Season 1996 · Round 6

Monaco Grand Prix

1996-05-19 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 75Lap · 249.600km
Ligier 2:00:45.629
Team win 10pt P1 · P14
McLaren +4.828
Sauber +37.503
Fastest Lap
DNF
15
Jacques Villeneuve L66 Jean Alesi L60 Luca Badoer L60 Damon Hill L40 Martin Brundle L30 Gerhard Berger L9 Pedro Diniz L5 Ricardo Rosset L3 Ukyo Katayama L2 Michael Schumacher L0 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Michael Schumacher active 5 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
75Lap 249.600km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 Panis PAN Panis PAN Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Herbert HER Herbert HER Frentzen · stopped L74 · classified P4 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Salo · stopped L70 · classified P5 Salo SAL Salo SAL Häkkinen · stopped L70 · classified P6 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Irvine · stopped L68 · classified P7 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Villeneuve · retired L66 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Alesi · retired L60 Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Badoer · retired L60 Badoer BAD Badoer BAD Hill · retired L40 Hill HIL Hill HIL Brundle · retired L30 Brundle BRU Brundle BRU Berger · retired L9 Berger BER Berger BER Diniz · retired L5 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Rosset · retired L3 Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Katayama · retired L2 Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Schumacher · retired L0 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Barrichello · retired L0 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Lamy · retired L0 Lamy LAM Lamy LAM Fisichella · retired L0 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Verstappen · retired L0 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Montermini · retired L0 Montermini MON Montermini MON
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 14 75 2:00:45.629 10
2 8 David Coulthard McLaren 5 75 +4.828 6
3 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 13 75 +37.503 4
4 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 9 74 Withdrew 3
5 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 11 70 Collision 2
6 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 8 70 Collision 1
7 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 7 68 Collision
R 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 10 66 Collision
R 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 3 60 Suspension
R 22 Luca Badoer Forti 21 60 Collision
R 5 Damon Hill Williams 2 40 Engine
R 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 16 30 Spun off
R 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 4 9 Gearbox
R 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 17 5 Transmission
R 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 20 3 Spun off
R 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 15 2 Spun off
R 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 0 Spun off
R 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 6 0 Spun off
R 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 19 0 Collision
R 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi 18 0 Collision
R 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 12 0 Spun off
R 23 Andrea Montermini Forti 22 0 Injury
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.356 POLE Q1
2 5 Damon Hill Williams 1:20.866 +0.510 Q1
3 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 1:20.918 +0.562 Q1
4 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:21.067 +0.711 Q1
5 8 David Coulthard McLaren 1:21.460 +1.104 Q1
6 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 1:21.504 +1.148 Q1
7 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:21.542 +1.186 Q1
8 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:21.688 +1.332 Q1
9 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 1:21.929 +1.573 Q1
10 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:21.963 +1.607 Q1
11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 1:22.235 +1.879 Q1
12 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 1:22.327 +1.971 Q1
13 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:22.346 +1.990 Q1
14 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 1:22.358 +2.002 Q1
15 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 1:22.460 +2.104 Q1
16 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 1:22.519 +2.163 Q1
17 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 1:22.682 +2.326 Q1
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi 1:22.684 +2.328 Q1
19 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 1:23.350 +2.994 Q1
20 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 1:24.976 +4.620 Q1
21 22 Luca Badoer Forti 1:25.059 +4.703 Q1
22 23 Andrea Montermini Forti 1:25.393 +5.037 Q1
Starting grid
Official
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 3 Jean Alesi 1:25.205 L59
2 3 Jean Alesi 1:25.305 L58
3 3 Jean Alesi 1:25.366 L53
4 3 Jean Alesi 1:25.418 L51
5 3 Jean Alesi 1:25.489 L52
6 9 Olivier Panis 1:25.581 L65
7 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:25.608 L66
8 9 Olivier Panis 1:25.957 L66
9 9 Olivier Panis 1:25.995 L49
10 3 Jean Alesi 1:26.059 L50
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
+13
P14→P1
14
+9
P13→P3
19
+9
P11→P5
7
+9
P8→P6
2
+9
P7→P7
15
+8
P9→P4
6
+7
P10→P—
8
+6
P5→P2
Most positions lost
Eddie Irvine −12 Heinz-Harald Frentzen −7 Jean Alesi −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