Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

1996-03-10

Winner: Damon Hill (Williams)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Damon Hill	Williams	2	▲1	1:32:50.400	Finished	10
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	▼1	+38.020	Finished	6
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	—	+1:02.571	Finished	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	7	▲3	+1:17.037	Finished	3
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	—	+1:35.071	Finished	2
6	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	10	▲4	—	+1 Lap	1
7	Olivier Panis	Ligier	11	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	9	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
9	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	18	▲9	—	+2 Laps	0
10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	20	▲10	—	+2 Laps	0
11	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	15	▲4	—	+3 Laps	0
R	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	17	—	—	Safety belt	0
R	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	—	—	Brakes	0
R	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	16	—	—	Clutch	0
R	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	8	—	—	Engine	0
R	David Coulthard	McLaren	13	—	—	Throttle	0
R	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	12	—	—	Engine	0
R	Jean Alesi	Benetton	6	—	—	Collision	0
R	Martin Brundle	Jordan	19	—	—	Collision	0
R	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	—	—	Collision	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:32.371	—	—
2	Damon Hill	Williams	1:32.509	—	—
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:32.889	—	—
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.125	—	—
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:34.054	—	—
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:34.257	—	—
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:34.344	—	—
8	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:34.474	—	—
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:34.494	—	—
10	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:34.832	—	—
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:35.330	—	—
12	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:35.338	—	—
13	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:35.351	—	—
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:35.453	—	—
15	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:35.715	—	—
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:35.898	—	—
17	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:36.109	—	—
18	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:36.198	—	—
19	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:36.286	—	—
20	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:36.298	—	—

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Hill	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1
Villeneuve	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2
Irvine	P4	P4	P4	P3	P5	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Berger	P8	P7	P7	P7	P7	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Häkkinen	P6	P5	P5	P5	P4	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5