1996 San Marino Grand Prix
- Date
- 5 May 1996
- Circuit
- Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
- Round
- 5 of 16
- Winner
- Damon Hill (Williams)
- Pole position
- Michael Schumacher (1:26.890)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | HILDamon Hill | Williams | 2 | 63 | 1:35:26.156 | 1:28.931 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 63 | +16.460 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | BERGerhard Berger | Benetton | 7 | 63 | +46.891 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 6 | 63 | +61.583 | 3 | |
| 5 | 11 | BARRubens Barrichello | Jordan | 9 | 63 | +78.490 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | ALEJean Alesi | Benetton | 5 | 62 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 10 | DINPedro Diniz | Ligier | 17 | 62 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 7 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 11 | 61 | Engine | 0 | |
| 9 | 20 | LAMPedro Lamy | Minardi | 18 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 10 | 22 | BADLuca Badoer | Forti | 21 | 59 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| 11 | 6 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 57 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 9 | PANOlivier Panis | Ligier | 13 | 54 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 18 | KATUkyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 16 | 45 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 8 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 4 | 44 | Hydraulics | 0 | |
| R | 16 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Footwork | 20 | 40 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 17 | VERJos Verstappen | Footwork | 14 | 38 | Hydraulics | 0 | |
| R | 12 | BRUMartin Brundle | Jordan | 12 | 36 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 15 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 10 | 32 | Brakes | 0 | |
| R | 21 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 19 | 30 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 14 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 15 | 25 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 19 | SALMika Salo | Tyrrell | 8 | 23 | Engine | 0 | |
| F | 23 | MONAndrea Montermini | Forti | 22 | 0 | 107% Rule | 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
- Damon Hill: 2 stops (laps 30, 50), stints of 30, 20, 13 laps
- 2nd
- Michael Schumacher: 2 stops (laps 21, 40), stints of 21, 19, 23 laps
- 3rd
- Gerhard Berger: 2 stops (laps 25, 44), stints of 25, 19, 19 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 5 · 3 or more: 6
- First stops
- median lap 21 of 63
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILDamon Hill | 2 | 30 (22.8 s), 50 (23.2 s) | 302013 |
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 21 (25.0 s), 40 (26.9 s) | 211923 |
| BERGerhard Berger | 2 | 25 (22.3 s), 44 (30.4 s) | 251919 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 2 | 27 (23.8 s), 41 (27.1 s) | 271422 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 2 | 22 (27.6 s), 42 (31.4 s) | 222021 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 3 | 19 (34.1 s), 27 (27.3 s), 40 (24.1 s) | 1981322 |
| DINPedro Diniz | 3 | 21 (24.9 s), 42 (25.1 s), 52 (25.9 s) | 21211010 |
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 3 | 18 (23.5 s), 42 (30.0 s), 53 (26.6 s) | 1824118 |
| LAMPedro Lamy | 3 | 20 (20.7 s), 23 (27.5 s), 41 (26.0 s) | 2031820 |
| BADLuca Badoer | 5 | 16 (24.2 s), 19 (24.9 s), 25 (26.2 s), 31 (34.6 s), 46 (26.9 s) | 163661513 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 3 | 1 (30.2 s), 26 (24.3 s), 43 (24.3 s) | 251714 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 2 | 14 (24.9 s), 41 (24.0 s) | 142713 |
| KATUkyo Katayama | 2 | 18 (22.9 s), 39 (22.9 s) | 18216 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 2 | 20 (23.0 s), 41 (38.0 s) | 20213 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 1 | 20 (26.7 s) | 2020 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 1 | 18 (35.1 s) | 1820 |
| BRUMartin Brundle | 2 | 21 (30.9 s), 23 (25.0 s) | 2113 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 1 | 20 (23.0 s) | 2012 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 16 (25.1 s) | 1614 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 3 | 22 (24.4 s), 23 (35.3 s), 25 (143.7 s) | 22 |
| SALMika Salo | 1 | 23 (21.8 s) | 23 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:26.890 | fastest Q1 | |||
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:27.105 | +0.215 Q1 | |||
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:27.220 | +0.330 Q1 | |||
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:27.688 | +0.798 Q1 | |||
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:28.009 | +1.119 Q1 | |||
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:28.205 | +1.315 Q1 | |||
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:28.336 | +1.446 Q1 | |||
| 8 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:28.423 | +1.533 Q1 | |||
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:28.632 | +1.742 Q1 | |||
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:28.785 | +1.895 Q1 | |||
| 11 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:29.079 | +2.189 Q1 | |||
| 12 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1:29.099 | +2.209 Q1 | |||
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:29.472 | +2.582 Q1 | |||
| 14 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 1:29.539 | +2.649 Q1 | |||
| 15 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:29.541 | +2.651 Q1 | |||
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:29.892 | +3.002 Q1 | |||
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 1:29.989 | +3.099 Q1 | |||
| 18 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:30.471 | +3.581 Q1 | |||
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 1:30.814 | +3.924 Q1 | |||
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 1:31.316 | +4.426 Q1 | |||
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Forti | 1:32.037 | +5.147 Q1 | |||
| 22 | Andrea Montermini | Forti |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 4 | 43 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 0 | 3 |