Race 1 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
10 March 1996
Official name
1996 Transurban Australian Grand Prix
Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Australia
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.302 km (3.295 miles)
Distance
58 laps, 307.516 km (191.110 miles)
Weather
Dry with temperatures reaching up to 23 °C (73 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Time
1:32.371
Fastest lap
Driver
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Time
1:33.421 on lap 27
Podium
First
Damon Hill
Williams-Renault
Second
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Third
Eddie Irvine
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1996 Australian Grand Prix (officially the 1996 Transurban Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Melbourne on 10 March 1996. It was the first race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship, and the first Australian Grand Prix to be held at Melbourne, taking over from Adelaide.
The 58-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill's teammate Jacques Villeneuve, making his Formula One debut, took pole position and led for most of the race, before an oil leak enabled Hill to catch and pass him in the closing laps. Eddie Irvine finished third in a Ferrari.
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