099	+1.867	12
13	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	4	1:58.753	+10.089	+1.990	7
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	2:02.452	+13.788	+3.699	6
15	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	2:04.512	+15.848	+2.060	4
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	17	2:05.863	+17.199	+1.351	5
17	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	2:23.659	+34.995	+17.796	3
18	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	4:49.078	+3:00.414	+2:25.419	2
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	16	23:38.561	+21:49.897	+18:49.483	2

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

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

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

Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 1996
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Oct 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.