Season 1996 · Round 12

Hungarian Grand Prix

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1996-08-11 · Hungaroring · Hungary · Hungarian Grand Prix · 77Lap · 305.536km
6 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1:46:21.134
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
5 Damon Hill
Williams +0.771
3 Jean Alesi
Benetton +1:24.212
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Gerhard Berger L64 Heinz-Harald Frentzen L50 Johnny Herbert L35 Eddie Irvine L31 Pedro Lamy L24 David Coulthard L23 Jos Verstappen L10 Martin Brundle L5 Pedro Diniz L1 Mika Salo L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 17/41 41.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P31
Closest finish · all-time P19
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Hungaroring Budapest, Hungary
77Lap 305.536km 41 races held (1986–) Lap record 1:16.207 · Michael Schumacher (2002)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Mika Häkkinen 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P4 Damon Hill 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -2
P8 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Hill HIL Hill HIL Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Panis PAN Panis PAN Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Schumacher · stopped L70 · classified P9 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Lavaggi · stopped L69 · classified P10 Lavaggi LAV Lavaggi LAV Berger · retired L64 Berger BER Berger BER Frentzen · retired L50 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Herbert · retired L35 Herbert HER Herbert HER Irvine · retired L31 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Lamy · retired L24 Lamy LAM Lamy LAM Coulthard · retired L23 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Verstappen · retired L10 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Brundle · retired L5 Brundle BRU Brundle BRU Diniz · retired L1 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Salo · retired L0 Salo SAL Salo SAL
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 3 77 1:46:21.134 10
2 5 Damon Hill Williams 2 77 +0.771 6
3 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 5 77 +1:24.212 4
4 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 7 76 +1 Lap 3
5 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 11 76 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 13 75 +2 Laps 1
7 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 14 74 +3 Laps
8 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 18 74 +3 Laps
9 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 70 Throttle
10 21 Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi 20 69 Spun off
R 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 6 64 Engine
R 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 10 50 Electrical
R 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 8 35 Engine
R 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 4 31 Gearbox
R 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 19 24 Suspension
R 8 David Coulthard McLaren 9 23 Engine
R 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 17 10 Spun off
R 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 12 5 Spun off
R 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 15 1 Collision
R 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 16 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Michael Schumacher
2
5 Damon Hill
3
6 Jacques Villeneuve
4
2 Eddie Irvine
5
3 Jean Alesi
6
4 Gerhard Berger
7
7 Mika Häkkinen
8
14 Johnny Herbert
9
8 David Coulthard
10
15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
11
9 Olivier Panis
12
12 Martin Brundle
13
11 Rubens Barrichello
14
18 Ukyo Katayama
15
10 Pedro Diniz
16
19 Mika Salo
17
17 Jos Verstappen
18
16 Ricardo Rosset
19
20 Pedro Lamy
20
21 Giovanni Lavaggi
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 5 Damon Hill 1:20.093 L67
2 5 Damon Hill 1:20.263 L36
3 5 Damon Hill 1:20.272 L70
4 5 Damon Hill 1:20.419 L38
5 5 Damon Hill 1:20.437 L43
6 5 Damon Hill 1:20.473 L35
7 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:20.507 L38
8 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:20.525 L37
9 5 Damon Hill 1:20.525 L65
10 5 Damon Hill 1:20.546 L56
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
9
Olivier Panis
+12
P11→P5
3
Jean Alesi
+10
P5→P3
7
Mika Häkkinen
+10
P7→P4
18
Ukyo Katayama
+10
P14→P7
16
Ricardo Rosset
+10
P18→P8
5
Damon Hill
+8
P2→P2
21
Giovanni Lavaggi
+8
P20→P10
4
Gerhard Berger
+8
P6→P—
Most positions lost
Jean Alesi −10 Mika Häkkinen −7 Damon Hill −6
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