1996 Brazilian Grand Prix

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The 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 31, 1996 at Interlagos.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	71	1:49:52.976	1	10
2	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	71	+17.982	5	6
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	4	4
4	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	7	3
5	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	70	+1 Lap	11	2
6	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	70	+1 Lap	15	1
7	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	10
8	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	69	+2 Laps	22
9	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	69	+2 Laps	16
10	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	68	+3 Laps	18
11	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	67	+4 Laps	19
12	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	64	Spun off	6
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	59	Spun off	2
Ret	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	36	Engine	9
Ret	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	29	Spun off	14
Ret	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	28	Engine	12
Ret	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	26	Spun off	3
Ret	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	26	Hydraulics	8
Ret	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford	26	Spun off	20
Ret	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	24	Spun off	17
Ret	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	19	Engine	13
Ret	21	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Ford	0	Spun off	21

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Damon Hill 1:21.547
• Pole position: Damon Hill 1:18.111
• Marques and Diniz had their qualifying times disallowed for, respectively, a push-start and missing the signal to go to the weighbridge. They had to start at the back of the gird.
• Herbert stared from the pit lane after switching to the back up car due to electrical problems.
• This race was run under heavy rain.
• First Start: Tarso Marques.

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