Portuguese Grand Prix of 1996 - the fifteenth stage of the World Championship in auto racing in the Formula 1 class of the 1996 season. Passed on the Estoril highway in Portugal . Competitions took place on September 22, 1996 .
 Portuguese Grand Prix 1996 | |
|---|---|
| port. Grande Premio de Portugal | |
| date of | September 22, 1996 |
| A place | Portugal |
| Track | Estoril |
| Distance | 70 laps , 305,200 km |
| Weather | Partly cloudy, warm, dry |
| Pole | |
| 1'20,330 |  Damon hillWilliams - Renault |
| Fast lap | |
| 1'22,873 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
| 37 circle | Williams - Renault |
| Podium | |
| Winner | Jacques Villeneuve Williams - Renault |
| 2nd place | Damon hill Williams - Renault |
| 3rd place |  Michael SchumacherFerrari |
Race
| A place | FROM | No. | Pilot | Constructor | W | Circles | Time / reason for departure | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | 2 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams - Renault | ? | 70 | 1: 40: 22,915 | 10 |
| 2 | one | 5 | Damon hill | Williams - Renault | ? | 70 | +19.966 | 6 |
| 3 | four | one | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | ? | 70 | +53,765 | four |
| four | 3 | 3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton - Renault | ? | 70 | +55,109 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | ? | 70 | +87,389 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | four | Gerhard Berger | Benetton - Renault | ? | 70 | +93,141 | one |
| 7 | eleven | fifteen | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber - Ford | ? | 69 | +1 circle | |
| 8 | 12 | fourteen | Johnny herbert | Sauber - Ford | ? | 69 | +1 circle | |
| 9 | 10 | 12 | Martin Brandl | Jordan - Peugeot | ? | 69 | +1 circle | |
| 10 | fifteen | 9 | Olivier Panis | Ligier - Mugen-Honda | ? | 69 | +1 circle | |
| eleven | 13 | 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell - Yamaha | ? | 69 | +1 circle | |
| 12 | fourteen | eighteen | Yukio Katayama | Tyrrell - Yamaha | ? | 68 | +2 laps | |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | David Coulthard | McLaren - Mercedes | ? | 68 | +2 laps | |
| fourteen | 17 | 16 | Ricardo Rosse | Arrows - Hart | ? | 67 | +3 laps | |
| fifteen | twenty | 21 | Giovanni Lavaggi | Minardi - Ford | ? | 65 | +5 laps | |
| 16 | 19 | twenty | Pedro Lamy | Minardi - Ford | ? | 65 | +5 laps | |
| Gathering | 7 | 7 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren - Mercedes | ? | 52 | Clash | |
| Gathering | 16 | 17 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows - Hart | ? | 47 | Engine | |
| Gathering | eighteen | 10 | Pedro Dinitz | Ligier - Mugen-Honda | ? | 46 | Clash | |
| Gathering | 9 | eleven | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan - Peugeot | ? | 41 | U-turn |
Notes
- Pole position : Damon Hill 1 '20,330
- Best lap: Jacques Villeneuve 1 '22.873
| Previous race: Italian Grand Prix 1996 | FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1996 | Next race: Japan Grand Prix 1996 |
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