Seasons/16 races

1996 season

Title decided in round 16

‹ 1995 1997 ›

World ChampionDamon Hill97 points · 8 wins
Constructors' championWilliams175 points

Races16
Different winners4
Pole-sitters3
Not classified47%152 of 325 starts

Points: 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six.

The title was decided in round 16: Japanese Grand Prix on 13 Oct 1996.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Damon Hill	10	20	30	33	43	43	43	53	63	63	73	79	81	81	87	97
Jacques Villeneuve	6	6	12	22	22	22	26	32	38	48	52	62	68	68	78	78
Michael Schumacher	0	4	4	10	16	16	26	26	26	26	29	29	39	49	53	59
Jean Alesi	0	6	10	10	11	11	17	21	25	25	31	35	38	44	47	47
Mika Häkkinen	2	5	5	5	5	6	8	10	12	16	16	19	23	27	27	31
Gerhard Berger	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	10	16	16	16	17	17	18	21
David Coulthard	0	0	0	4	4	10	10	13	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18
Rubens Barrichello	0	0	3	5	7	7	7	7	7	10	11	12	12	14	14	14
Olivier Panis	0	1	1	1	1	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Eddie Irvine	4	4	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11
Martin Brundle	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	6	6	8
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Mika Salo	1	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Johnny Herbert	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Pedro Diniz	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Jos Verstappen	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

Williams175
Ferrari70
Benetton68
McLaren49
Jordan22
Ligier15
Sauber11
Tyrrell5
1 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Williams	16	26	42	55	65	65	69	85	101	111	125	141	149	149	165	175
Ferrari	4	8	10	16	25	25	35	35	35	35	38	38	48	58	64	70
Benetton	3	9	13	13	18	18	24	28	35	41	47	51	55	61	65	68
McLaren	2	5	5	9	9	16	18	23	26	32	34	37	41	45	45	49
Jordan	0	0	3	6	8	8	8	9	9	13	14	15	15	20	20	22
Ligier	0	1	1	1	1	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	15
Sauber	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Tyrrell	1	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Footwork	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Damon Hill	Williams	8	97
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	4	78
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	59
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton		47
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren		31
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton		21
7	David Coulthard	McLaren		18
8	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan		14
9	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1	13
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari		11
11	Martin Brundle	Jordan		8
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber		7
13	Mika Salo	Tyrrell		5
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber		4
15	Pedro Diniz	Ligier		2
16	Jos Verstappen	Footwork		1

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Williams	175
2	Ferrari	70
3	Benetton	68
4	McLaren	49
5	Jordan	22
6	Ligier	15
7	Sauber	11
8	Tyrrell	5
9	Footwork	1

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1996
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
HIL (Damon Hill)	1	1^P^F	1^P	4^P^F	1^F	Ret	Ret^P	1^P	1	Ret^P	1^P^F	2^F	5	Ret^P	2^P	1	97
VIL (Jacques Villeneuve)	2^P^F	Ret	2	1	11	Ret	3	2^F	2^F	1^F	3	1	2^P	7	1^F	Ret^P^F	78
MSC (Michael Schumacher)	Ret	3	Ret	2	2^P	Ret^P	1^F	Ret	DNS^P	Ret	4	9^P	1	1^F	3	2	59
ALE (Jean Alesi)	Ret	2	3^F	Ret	6	Ret^F	2	3	3	Ret	2	3	4	2	4	Ret	47
HAK (Mika Häkkinen)	5	4	Ret	8	8	6	5	5	5	3	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	3	31
BER (Gerhard Berger)	4	Ret	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	13	Ret	6^F	Ret	6	4	21
COU (David Coulthard)	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	2	Ret	4	6	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	8	18
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	Ret	Ret	4	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	6	6	Ret	5	Ret	9	14
PAN (Olivier Panis)	7	6	8	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	10	7	13
IRV (Eddie Irvine)	3	7	5	Ret	4	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	11
BRU (Martin Brundle)	Ret	12	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	4	9	5	8
FRE (Heinz-Harald Frentzen)	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	7
SAL (Mika Salo)	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	10	7	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	5
HER (Johnny Herbert)	DNS	Ret	9	7	Ret	3	Ret	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	10	4
DIN (Pedro Diniz)	10	8	Ret	10	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	2
VER (Jos Verstappen)	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	10 Mar 1996	Jacques Villeneuve	Damon Hill
2	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	31 Mar 1996	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
3	Argentina	Juan y Oscar Gálvez	7 Apr 1996	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
4	Europe	Nürburgring	28 Apr 1996	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve
5	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	5 May 1996	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill
6	Monaco	Monaco	19 May 1996	Michael Schumacher	Olivier Panis
7	Spain	Catalunya	2 Jun 1996	Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher
8	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	16 Jun 1996	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
9	France	Magny-Cours	30 Jun 1996	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill
10	Great Britain	Silverstone	14 Jul 1996	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve
11	Germany	Hockenheimring	28 Jul 1996	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	11 Aug 1996	Michael Schumacher	Jacques Villeneuve
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	25 Aug 1996	Jacques Villeneuve	Michael Schumacher
14	Italy	Monza	8 Sept 1996	Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher
15	Portugal	Estoril	22 Sept 1996	Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve
16	JapanTitle decided	Suzuka	13 Oct 1996	Jacques Villeneuve	Damon Hill

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Benetton	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	B196	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Gerhard Berger, Jean Alesi
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	F310	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Eddie Irvine, Michael Schumacher
Footwork	Footwork Hart	FA17	Hart 830 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Jos Verstappen, Ricardo Rosset
Forti	Forti Grand Prix	FG01B, FG03	Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Andrea Montermini, Luca Badoer
Jordan	Benson & Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot	196	Peugeot A12 EV5 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Martin Brundle, Rubens Barrichello
Ligier	Ligier Gauloises Blondes	JS43	Mugen-Honda MF-301HA 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Olivier Panis, Pedro Diniz
McLaren	Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	MP4/11, MP4/11B	Mercedes FO 110/3 3.0 V10	Goodyear	David Coulthard, Mika Häkkinen
Minardi	Minardi Team	M195B	Ford ED2 3.0 V8, Ford ED3 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Giancarlo Fisichella, Giovanni Lavaggi, Pedro Lamy, Tarso Marques
Sauber	Red Bull Sauber Ford	C15	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Johnny Herbert
Tyrrell	Tyrrell Yamaha	024	Yamaha OX11A 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Mika Salo, Ukyo Katayama
Williams	Rothmans Williams Renault	FW18	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	86	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	76	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	55	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	48	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	30	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	20	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	17	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	12	14	P8
9	Eddie Irvine	11	11	P10
10	Olivier Panis	10	13	P9
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	7	P12
12	Martin Brundle	5	8	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	81	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	70	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	53	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	47	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	31	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	21	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	18	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	14	14	P8
9	Olivier Panis	11	13	P9
10	Eddie Irvine	11	11	P10
11	Martin Brundle	8	8	P11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	89	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	74	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	56	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	47	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	31	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	21	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	18	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	14	14	P8
9	Olivier Panis	12	13	P9
10	Eddie Irvine	11	11	P10
11	Martin Brundle	8	8	P11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	105	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	94	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	71	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	69	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	55	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	35	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	33	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	28	14	P8
9	Olivier Panis	26	13	P9
10	Eddie Irvine	23	11	P10
11	Martin Brundle	19	8	P11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	18	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	258	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	226	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	173	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	164	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	140	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	87	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	83	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	74	14	P8
9	Olivier Panis	72	13	P9
10	Eddie Irvine	59	11	P10
11	Martin Brundle	53	8	P11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	50	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	263	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	231	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	175	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	165	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	140	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	88	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	83	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	74	14	P8
9	Olivier Panis	72	13	P9
10	Eddie Irvine	59	11	P10
11	Martin Brundle	53	8	P11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	50	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Damon Hill	258	97	P1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	226	78	P2
3	Michael Schumacher	173	59	P3
4	Jean Alesi	164	47	P4
5	Mika Häkkinen	140	31	P5
6	Gerhard Berger	87	21	P6
7	David Coulthard	83	18	P7
8	Rubens Barrichello	74	14	P8
9	Olivier Panis	72	13	P9
10	Eddie Irvine	59	11	P10
11	Martin Brundle	53	8	P11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	50	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.