1996 season/ Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. Sun, 10 Mar 1996. 58 laps.

Winner: HILWilliams
Pole: VILWilliams
Fastest lap: VIL1:33.421

Weekend

Race

Jacques VilleneuveWilliams+38.0202
Damon HillWilliams1:32:50.4001
Eddie IrvineFerrari+1:02.5713

Overtakes

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No overtake data

Biggest mover

LIDIN

+10 places, P20 to P10

Beat our forecast

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No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

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No pit stop data

Fastest lap

VIL

1:33.421, lap 27

DNFs

LAM, MSC, FIS, BAR, COU, VER, ALE, BRU, HER

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	2+1	58	1:32:50.400	10	1:33.621L27
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1-1	58	+38.020	6	1:33.421L27
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	58	+1:02.571	4	1:34.533L37
4	BEBERGerhard Berger	BEBenetton	7+3	58	+1:17.037	3	1:34.757L26
5	HÄKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	58	+1:35.071	2	1:35.843L49
6	TYSALMika Salo	TYTyrrell	10+4	57	+1 Lap	1	1:35.280L39
7	LIPANOlivier Panis	LILigier	11+4	57	+1 Lap		1:34.767L21
8	SAFREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	SASauber	9+1	57	+1 Lap		1:35.596L43
9	FOROSRicardo Rosset	FOFootwork	18+9	56	+2 Laps		1:36.557L45
10	LIDINPedro Diniz	LILigier	20+10	56	+2 Laps		1:37.024L24
11	TYKATUkyo Katayama	TYTyrrell	15+4	55	+3 Laps		1:36.377L44
DNF	MILAMPedro Lamy	MIMinardi	17	42	Safety belt		1:38.784L4
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	32	Brakes		1:33.651L18
DNF	MIFISGiancarlo Fisichella	MIMinardi	16	32	Clutch		1:38.077L5
DNF	JOBARRubens Barrichello	JOJordan	8	29	Engine		1:35.064L27
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	13	24	Throttle		1:37.746L13
DNF	FOVERJos Verstappen	FOFootwork	12	15	Engine		1:36.649L13
DNF	BEALEJean Alesi	BEBenetton	6	9	Collision		1:35.519L8
DNF	JOBRUMartin Brundle	JOJordan	19	1	Collision		1:56.481L1
DNF	SAHERJohnny Herbert	SASauber	14	0	Collision

Lap chart

HILVILIRVBERHÄKSALPANFREROSDINKATLAMMSCFISBARCOUVERALEBRU

Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58
HIL	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
VIL	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
IRV	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
BER	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
HÄK	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
SAL	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
PAN	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
FRE	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
ROS	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
DIN	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
KAT	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11
LAM	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
MSC	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	9
FIS	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
BAR	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7
COU	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
VER	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	16	16
ALE	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
BRU	18

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	27	1:33.421
2	Damon Hill	27	1:33.621	+0.200
3	Michael Schumacher	18	1:33.651	+0.230
4	Eddie Irvine	37	1:34.533	+1.112
5	BEGerhard Berger	26	1:34.757	+1.336
6	LIOlivier Panis	21	1:34.767	+1.346
7	JORubens Barrichello	27	1:35.064	+1.643
8	TYMika Salo	39	1:35.280	+1.859
9	BEJean Alesi	8	1:35.519	+2.098
10	SAHeinz-Harald Frentzen	43	1:35.596	+2.175