Race 16 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
13 October 1996
Official name
XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.859 km (3.641[1] miles)
Distance
52 laps, 304.718[2] km (189.343 miles)
Scheduled distance
53 laps, 310.577[3] km (192.984 miles)
Weather
Sunny, mild and dry
Attendance
303,000[4]
Pole position
Driver
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Time
1:38.909
Fastest lap
Driver
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Time
1:44.043 on lap 34
Podium
First
Damon Hill
Williams-Renault
Second
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Third
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 1996. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.
The 52-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill took his eighth win of the season, and with it the Drivers' Championship, after teammate and pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve made a poor start and then retired when a wheel fell off. Villeneuve had needed to win the race, without Hill scoring, in order to win the Championship himself. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, enabling the Italian team to steal second place in the Constructors' Championship from Benetton, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes.
Hill was the first son of a World Champion to win the championship himself, his father Graham having been champion in 1962 and 1968. This was also the final race for Martin Brundle, who had been competing in F1 since 1984 and finished on the podium 9 times since 1992, as well as the last race for Pedro Lamy, Giovanni Lavaggi, Footwork and Ligier.
^"1996 Japanese Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
^"2013 Japanese Grand Prix: Official Media Kit" (PDF). FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
^Derived from race distance (304718) and lap length (5859)
^"Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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