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1996 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1996 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/597-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1996 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1996 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Damon Hill	Williams	1:32:33.791 · 52 laps · renault	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:32:35.674 · 52 laps · ferrari	6
3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:32:37.003 · 52 laps · mercedes	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:33:00.317 · 52 laps · renault	3
5	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:33:40.911 · 52 laps · peugeot	2
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:33:54.977 · 52 laps · ford	1
7	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:33:58.301 · 52 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:33:59.024 · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:34:14.856 · 52 laps · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:34:15.590 · 52 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	Time not recorded · 51 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	Time not recorded · 50 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	Time not recorded · 50 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 39 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	Engine · Time not recorded · 37 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	Wheel · Time not recorded · 36 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	Engine · Time not recorded · 20 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	Spun off · Time not recorded · 13 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jean Alesi	Benetton	Spun off · Time not recorded · 0 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.909 · 11 laps · renault
2	Damon Hill	Williams	1:39.370 · 11 laps · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:40.071 · 11 laps · ferrari
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:40.364 · 10 laps · renault
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:40.458 · 10 laps · mercedes
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:41.005 · 11 laps · ferrari
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:41.277 · 12 laps · ford
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:41.384 · 9 laps · mercedes
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:41.562 · 8 laps · renault
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:41.600 · 11 laps · peugeot
11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:41.919 · 11 laps · peugeot
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:42.206 · 11 laps · mugen-honda
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:42.658 · 12 laps · ford
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:42.711 · 12 laps · yamaha
15	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:42.840 · 12 laps · yamaha
16	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:43.196 · 11 laps · mugen-honda
17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:43.383 · 10 laps · hart
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:44.874 · 11 laps · ford
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:45.412 · 12 laps · hart
20	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi	1:46.795 · 11 laps · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.909 · renault
2	Damon Hill	Williams	1:39.370 · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:40.071 · ferrari
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:40.364 · renault
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:40.458 · mercedes
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:41.005 · ferrari
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:41.277 · ford
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:41.384 · mercedes
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:41.562 · renault
10	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:41.600 · peugeot
11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:41.919 · peugeot
12	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:42.206 · mugen-honda
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:42.658 · ford
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:42.711 · yamaha
15	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:42.840 · yamaha
16	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:43.196 · mugen-honda
17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:43.383 · hart
18	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:44.874 · ford
19	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:45.412 · hart

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Damon Hill	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	97
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	78
3	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	59
4	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
5	Mika Häkkinen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
6	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
7	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
8	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
9	Olivier Panis	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
10	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
11	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
13	Mika Salo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
14	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
15	Pedro Diniz	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
16	Jos Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	1	1:42.350
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	2	1:42.954
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	3	1:43.321
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	4	1:43.372
freePractice1Results	Damon Hill	5	1:43.747
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	6	1:43.845
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	7	1:43.860
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	8	1:44.092
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	9	1:44.441
freePractice1Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	10	1:44.598
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	11	1:44.971
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	12	1:45.194
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	13	1:45.471
freePractice1Results	Ukyo Katayama	14	1:45.789
freePractice1Results	Olivier Panis	15	1:45.893
freePractice1Results	Jos Verstappen	16	1:46.105
freePractice1Results	Ricardo Rosset	17	1:47.285
freePractice1Results	Pedro Lamy	18	1:48.724
freePractice1Results	Giovanni Lavaggi	19	1:50.227
freePractice1Results	Pedro Diniz	20	2:02.130
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	1	1:40.534
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	2	1:41.136
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	1:41.842
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	4	1:41.916
freePractice2Results	Damon Hill	5	1:41.980
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	6	1:42.009
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:42.368
freePractice2Results	Olivier Panis	8	1:42.672
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	9	1:42.714
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	10	1:42.759
freePractice2Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	1:42.839
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	12	1:42.905
freePractice2Results	Pedro Diniz	13	1:43.106
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	14	1:43.445
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	15	1:43.643
freePractice2Results	Ukyo Katayama	16	1:44.340
freePractice2Results	Ricardo Rosset	17	1:45.198
freePractice2Results	Jos Verstappen	18	1:45.653
freePractice2Results	Giovanni Lavaggi	19	1:47.473
freePractice2Results	Pedro Lamy	20	1:48.082
warmingUpResults	Jacques Villeneuve	1	1:48.664
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	2	1:48.937
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	3	1:49.373
warmingUpResults	Damon Hill	4	1:51.390
warmingUpResults	Ukyo Katayama	5	1:52.013
warmingUpResults	Olivier Panis	6	1:53.537
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	7	1:53.677
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	8	1:53.957
warmingUpResults	Pedro Diniz	9	1:54.526
warmingUpResults	Pedro Lamy	10	1:54.781
warmingUpResults	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	1:54.896
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	12	1:56.763
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	13	1:58.753
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	14	2:02.452
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	15	2:04.512
warmingUpResults	Jos Verstappen	16	2:05.863
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	17	2:23.659
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	18	4:49.078
warmingUpResults	Ricardo Rosset	19	23:38.561

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
David Coulthard	1	1	40.462
Gerhard Berger	1	4	34.477
Jacques Villeneuve	1	14	35.118
Rubens Barrichello	1	14	32.972
Ukyo Katayama	1	15	32.560
Michael Schumacher	1	16	31.683
Martin Brundle	1	16	33.415
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	16	32.981
David Coulthard	2	16	31.354
Pedro Lamy	1	16	31.457
Olivier Panis	1	17	31.699
Johnny Herbert	1	17	32.387
Damon Hill	1	18	35.463
Mika Häkkinen	1	18	31.122
Eddie Irvine	1	18	31.870
Gerhard Berger	2	22	29.950
Ukyo Katayama	2	26	44.463
Ricardo Rosset	1	26	36.249
Ricardo Rosset	2	27	38.380
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	29	32.102
Jos Verstappen	1	29	34.681
Olivier Panis	2	31	33.032
Michael Schumacher	2	32	31.056
Mika Häkkinen	2	32	31.452
Jacques Villeneuve	2	32	35.437
Rubens Barrichello	2	32	32.174
Eddie Irvine	2	33	31.450
Johnny Herbert	2	33	33.431
Damon Hill	2	34	32.164
David Coulthard	3	34	34.194
Martin Brundle	2	35	32.626
Gerhard Berger	3	36	30.351
Pedro Lamy	2	35	31.552