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1996 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1996 Formula One season was the 47th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 10, 1996, and ended on October 13 after sixteen races.

Damon Hill took his solitary World Championship two years after being pipped by a point by Michael Schumacher, beating off Jacques Villeneuve after a season long battle. Olivier Panis took the only victory of his career at the Monaco Grand Prix. This year saw the introduction of the '107% rule', which meant all cars had to be within 107% of the pole position time in order to qualify for the Grands Prix.

The season also saw the car numbering system change. Previously teams had kept the same two numbers from season to season, only exchanging with the previous champion's team. Now the number were based on the teams' performance in the previous Constructor's Championship.

Forti went bankrupt after the British Grand Prix.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F310	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	G	1	Michael Schumacher	Nicola Larini
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F310	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	G	2	Eddie Irvine	Nicola Larini
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton	B196	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	G	3	Jean Alesi	Vincenzo Sospiri
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton	B196	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	G	4	Gerhard Berger	Vincenzo Sospiri
Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams	FW18	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	G	5	Damon Hill	Jean-Christophe Boullion
Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams	FW18	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	G	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Jean-Christophe Boullion
Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/11 MP4/11B	Mercedes FO 110 3.0 V10	G	7	Mika Häkkinen	Jan Magnussen
Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/11 MP4/11B	Mercedes FO 110 3.0 V10	G	8	David Coulthard	Jan Magnussen
Ligier Gauloises Blondes	Ligier	JS43	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HA 3.0 V10	G	9	Olivier Panis	Kelvin Burt
Ligier Gauloises Blondes	Ligier	JS43	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HA 3.0 V10	G	10	Pedro Diniz	Kelvin Burt
B&H Total Jordan Peugeot	Jordan	196	Peugeot A12 EV5 3.0 V10	G	11	Rubens Barrichello	Gianni Morbidelli
B&H Total Jordan Peugeot	Jordan	196	Peugeot A12 EV5 3.0 V10	G	12	Martin Brundle	Gianni Morbidelli
Red Bull Sauber Ford	Sauber	C15	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G	14	Johnny Herbert	Norberto Fontana
Red Bull Sauber Ford	Sauber	C15	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Norberto Fontana
Footwork Hart	Footwork	FA17	Hart 830 3.0 V8	G	16	Ricardo Rosset	n/a
Footwork Hart	Footwork	FA17	Hart 830 3.0 V8	G	17	Jos Verstappen	n/a
Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell	024	Yamaha OX11A 3.0 V10	G	18	Ukyo Katayama	Emmanuel Collard
Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell	024	Yamaha OX11A 3.0 V10	G	19	Mika Salo	Emmanuel Collard
Minardi Team	Minardi	M195B	Ford EDM2 3.0 V8 Ford EDM3 3.0 V8	G	20	Pedro Lamy	n/a
					21	Giancarlo Fisichella
						Tarso Marques
						Giovanni Lavaggi
Forti Grand Prix	Forti	FG01B FG03	Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G	22	Luca Badoer	Franck Lagorce
Forti Grand Prix	Forti	FG01B FG03	Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.0 V10	G	23	Andrea Montermini	Franck Lagorce

Season review

Grands Prix

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning Driver	Constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	March 10	Melbourne	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 31	Interlagos	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
3	Argentine Grand Prix	April 7	Oscar Gálvez	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
4	European Grand Prix	April 28	Nürburgring	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
5	San Marino Grand Prix	May 5	Imola	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 19	Monaco	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	Report
7	Spanish Grand Prix	June 2	Catalunya	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
8	Canadian Grand Prix	June 16	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
9	French Grand Prix	June 30	Magny-Cours	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
11	German Grand Prix	July 28	Hockenheimring	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 11	Hungaroring	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
13	Belgian Grand Prix	August 25	Spa-Francorchamps	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
15	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 22	Estoril	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	October 13	Suzuka	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Report

1996 Constructors Championship final standings

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Renault	FW18	Renault	G	175	12	21	12
2	Ferrari	F310	Ferrari	G	70	3	9	4
3	Benetton-Renault	B196	Renault	G	68		10
4	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4/11 MP4/11B	Mercedes	G	49		6
5	Jordan-Peugeot	196	Peugeot	G	22
6	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	JS43	Mugen-Honda	G	15	1	1
7	Sauber-Ford	C15	Ford	G	11		1
8	Tyrrell-Yamaha	024	Yamaha	G	5
9	Footwork-Hart	FA17	Hart	G	1
10	Minardi-Ford	M195B	Ford	G	0
11	Forti-Ford	FG01B FG03	Ford	G	0

1996 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	Points
1	Hill	1	1	1	4	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	2	5	Ret	2	1	97
2	Villeneuve	2	Ret	2	1	11	Ret	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	7	1	Ret	78
3	M.Schumacher	Ret	3	Ret	2	2	Ret	1	Ret	DNS	Ret	4	9	1	1	3	2	59
4	Alesi	Ret	2	3	Ret	6	Ret	2	3	3	Ret	2	3	4	2	4	Ret	47
5	Häkkinen	5	4	Ret	8	8	6	5	5	5	3	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	3	31
6	Berger	4	Ret	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	13	Ret	6	Ret	6	4	21
7	Coulthard	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	2	Ret	4	6	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	8	18
8	Barrichello	Ret	Ret	4	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	6	6	Ret	5	Ret	9	14
9	Panis	7	6	8	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	10	7	13
10	Irvine	3	7	5	Ret	4	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	11
11	Brundle	Ret	12	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	4	9	5	8
12	Frentzen	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	7
13	Salo	6	5	Ret	DSQ	Ret	5	DSQ	Ret	10	7	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	5
14	Herbert	Ret	Ret	9	7	Ret	3	Ret	7	DSQ	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	10	4
15	Diniz	10	8	Ret	10	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	2
16	Verstappen	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	1
17	Katayama	11	9	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	8	10	12	Ret	0
18	Rosset	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	11	8	9	Ret	14	13	0
19	Fisichella	Ret			13	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11							0
20	Lamy	Ret	10	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	16	12	0
21	Badoer	DNQ	11	Ret	DNQ	10	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ							0
22	Lavaggi											DNQ	10	DNQ	Ret	15	DNQ	0
23	Montermini	DNQ	Ret	10	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ							0
—	Marques		Ret	Ret														0
Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	Points

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Injured (INJ)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

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