Season 1996 · Round 10

British Grand Prix

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1996-07-14 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 61Lap · 309.392km
6 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1:33:00.874
Team win 10pt P1 · P15
4 Gerhard Berger
Benetton +19.026
7 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren +50.830
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Jean Alesi L44 Olivier Panis L40 Pedro Diniz L38 Damon Hill L26 Pedro Lamy L21 Ricardo Rosset L13 Ukyo Katayama L12 Eddie Irvine L5 Michael Schumacher L3
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
61Lap 309.392km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P9 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Berger BER Berger BER Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Brundle BRU Brundle BRU Salo SAL Salo SAL Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Herbert HER Herbert HER Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Alesi · retired L44 Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Panis · retired L40 Panis PAN Panis PAN Diniz · retired L38 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Hill · retired L26 Hill HIL Hill HIL Lamy · retired L21 Lamy LAM Lamy LAM Rosset · retired L13 Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Katayama · retired L12 Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Irvine · retired L5 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Schumacher · retired L3 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 2 61 1:33:00.874 10
2 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 7 61 +19.026 6
3 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 4 61 +50.830 4
4 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 6 61 +1:06.716 3
5 8 David Coulthard McLaren 9 61 +1:22.507 2
6 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 8 60 +1 Lap 1
7 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 14 60 +1 Lap
8 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 11 60 +1 Lap
9 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 13 60 +1 Lap
10 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 15 60 +1 Lap
11 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi 18 59 +2 Laps
R 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 5 44 Brakes
R 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 16 40 Handling
R 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 17 38 Engine
R 5 Damon Hill Williams 1 26 Wheel
R 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 19 21 Gearbox
R 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 20 13 Electrical
R 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 12 12 Engine
R 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 10 5 Differential
R 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 3 Hydraulics
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Damon Hill
2
6 Jacques Villeneuve
3
1 Michael Schumacher
4
7 Mika Häkkinen
5
3 Jean Alesi
6
11 Rubens Barrichello
7
4 Gerhard Berger
8
12 Martin Brundle
9
8 David Coulthard
10
2 Eddie Irvine
11
15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
12
18 Ukyo Katayama
13
14 Johnny Herbert
14
19 Mika Salo
15
17 Jos Verstappen
16
9 Olivier Panis
17
10 Pedro Diniz
18
21 Giancarlo Fisichella
19
20 Pedro Lamy
20
16 Ricardo Rosset
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.288 L21
2 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.384 L3
3 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.406 L20
4 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.422 L4
5 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.526 L5
6 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.541 L22
7 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.599 L2
8 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.650 L14
9 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.772 L9
10 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:29.789 L33
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
19
Mika Salo
+12
P14→P7
9
Olivier Panis
+12
P16→P—
21
Giancarlo Fisichella
+11
P18→P11
14
Johnny Herbert
+10
P13→P9
12
Martin Brundle
+9
P8→P6
4
Gerhard Berger
+8
P7→P2
15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
+8
P11→P8
10
Pedro Diniz
+8
P17→P—
Most positions lost
Michael Schumacher −16 Olivier Panis −9 Johnny Herbert −7
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15