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1996 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
25 August 1996
Official name
LIV Grand Prix de Belgique
Location
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[1]
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
6.968 km (4.330 miles)
Distance
44 laps, 306.592 km (190.507 miles)
Weather
Overcast and dry with temperatures reaching up to 17 °C (63 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Time
1:50.574
Fastest lap
Driver
Gerhard Berger
Benetton-Renault
Time
1:53.067 on lap 36
Podium
First
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Second
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Third
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1996 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix de Belgique) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 August 1996 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was the thirteenth race of the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. Schumacher had crashed heavily in Friday practice,[3] but recovered to qualify third before taking his second win of the season. Jacques Villeneuve, who had started from pole position, finished second in his Williams-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Villeneuve's teammate and Drivers' Championship leader, Damon Hill, finished fifth.
^"1996 Belgian GP". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^Weather info for the 1996 Belgian Grand Prix at Weather Underground
^"Grand Prix Results: Belgian GP, 1996". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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