1996 Italian Grand Prix

1996 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 8 September 1996
Official name Pioneer 67º Gran Premio d'Italia[1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.770 km (3.585 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 305.810 km (190.022 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:24.204
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:26.110 on lap 50
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Benetton-Renault
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 1996 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 September 1996 at Monza. It was the fourteenth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, after he started from third position. It was Schumacher's third victory of the season and the Ferrari team's first victory at Monza since 1988. Jean Alesi finished second in a Benetton-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Drivers' Championship leader Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until he made an error and spun off on lap 6, while his teammate and rival, Jacques Villeneuve, could only manage seventh.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1996". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 11 November 2017.