1996 Hungarian Grand Prix
- Date
- 11 Aug 1996
- Circuit
- Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
- Round
- 12 of 16
- Winner
- Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 77 | 1:46:21.134 | 10 | |
| 2 | 5 | HILDamon Hill | Williams | 2 | 77 | +0.771 | 1:20.093 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | ALEJean Alesi | Benetton | 5 | 77 | +84.212 | 4 | |
| 4 | 7 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 7 | 76 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | 9 | PANOlivier Panis | Ligier | 11 | 76 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | BARRubens Barrichello | Jordan | 13 | 75 | +2 Laps | 1 | |
| 7 | 18 | KATUkyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 14 | 74 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Footwork | 18 | 74 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 70 | Throttle | 0 | |
| 10 | 21 | LAVGiovanni Lavaggi | Minardi | 20 | 69 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 4 | BERGerhard Berger | Benetton | 6 | 64 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 15 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 10 | 50 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 14 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 8 | 35 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 2 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 4 | 31 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 20 | LAMPedro Lamy | Minardi | 19 | 24 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 8 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 9 | 23 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 17 | VERJos Verstappen | Footwork | 17 | 10 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 12 | BRUMartin Brundle | Jordan | 12 | 5 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 10 | DINPedro Diniz | Ligier | 15 | 1 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 19 | SALMika Salo | Tyrrell | 16 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Jacques Villeneuve: 3 stops (laps 21, 40, 58), stints of 21, 19, 18, 19 laps
- 2nd
- Damon Hill: 3 stops (laps 25, 41, 63), stints of 25, 16, 22, 14 laps
- 3rd
- Jean Alesi: 2 stops (laps 22, 46), stints of 22, 24, 31 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 6 · 3 or more: 4
- First stops
- median lap 25 of 77
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 3 | 21 (31.0 s), 40 (29.8 s), 58 (38.5 s) | 21191819 |
| HILDamon Hill | 3 | 25 (30.5 s), 41 (29.2 s), 63 (29.2 s) | 25162214 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 22 (29.4 s), 46 (30.8 s) | 222431 |
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 2 | 26 (30.8 s), 51 (32.2 s) | 262525 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 2 | 29 (30.7 s), 44 (31.0 s) | 291532 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 2 | 24 (30.6 s), 50 (30.6 s) | 242625 |
| KATUkyo Katayama | 2 | 22 (31.9 s), 48 (33.7 s) | 222626 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 2 | 25 (38.7 s), 50 (33.8 s) | 252524 |
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 3 | 19 (27.0 s), 39 (25.0 s), 52 (27.9 s) | 19201318 |
| LAVGiovanni Lavaggi | 3 | 27 (30.7 s), 32 (34.6 s), 51 (30.6 s) | 2751918 |
| BERGerhard Berger | 2 | 24 (31.8 s), 49 (30.9 s) | 242515 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 3 | 14 (30.1 s), 32 (29.0 s), 49 (31.2 s) | 141817 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 1 | 17 (29.9 s) | 1718 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 1 | 25 (25.9 s) | 256 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 7 | 79 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 62 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 29 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 9 |