Argentine Grand Prix 1996

Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Buenos Aires
7 April 1996
72 laps
306.6 km
4.259 km a lap

Pole positionDamon HillWilliams · 1:30.346
Fastest lapJean Alesi1:29.413 · lap 65
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Damon Hill	5	Williams · Renault	1	72	1:54:55.322	10
2	Jacques Villeneuve	6	Williams · Renault	3	72	+12.167	6
3	Jean Alesifastest lap	3	Benetton · Renault	4	72	+14.754	4
4	Rubens Barrichello	11	Jordan · Peugeot	6	72	+55.131	3
5	Eddie Irvine	2	Ferrari	10	72	+1:04.991	2
6	Jos Verstappen	17	Footwork · Hart	7	72	+1:08.913	1
7	David Coulthard	8	McLaren · Mercedes	9	72	+1:13.400
8	Olivier Panis	9	Ligier · Mugen-Honda	12	72	+1:14.295
9	Johnny Herbert	14	Sauber · Ford	17	71	+1 lap
10	Andrea Montermini	23	Forti · Ford	22	69	+3 laps
DNF	Gerhard Berger	4	Benetton · Renault	5	56	Suspension
DNF	Michael Schumacher	1	Ferrari	2	46	Broken wing
DNF	Pedro Lamy	20	Minardi · Ford	19	39	Transmission
DNF	Mika Salo	19	Tyrrell · Yamaha	16	36	Throttle
DNF	Martin Brundle	12	Jordan · Peugeot	15	34	Collision
DNF	Tarso Marques	21	Minardi · Ford	14	33	Collision
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	15	Sauber · Ford	11	32	Spun off
DNF	Pedro Diniz	10	Ligier · Mugen-Honda	18	29	Fire
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	18	Tyrrell · Yamaha	13	28	Differential
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	16	Footwork · Hart	20	24	Oil pump
DNF	Luca Badoer	22	Forti · Ford	21	24	Collision
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	7	McLaren · Mercedes	8	19	Throttle

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Damon Hill 72. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 54	Finish	Laps led
Damon Hill	1	1	1	1	1	72
Jacques Villeneuve	3	5	5	3	2
Jean Alesi	4	3	3	4	3
Rubens Barrichello	6	7	9	5	4
Eddie Irvine	10	9	8	7	5
Jos Verstappen	7	11	7	9	6
David Coulthard	9	6	6	6	7
Olivier Panis	12	15	11	8	8
Johnny Herbert	17	13	10	10	9
Andrea Montermini	22	21	13	11	10
Gerhard Berger	5	4	4	2	out
Michael Schumacher	2	2	2	–	out
Pedro Lamy	19	16	12	–	out
Mika Salo	16	22	14	–	out
Martin Brundle	15	14	–	–	out
Tarso Marques	14	19	–	–	out
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	10	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	18	17	–	–	out
Ukyo Katayama	13	12	–	–	out
Ricardo Rosset	20	18	–	–	out
Luca Badoer	21	20	–	–	out
Mika Häkkinen	8	8	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 54	Last lap
Damon Hill	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jacques Villeneuve	+23.9	+4.7	+17.6	+12.2
Jean Alesi	+7.3	+1.3	+28.6	+14.8
Rubens Barrichello	+39.9	+17.9	+38.5	+55.1
Eddie Irvine	+41.9	+14.0	+51.6	+65.0
Jos Verstappen	+43.3	+12.8	+53.8	+68.9
David Coulthard	+38.9	+12.2	+50.7	+73.4
Olivier Panis	+63.6	+24.2	+52.3	+74.3
Johnny Herbert	+59.2	+18.8	+68.2	+180.3
Andrea Montermini	+122.8	+128.8	+239.6	+321.3
Gerhard Berger	+9.7	+3.0	+13.2	out
Michael Schumacher	+5.1	+0.7	–	out
Pedro Lamy	+65.4	+31.4	–	out
Mika Salo	+325.3	+949.1	–	out
Martin Brundle	+62.4	–	–	out
Tarso Marques	+85.7	–	–	out
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+42.4	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	+66.2	–	–	out
Ukyo Katayama	+55.3	–	–	out
Ricardo Rosset	+82.2	–	–	out
Luca Badoer	+110.5	–	–	out
Mika Häkkinen	+41.0	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Damon Hill	Williams	1:30.346
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:30.598	+0.252
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:30.907	+0.561
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:31.038	+0.692
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:31.262	+0.916
6	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:31.404	+1.058
7	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:31.615	+1.269
8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:31.801	+1.455
9	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.001	+1.655
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:32.058	+1.712
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:32.130	+1.784
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:32.177	+1.831
13	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:32.407	+2.061
14	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:32.502	+2.156
15	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:32.696	+2.350
16	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:32.903	+2.557
17	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:33.256	+2.910
18	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:33.424	+3.078
19	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:33.727	+3.381
20	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:33.752	+3.406
21	Luca Badoer	Forti	1:34.830	+4.484
22	Andrea Montermini	Forti	1:35.651	+5.305

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	20	24.836 s
Ukyo Katayama	1	21	27.092 s
Ricardo Rosset	1	23	28.495 s
Tarso Marques	1	16	28.593 s
Luca Badoer	1	22	29.711 s
Pedro Lamy	1	39	30.206 s
Martin Brundle	1	31	34.030 s
Rubens Barrichello	1	28	34.984 s
Pedro Diniz	1	29	49.885 s
David Coulthard	2	26, 50	24.067 s
Jean Alesi	2	22, 44	24.309 s
Michael Schumacher	2	21, 40	24.645 s
Damon Hill	2	24, 51	25.308 s
Eddie Irvine	2	26, 47	25.400 s
Johnny Herbert	2	22, 49	25.728 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	25, 49	25.728 s
Jos Verstappen	2	21, 45	26.724 s
Olivier Panis	2	28, 31	26.855 s
Gerhard Berger	3	24, 47, 56	24.507 s
Andrea Montermini	3	17, 30, 51	27.067 s
Mika Salo	3	15, 25, 26	32.543 s

Every stop, lap by lap (36)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
15	Mika Salo	1	3:29.116 s
16	Tarso Marques	1	28.593 s
17	Andrea Montermini	1	27.067 s
20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	24.836 s
21	Michael Schumacher	1	24.645 s
21	Ukyo Katayama	1	27.092 s
21	Jos Verstappen	1	28.863 s
22	Jean Alesi	1	24.309 s
22	Johnny Herbert	1	25.728 s
22	Luca Badoer	1	29.711 s
23	Ricardo Rosset	1	28.495 s
24	Gerhard Berger	1	25.572 s
24	Damon Hill	1	27.091 s
25	Jacques Villeneuve	1	29.759 s
25	Mika Salo	2	32.543 s
26	Eddie Irvine	1	25.400 s
26	David Coulthard	1	25.714 s
26	Mika Salo	3	14:11.244 s
28	Olivier Panis	1	29.067 s
28	Rubens Barrichello	1	34.984 s
29	Pedro Diniz	1	49.885 s
30	Andrea Montermini	2	30.506 s
31	Olivier Panis	2	26.855 s
31	Martin Brundle	1	34.030 s
39	Pedro Lamy	1	30.206 s
40	Michael Schumacher	2	29.269 s
44	Jean Alesi	2	41.887 s
45	Jos Verstappen	2	26.724 s
47	Gerhard Berger	2	25.888 s
47	Eddie Irvine	2	27.296 s
49	Jacques Villeneuve	2	25.728 s
49	Johnny Herbert	2	26.058 s
50	David Coulthard	2	24.067 s
51	Damon Hill	2	25.308 s
51	Andrea Montermini	3	28.251 s
56	Gerhard Berger	3	24.507 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Jean Alesi	65	1:29.413
2	Damon Hill	44	1:29.653	+0.240
3	Gerhard Berger	43	1:30.104	+0.691
4	Jacques Villeneuve	64	1:30.163	+0.750
5	Michael Schumacher	23	1:30.659	+1.246
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	23	1:31.005	+1.592
7	Jos Verstappen	66	1:31.099	+1.686
8	Olivier Panis	60	1:31.343	+1.930
9	Eddie Irvine	65	1:31.372	+1.959
10	Ukyo Katayama	18	1:31.396	+1.983

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Damon Hill	30
2	Jacques Villeneuve	12
3	Jean Alesi	10	▼1
4	Eddie Irvine	6	▲1
5	Mika Häkkinen	5	▼1
6	Michael Schumacher	4	▼1
7	Gerhard Berger	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	3
9	Mika Salo	3	▼1
10	Jos Verstappen	1

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Williams	42
2	Benetton	13
3	Ferrari	10
4	McLaren	5
5	Jordan	3
6	Tyrrell	3	▼1
7	Footwork	1
7	Ligier	1	▼1