Season 1996 · Round 15

Portuguese Grand Prix

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1996-09-22 · Autódromo do Estoril · Portugal · Portuguese Grand Prix · 70Lap · 305.200km
6 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1:40:22.915
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
5 Damon Hill
Williams +19.966
1 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari +53.765
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
4
Mika Häkkinen L52 Jos Verstappen L47 Pedro Diniz L46 Rubens Barrichello L41
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 6/13 46.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo do Estoril Estoril, Portugal
70Lap 305.200km 13 races held (1984–) Lap record 1:22.873 · Jacques Villeneuve (1996)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Gerhard Berger 1 wins · → Stirling Moss -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 1 wins · → Stirling Moss -1
P5 Damon Hill 1 wins · → Stirling Moss -1
Starts
P1 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · GP #1
P4 Martin Brundle 10 starts · → Michele Alboreto -1
P14 Jean Alesi 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Hill HIL Hill HIL Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Berger BER Berger BER Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Herbert HER Herbert HER Brundle BRU Brundle BRU Panis PAN Panis PAN Salo SAL Salo SAL Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Lavaggi LAV Lavaggi LAV Lamy LAM Lamy LAM Häkkinen · retired L52 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Verstappen · retired L47 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Diniz · retired L46 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Barrichello · retired L41 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 2 70 1:40:22.915 10
2 5 Damon Hill Williams 1 70 +19.966 6
3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 4 70 +53.765 4
4 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 3 70 +55.109 3
5 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 6 70 +1:27.389 2
6 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 5 70 +1:33.141 1
7 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 11 69 +1 Lap
8 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 12 69 +1 Lap
9 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 10 69 +1 Lap
10 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 15 69 +1 Lap
11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 13 69 +1 Lap
12 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 14 68 +2 Laps
13 8 David Coulthard McLaren 8 68 +2 Laps
14 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 17 67 +3 Laps
15 21 Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi 20 65 +5 Laps
16 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 19 65 +5 Laps
R 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 7 52 Collision
R 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 16 47 Engine
R 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 18 46 Collision
R 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 9 41 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Damon Hill
2
6 Jacques Villeneuve
3
3 Jean Alesi
4
1 Michael Schumacher
5
4 Gerhard Berger
6
2 Eddie Irvine
7
7 Mika Häkkinen
8
8 David Coulthard
9
11 Rubens Barrichello
10
12 Martin Brundle
11
15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
12
14 Johnny Herbert
13
19 Mika Salo
14
18 Ukyo Katayama
15
9 Olivier Panis
16
17 Jos Verstappen
17
16 Ricardo Rosset
18
10 Pedro Diniz
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 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:22.873 L37
2 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.378 L38
3 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.397 L22
4 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.526 L32
5 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.591 L23
6 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.680 L30
7 5 Damon Hill 1:23.762 L37
8 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.785 L33
9 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:23.822 L55
10 5 Damon Hill 1:23.824 L46
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
15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
+16
P11→P7
14
Johnny Herbert
+12
P12→P8
12
Martin Brundle
+11
P10→P9
9
Olivier Panis
+11
P15→P10
19
Mika Salo
+10
P13→P11
8
David Coulthard
+10
P8→P13
6
Jacques Villeneuve
+9
P2→P1
7
Mika Häkkinen
+9
P7→P—
Most positions lost
David Coulthard −16 Mika Häkkinen −12 Martin Brundle −10
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